Disclaimer: I do not own Bleach, its characters or any of the characters that are going to appear unless stated otherwise.

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Author's Note: Important plot point ahead. Other than that, nothing.

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CRASH!

Both Chad and Dario stood up from their seats and looked towards the direction of the sound. From what they heard, it sounded like a car simple crashed into something. "It sounded close by," said Dario.

"It over by- oh no," said Chad, who immediately ran off towards the direction of the sound.

"Sado! Wait up!" shouted Dario as he followed his cousin. "One of his friends…it has to be!"

----After Several Minutes of Running-----

Both Chad and Dario arrived at a crash site, right near the Shopping District. From what they saw, it seemed like a kid lost his ball in the road, while a small car came driving through. Worst-case scenario: a death in either the boy or driver. The good news: both were fine. The bad news: the car was wrecked and not in the usual way. The front of the car slammed into something, but it wasn't a pole or tree. Whatever did it implanted something that crushed the grill, front bumper, and engine in one shot. Maybe it left an imprint. Before cops could force all the bystanders back, Dario quickly took out his cellphone and snapped a picture with it of the front of the car. Chad decided to talk to the driver, a middle-aged man who was sitting on the sidewalk. "Are you alright, sir?"

"Yes, I'm fine. I don't have an idea of what hit me. At least the kid is safe."

"Yea," said Chad. He then walked up the kid who could've gotten injured. "Hey, are you alright?"

The kid was in tears, whimpered, "Yea…I don't…I felt pushed and…" Then the kid just cried on and on.

Dario met back up with Chad, asking, "Got anything?" Chad just shook his head. "Its alright. I'll send my picture of the care to Alex. He can probably analyze the damage just by looking at it. Until then-"

"Ichigo's family clinic is ten minutes from here. We'll head there."

-----Meanwhile-----

It seemed like slow day at the Kurosaki Clinic, with Ichigo's family just moving and taking inventory on supplies. Ichigo, with a white t-shirt over blue long-sleeved, gray pants and white shoes, was starting to carry supplies to the supply closet. His sister, Karin Kurosaki, opened the door for him. "Thanks, Karin," said Ichigo, as he placed the box at the bottom of the closet. Sighing, he said, "What else does Dad need done?"

Karin, in her usual gusto, said, "Don't know. He's with helping Yuzu in the backroom."

"Fine," said Ichigo. "I'll stand guard then." Ichigo made his way to the front of the Kurosaki Clinic, waiting in case of any emergency coming in. Resting against the wall near the front door, Ichigo thought, "There's something going on with Dario and Rita. Why are they still here?"

"ICHIGO!" shouted a familiar voice. Turning to his left side, Ichigo saw Orihime holding up an unconscious Tatuski by her right arm.

"What the…" said Ichigo, as he rushed up to help Orihime carried Tatsuki in. Once they made it inside, he shouted, "Karin, get Dad! We have an emergency right now!" Karin simply nodded and went to find their father. Ichigo and Orihime then carried their friend towards an empty room, with Ichigo asking, "What the hell happened?"

Stuttering, Orihime answered, "I don't know, she…just fainted. I can't say why, but-"

"It doesn't matter right now. She'll be fine," said Ichigo, as he lifted Tatsuki by himself and laid her out across the bed. Not soon after, Ichigo's father came in and started to look over Tatsuki. "Hey Dad, will she be alright?"

"She's fine," said a calmer Isshin, "Her body temperature is higher, but other than that, he's fine. All she needs now it to rest." Orihime and Ichigo sighed with relief, knowing that Tatsuki will be fine. "We'll leave you two here to watch after." Isshin then left the room, leaving Ichigo and Orihime by themselves.

Not long after, the bell rang with the arrival of someone else. Chad and Dario entered through the front door, greeting Isshin as they passed him.

"Hello, Mr. Kurosaki," said Chad.

"Kurosaki? So, you're Ichigo's father. Nice to meet you," said Dario, who held out his hand for a handshake.

Isshin simply shook back and said, "You're his new teacher, right? Pleasure to meet you." Turning to Chad, he continued with, "He's with Orihime and Tatsuki two rooms on the left. Try not to disturb her." Disturb her? "Anyway, holler it you need anything," said Isshin as he walked back to the backroom of the clinic.

"Nice guy," said Dario.

"At least he isn't hyper as usual," said Chad. They both walked in to see Ichigo and Orihime looking over the unconscious Tatsuki. Chad was first by saying, "Is she alright?"

"She's fine," Ichigo said, "Just let here rest."

"So," Dario said, "This is Tatsuki."

"Yeah, she's in the same class as me. What, it'd take you just now to realize it?"

"No, Ichigo. I know her name from the roster, but I couldn't pick her out of the other girls in the class. I've only been doing this for a few days."

"Fine. Don't get all flustered." Ichigo pulled up an empty sit and decided to relax in it.

"At least it isn't going to get any worse," said a pleased Orihime.

"Trust me, Orihime," answered Dario, "It can." Immediately, the ringtone of "Axel F" rang out in the room, prompting everyone to look around to find the source of the music. Sure enough, Dario pulled out his phone and said, "Sorry." He answered the phone with, "What'd you find, Alex?"

"Huh?" said a confused Ichigo.

"Dario took picture of an accident not too far away from here. Sent it to the tech guy from Thanatos to look into it," answered Chad in place of Dario. At that sound, Orihime started to cringe slightly.

"Yea, some of them are here. Hold on, I'll put you on speaker." Dario then placed his phone on the ground, wanting the sound to reach everyone in the room. "Go ahead, Alex."

" 'ello, hello everybody, " said an enthusiastic Alex over the phone. Back at the Thanatos HQ, Alex was looking at a computer screen being used by another scientist. "I've got big news on that picture you sent me, Dario."

"Well, spill."

"It seems that whatever broke through was definitely stronger than metal, but the strange thing is that it is partially melted from the impact area." This caused everyone in the room to get confused. "Seemed like whatever penetrated the car was heated at high temperatures."

"A specific range?"

"Think surface of the sun." Everyone cringed at that thought instantly. "But it doesn't stop there."

'Crap," said Ichigo, "What could be worse?"

"Whatever did it wasn't a mineral or vegetable. It was an animal: specifically human, female and judging by the impact, probably one who knows martial arts."

"Thanks, Alex, but we've already found her."

"Wait, what?" said a startled Ichigo. "What do you mean 'we already found her?'"

Closing his cell phone, Dairo replied, "Rita and I were tasked to finding out the source of Karakura's disappearance a few days ago. What we found were 6 different spikes in spiritual power. We've already seen the first five, being you guys."

"So you're saying the sixth…"

Nodding, Dario replied, "…is Tatsuki Arisawa."