IIIIIIII don't own bleach =] Just the other people.

Thought I'd just remind you...

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"Oi, Lotus, what the hell did your hollow do to mine?" Ichigo was hammering on the front of Lotus's front door the next day.

Her house was only a few blocks away from his, it was the only bungalow that had no new extensions or conservatories, he noted that she had a large, well managed garden full of exotic, colourful flowers.

He was soon greeted with a gold tasseled red cushion smothering him and sending him flying backwards onto the chipin drive.

"SSSSHHH! Lotus is IIIILLL!" Valiant was holding the red cushion, leaning out of the door way with her fingers pressed to her lips.

"Auntie Val, I'm not ill! Leto's just hungry, that's all!" Lotus shoved passed her once diseased aunt and stepped out of the house in her lazy-day wear consisting of baggy jeans and a pink jumper, totally not attractive.

"But-!" Valiant looked crest fallen, like she genuinely wanted Lotus to be ill.

The not ill Lotus looked at Ichigo blankly as the strawberry stood up and brushed himself down, well she was trying to; really she had a blush only Ichigo would miss.

Lotus was somewhat shorter than her guest, for she wasn't wearing her school boots but her lovely fuzzy slippers.

"What did you want?" She waited patiently, trying desperately to ignore Leto forcing the hunger onto her.

"Your hollow did something to mine and now he's…pathetic." Ichigo summed up Hichigo's new personality, thinking back to how he ran away…really, he couldn't sleep because of that image, it was not right!

Lotus didn't look like she believed what he said. "When?" She folded her arms, convinced that he made a mistake.

"Around two days ago?" Ichigo suddenly felt like he was at school seeing the headmaster for something he didn't do but was going to get the blame for anyway.

A green butterfly fluttered past.

Lotus massaged her temples; Leto was really loud and obscene, especially when Ichigo was about.

'Shut up Leto! I'll feed you later! Anyway what did you do to Hichigo?'

"Who?"

'Hichigo, Ichigo's hollow.'

"Again who?"

Leto wasn't one for remembering names, more like faces; even then she'd get them wrong!

'The guy that's in front of me!'

"Ooooh! That's Ichigo! Oh yeah, I was with his Hollow but I didn't do anything to him…that I can remember, although I've been hungry for a few weeks now, because SOMEONE won't let me eat!"

Lotus rolled her eyes and looked at Ichigo apologetically, stuffing her hands into her pockets like Ichigo had. "She says she may have tried to eat him." she smiled sweetly.

Ichigo stared at her dumbfounded, his mind completely blank.

"STAY FOR TEA! LOTUS IS MAKING PASTA!" Out of nowhere Valiant sprang up between them and dragged Ichigo inside; she was strong for being just as short as Lotus and almost twice as skinny.

Ichigo saw no point in fighting the eccentricly insane shinigami; he may end up with a bucket thrown at him like Renji if he refused.