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Chapter 2: Names

The Inner Hollow opened his eyes when he felt something shine in them. Grumbling, he turned his head and buried his head under the blankets. "Turn it off..." He growled. He heard steps and peeked out from under the blankets to see Ichigo walking upstairs with a small tray of food.

"Ah, you're up already. Good." Ichigo said, placing the food on the desl next to his bed. "You need to eat."

"Tsk, what makes you think I can even eat your food?" The Hollow snapped, slowly sitting up. Ichigo's eyes widened to see the Hollow's bare chest, muscles rippling underneath the pale skin. Blushing slightly, he turned away.

"Forget that. When did you take off your shihakusho?" Ichigo asked, not noticing the amused stares from his Hollow.

"Never did. Wh-" He looked down at himself and scratched his head. "Odd, I know I-"

"IIIIICCHHHHHHHHIIIIGGGOOOOO!" Suddenly Isshin flew in from nowhere and attacked Ichigo's Hollow. The Hollow simply ducked and he watched the man fly out the window.

"Tsk, annoying." He grumbled.

"Tell me about it." Ichigo agreed. When Isshin practically popped up behind the Hollow, he gasped and fell off the bed. Ichigo laughed as a dark glare was sent his way.

"My son! Why is there a naked stranger here? !" Isshin gasped. Two things dawned on Ichigo then; his Hollow was not just missing the top half of his uniform, but the bottom as well, showing off more of his body than he'd like to see. Second; his dad could see him.

"Uhh...he got in a fight and I brought him home! I uh...he uhh...-"

"I was mugged." His Hollow shrugged. Isshin gave them both a confused stare before shrugging and heading downstairs.

"Goddamnit Hollow! Why didn't you fucking say you were naked? !" Ichigo snapped.

"Didn't know. Still trying ta figure out how the hell that human could see me." He hissed slightly.

"For starters, that human is my dad. Second, I have no idea. Maybe you have some kind of auto-gigai?" The Hollow shrugged his pale shoulders and stood up. The blanket fell off of him and Ichigo couldn't help his wandering gaze as the Hollow streatched. "O-ok, you have to put something on!" He stated and rushed to his closet. Searching around, he found an extra pair of his school summer clothes and tossed them at the albino. "Here! Put this stuff on ok?" He waited until he heard something tapping the floor.

"Well? Ya gonna turn around, ya big weirdo?" The Hollow snickered. Ichigo turned around to see his Hollow tapping his foot on the floor, looking annoyed and bored. "You're a prude King...a really big prude."

"I am not a prude!" Ichigo snapped. He reached out to smack the Hollow, but his wrist was caught with ease, golden eyes glaring at him, making them seem to drip venom. As he walked by, he heard his Hollow hiss.

"You better watch it King. You know what I'm capable of." The Hollow warned.

"Yes, and I plan to keep you under control." Ichigo warned back.

As they walked downstairs, Ichigo had been wracking his brain for hours. What should I call him? He wondered. Calling his Hollow...well 'Hollow' was too weird and it wasn't going to pass. Ugh...damnit... He had one idea in mind, but he knew his Hollow was going to bitch about it.

"So...what's his name?" Yuzu asked when they came downstairs.

"I don't-"

"Hichigo Shirosaki." Ichigo said immediatly before his Hollow could respond. He noticed the glare and quickly added "Shiro for short." The newly dubbed 'Shiro' continued to glare before huffing and walked out the door of the house. Giving Yuzu a quick smile, he rushed after him. "Where the hell are you going? !" Ichigo snapped.

"Kisuke's. Ya said we needed ta go there, so why not now?"

"I have school you dumbass!" Ichigo replied.

"Then go there. I'll be on my 'best behavior' , as you'd say." The albino scoffed and continued walking. Ichigo sighed and continued following him. "Thought ya had school ta go to."

"And leave you on your own? I'd rather spend another few hours in literal Hell than risk you hurting someone else." Ichigo replied. He looked up and didn't miss a brief flash of hurt in Shiro's eyes. But it quickly vanished and was replaced with annoyance.

"Ya think I'm gonna go crazy and kill people with Soul Society still hanging around? No thanks." He said, waving a hand in the air. Ichigo rolled his eyes. "So what the hell kinda name is 'Hichigo Shirosaki' anyways?"

"For now, yours."

"I don't have o-"

"I'm aware if this!" Ichigo cut his Hollow off. "But calling you 'Hollow' is annoying."

"So where'd ys cook up my 'name' from eh?"

"Well, the 'H' stands for 'Hollow' , and since you look like me, figured you can just use my name. Second, 'Kuro' in my last name means 'black' , and since your...well close to being albino, I replaced 'Kuro' with 'Shiro', meaning 'white'." Ichigo explained. Shiro rolled his eyes and shrugged.

"Whatever, it's only temporary anyways." He said. Ichigo sighed and ran a hand through his hair. "However...it is nice ta have a name, even if only for a little bit..." Shiro added softly and Ichigo almost didn't catch it.

"Everyone has a name, even the zanpakuto's do. I can't imagine what it's like to not have one." Ichigo stated. "In my opinion, having a name means you can truly mean something to someone." Shiro gave him an odd stare, only to mask how the comment affected him a bit.

"C'mon King, we gotta get moving." He said.

"Hey, can you stop calling me 'King'? You're not in my mind right now, so calling me that out in public...it's weird."

"Well, whattya want me ta call ya?" He asked.

"Ichigo." Shiro's eyes widened a bit before shrugging.

"Whatever."

To say Kisuke* was excited was an understatement. He was downright ecstatic. "Oh my! What have we here? !" He said excitedly. As he rushed over, Ichigo watched as Shiro reached towards his back and the clothes he was wearing was replaced with his shihakusho. He grabbed his white Zangetsu and held it out.

"Don't you fucking come near me..." He hissed. Ichigo sighed and placed a hand on his Hollow's zanpakuto.

"Relax, will ya? At the moment, he's harmless." Ichigo said. He watched as Shiro placed Zangetsu on his back and his school uniform reappeared. But he didn't relax his tensed body.

"Now that was rather interesting~!" Kisuke exclaimed. "Might I guess that this is your Inner Hollow?" Ichigo nodded and Shiro snorted. "That's a yes then. As for what just happened...well, I'm sure we can discuss this over tea or something."

"Tsk, this guy's fucked up if he thinks I'm drinking anything he has." Shiro said, stuffing his hands in his pockets.

"Well deal. I actually have to go, and since you're here, I can leave you in his...well never mind. See ya!" Ichigo turned and ran, hoping not to be late to school. Shiro, on the other hand, flipped Ichigo off and turned to Kisuke.

"So then...mind telling me what's going on?" The albino asked.

"Depends on what you can tell me." Kisuke replied. Shiro shrugeed and began to talk about what he could remember.

Chapter 2 end

Woot~! I'm excited about this~! So who wants ta review?

Kisuke- He wasn't in the movie at all! Shocker, neh? O.o

Rubbish pile- (from chAPTER 1) Kokuto mentions it, but I dunno what it really is. Guess Ulquiorra ended up as 'trash'. XD *gets things thrown at me*