Sorry it's been so long, I had to write a whole freakin' science research paper on a pointless experiment. it took up at least 10 hours of my day for a week. Well, here it is finally!!

The Monster in Everyone, Chapter Eight

Ichigo snapped out of his inner self. He had a pounding headache and was sick to his stomach. Tsukiko…He thought with despair.

"Dad! Oh my gosh are you okay?! Where are you hurt?!" Hisana quickly got a cool, wet towel to put on Ichigo's forehead. He was suddenly confused.

"Where is Tsukiko? And how long have I been passed out?!" Ichigo sat up quickly; too quickly. His head spun and he threw up into a trashcan sitting next to the bed. Tsukiko wrinkled her nose, but patted her father's back anyway.

"Tsukiko got taken away by the Visords." She said softly. "Uncle Byakuya and Renji updated me on everything. They consider me a part of the team now. I think—"

"No!" Ichigo growled. He got up and turned shinigami; a skill he acquired over the perilous years of training.

"Tsukiko is in danger. No, she's a danger to most everyone around her. Including," Ichigo said sadly. "herself."

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As soon as he got to the Visords warehouse, Ichigo went right to the underground room. The Visords tried to stop him, but Ichigo wouldn't take no for an answer.

"She's my daughter, and I wanna see her! You can't stop me!" Ichigo said angrily, pulling Shinji, who was trying to hold him back. "But Ichigo," Hachi said nervously as he watched them bicker. "she's highly dangerous! One word could set her off!"

"Yeah," Ichigo said, finally getting to the end of the stairs, "and one word can bring—" His words were cut short as he saw the little girl in the cage.

No, not little girl. Monster. Monster was the proper word for the thing in the cage.

Her hollow inside had completely taken over her. The hole in her chest proved it all. She was pacing like a tiger in the cage, eyes underneath the hollow mask passionate with anger. Her mask looked like any other mask, but the formation of it on top of her head is what scared Ichigo the most.

A crown.

"No. It's not possible. This-this can't be happening. I thought he was lying." Ichigo whispered in disbelief, tears coming to his eyes. Shinji patted him on the back and lead him back upstairs.

Lisa poured Ichigo some tea and Ichigo sat on a cushion. His hands shook as he took the tea and tears poured freely down his face.

Hiyori sat down with Ichigo and the rest of the group, completely silent. Then: "Who did you think was lying?"

Ichigo didn't answer at first, and then he started explaining what Hichigo had told him. The Visords pondered this in silence while he told the story.

After finishing, Shinji spoke. "This is something new to us. Never before has a hollow bred with a human, through a human's body. Especially," he continued. "since both the hollow and human had very powerful soul pressure. This is a disaster. We must take drastic measures. We have to kill her."

Ichigo leaped up and yelled, "No way in Hell! We can't kill her! She's just a child!" The Visords stared unflinchingly at Ichigo. "Try pounding the hollow in her into submission, like you did with mine!" Shinji stopped his rant with a wave of his hand.

"That's easier said than done. Her hollow is powerful and not to mention, it takes up most of her small body. She was born with that hollow inside her; unlike us," Shinji gestured to the Visords. "who's hollow came to us by means of experimentation or," he eyed Ichigo. "who was like a guardian demon." Ichigo scowled at him.

"We could try, but the result would be unsuccessful." Hiyori cut in. "A waste of time. She has already completely hollowfied. She is the hollows' queen. As we speak, Hachi is holding twenty hollows out of this warehouse that are trying to get to Tsukiko." Ichigo's eyes grew wide, and he glanced at Hachi, who was sweating under the strain. Hachi gave him an encouraging smile.

Shinji nodded at Senrei, who leaped out of a window with Mashiro to kill the hollows. Hachi relaxed a little at the sound of the hollows getting destroyed.

Now then," said Hiyori, getting impatient. "Let's go see about this little demon, shall we?" Her fang gleamed in the light.