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"She's alive?" Renji exclaimed. He, like everyone else in the underground training area was stupefied by the information Urahara had gave him. The way he said it was like this was normal conversation for the shop keep and he was just talking about something as normal as the weather.

"Yep, Mikiko's alive and well." Urahara said, reaching into his sleeve and pulling out a piece of paper, a letter with picture attached to it. Detaching the letter Urahara handed the picture to Rangiku, "You should look at first" he said as she took the picture and looked at it. Glacier eyes widen in recognition.

"I've seen her before." Rangiku noted, she was the woman she had seen the data book. Sixth seated officer of the 10th division, Seishihei Mikiko. This was the woman who had served under her and Taicho for years and she had never seen her. Staring at the photo for a few more seconds the buxom lieutenant handed over to Ichigo.

Hair as black as coal, Lips as red as blood and skin as white as snow…Ichigo mused, More like hair as dark as night and skin as white as death. The substitute noted that her hair had a dark blue tinge to it and her skin was awfully pale, it was more gray than white. Her lips stood out against everything else, they were the only thing with any real color. Strangely enough Ichigo noted that he'd seen somewhere before long ago. He handed the picture to Rukia

Rukia , glanced at the woman for a while, she looked vaguely familiar and she tried to place where she had seen her before. Nii sama's division? , Taicho's divison?, Her home? School? Wherever she had seen her, it was difficult to place where. Still puzzle by her recognition of the woman Rukia gave the photo to Renji.

"You were the one who killed him!"

"Why did you do it?"

"Your actions must be met with punishment."

"Hitsugaya Toshiro, You shall be stripped of your powers and executed via Sokyoku."

Matsumoto, Hinamori, Ukitake, Even Soutaicho Yamamoto was glaring at him without any pity or mercy, along with the rest of the Gotei 13. Their words pierced his chest like a blade. Yet for some reason he couldn't see their faces, shadows obscured them, only their eyes were visible.

"What the hell is goi-'' Teal eyes widen considerably as he saw he was hundreds of feet of the ground, a massive bird made entirely out of flames hovering in front of him, it studied him through its burning coal like eyes before letting out a terrifying streak and charging towards him. He could feel blisters form on his skin as it fiery body got closer; he could feel his blood beginning to boil. Out of the corner of his eye he saw Yamamoto Soutaicho give the signal before the creature closed in for the kill getting reading to burn away at his soul as if it was nothing but a piece of paper before everything and everyone vanished in nothing and he became surrounded my darkness except for circle of light that seemed to be just around him.

What just happened? He asked himself as he stood up and began looking around, Had he not been face to face with the Kikoo just seconds ago and why? Why was the Gotei 13, his fellow comrades so willing to execute him and what reason?

"Because you're a threat." A voice soft and raspy as if it was speaking from far away and something was covering their mouth, a mask?

"You're a threat to them, to the soul society…" He could hear footsteps from behind him and immediately turned around to see a shadow behind him. He could whoever it was reiatsu behind; it was pure black and felt heavy and tainted.

"…to everyone." Teal eyes widen in shock as the figure now came into light which like the one around him surrounded him, it was him but he looked different. The whites of his eyes were completely black, his irises were a golden green and his pupils were four pointed stars/flowers just like the one on his bankai, it was quite unnerving, the way his eyes seem to cut deep into his soul. This seems to please the figure as it started chuckle, a deep, insane laugh rising from its throat.

"What the hell are you?" Toshiro asked, snatching Hyorinmaru out of its sheath, much to his surprise the look-a-like did the same thing. A sadistic smile spread across its colorless, grayish face.

"Shouldn't it be obvious?" a bright light appeared behind him before it filled up the entire room. The figure had disappeared and in his place was a mirror.

Teal eyes widen in horror, it wasn't the mirror that had him but rather the reflection in the mirror. He slowly, shakily raised a hand and much to his chagrin his reflection did the same and to add to his fear, he felt the corner of his lips curl up into a sinister smile as words begin pouring out of his mouth, his voice was softer and like he was speaking behind a mask as the worst thing he could hear came out his mouth.

"I'm you."

The entire area was quiet, you could every single activity going on above ground, in the small shop as if you were right up there, that's how stun and puzzle everyone was.

For some reason, that none of them could explain or had a good theory for except one who was currently hiding his face behind that fan of his, a knowing glint in his grey eyes.

"Well," Ikkaku looked over at the shopkeeper, wanting an answer fro the shifty man. His head had started aching from trying to figure where he had seen that woman from. And he was getting tired of playing this internal guessing game with himself. He was starting to repeat his answers. "You got any ideas?"

Chuckling Urahara looked over to the small impatient group, all eyes were on him. He enjoyed being the center of attention-most of the time anyway but the way everyone was staring at him with their scrutinizing gazes was kind of intimidating-not that he would ever admit it.

"In a way you have." Urahara begin to explain as his demeanor changed, "Mikiko during her time in the Soul Society was on of the few living beings who met the Heavenly Guardian and was glorified her presence." He looked down, trying to figure out how to explain the rest.

"And also because of this her spirit as well as her body became stuck in a neverending cycle of internal reincarnation being that she can't die or be killed." He said the last part with a rush as if she was trying to not to tell them that.

"You mean she can't die?" asked Rukia.

"Or be killed?" Renji questioned. The two childhood friends looked at each other momentarily before averting their attention back to the shopkeeper.

Urahara nodded, "Didn't I just say that a few seconds ago? And Yes she's basically immortal." He looked over at Ichigo who seemed dumbfounded by the answer. "But she was also cursed as well."

"Huh?"

The same word and response came out of everyone's mouth as they looked at each other, all wanting to know the same thing.

"What do you mean by curse Urahara?" Rangiku asked, a serious expression on her beautiful face as she stared into the ex captian's gray eyes. A sigh escaped from his mouth as he talked.

"Well for starters she was banished to the human world after her encounter."

This can't This is Impossible! Thought Toshiro was he felt himself back away from his own reflection which seemed to glare back at him, taunting words began pouring out of his lips.

"Oh but it is."The words left his mouth in a calm matter as he felt his arm rise and his shoulders shrugged in a mock expression as to say "What can you do?" "You and I, Shiro chan are one. We've always been…" It or to be correct he paused in mid sentence and started to raise his hand and placed it over his chest, above the area where his heart was. "…One in the same."

"Ever since you took you first breath I was a part of you. A part that you had no idea even existed until now." He chuckled at the last part.

How is this happening? Yelled Toshiro in his head, he wanted to yell, scream, shout in the physical world but every time opened his mouth, the hollowfied version of himself voice as well as its his words came out.

"Why do you fight with them?" Toshiro heard the words come out his mouth, A calm, inquisitive expression on his pale gray face, his arms were crossed over his chest patiently waiting for him to answer. "Well?"

"Who to you mean might "them"?" Toshiro asked startled by the fact that it was his own voice and not the hollow in front of him; he was startled by the fact that he didn't feel his expression change.

"I mean the Soul Society, The Gotei 13." The hollow answered, both corner of his mouth curled into a smirk as he cocked his head a fraction, inquiring him through gold tinted irises.

"Well?" Toshiro was growing rather impatient and nervous, though he was relieved to be able to speak his own words he was still nervous that his reflection hadn't changed and he could hear the words come out his mouth even though his lips wasn't moving.

"Shouldn't the answer be obvious?" The hollow asked, his eyes widen excitedly, Toshiro became suspicious of his action and constant pausing. The hollow straighten his head and wiped the smile of his face though the left corner was still raised.

"I mean why do you fight along side the same people who are going to kill you?"

Ta Da! Well that's it for chapter six and not a moment to soon! This chapter is just as long as my other ones and just as many words. (Gasp) I'll have at least 10,000 words once this is published and more reviews! Yippee!

Also starting next week or whenever I finish writing this( which will hopefully be tomorrow) I will be starring a brand new series that focus all on Rukia Kuchiki called the white moon series, check out my profile to read more about it…once I add some stuff I mean so check it out if you want to read about the stories there's going to be four of them. So remember Read, Review, Enjoy and don't forget to look out for the My new series! GOOD NIGHT EVERYONE!