A/N- I had this chapter typed out, so I figured I'd post it. I wrote it in honor of my favorite book of all time- Stephen King's It.

Disclaimer- I don't own Bleach or any of it's characters. I also don't own any of Stephen King's books mentioned in this chapter, especially It. Oh, and just in case, I don't own The Simpsons.

"The Shining...Misery...Skeleton Crew..." the sword read from the bookself.

He had found the library the day before. It took up half of one of the larger skyscrapers, and contained just about every book imaginable somewhere on it's many shelves.

Zangetsu was currently wandering through the Horror section looking at the titles under "King", while Ogihci was sitting at a table reading a book on medieval torture. The hollow also had a large stack of books in front of him with topics concerning things such as torture and serial killers. Kami knows how he managed to find them all.

"What is that?" The sword had returned from the bookshelves and had looked down at Ogihci's book.

"Scavenger's Daughter," [1] replied the albino, who was to engrossed in his book to say anything else. There were multiple pictures depicting the torture device, as well as a diagram showing what kind of damage one would sustain from it. The 'Scavenger's Daughter' appeared to be a 'A' shaped device, and the diagram appeared to show someone who had been crushed.

Zangetsu set several thick books down and took the seat across from the hollow. Picking up one of the larger titles, he began to read the summary.

"Skeleton Crew... Nightmares and Dreamscapes... Cujo... Stephen King, huh?"

The sword looked up. "You've read them?"

"Yep," Ogihci regarded the zanpakuto's expression. "What, surprised I can read?"

"No, it's just..." Zangetsu trailed off, having picked up a book, It.

"Ooh, It! Read it!" the hollow commanded. He then turned back to his pile of books and opened one about serial killers.

After reading the summery on the first page, plus the reviews, the sword shrugged and opened the book.

-The Next Day-

'King, get in here!'

Ichigo, who had been sitting in his Japanese class, almost fell out of his seat at his hollow's shout.

'Not now. I'm in class.'

'But it's important!'

'Fine. What is it?'

'Zanny's gone crazy!'

'What're you talking about?'

'He kept running away from me this morning!'

'Yeah. I think most sane people would run away from you.'

'But now he's locked himself in his room and he keeps talkin' to himself.'

'What?'

'Just get in here, King.'

'Class ends in three minutes. Wait 'till then.'

After his class ended, Ichigo found a safe spot to leave his body, then entered his inner world.

"Hello?" the shinigami shouted, having not seen anyone.

"Two buildings to yer left, King," came the reply.

At the specified area, Ichigo found a medium-sized skyscraper with a terrace on it, along with a sliding glass door.

Entering the building, he heard his hollow shouting.

"Zanny!" The response that came was indiscernible, being extremely muffled. Following the voice, Ichigo came upon his hollow, who was standing outside of a door, trying to get in. He guessed that was the sword's room.

"Zangetsu's in there?"

"Yeah! And he won't come out."

"Why?"

"I dunno. Don't think he slept last night, either."

"Again, why?"

" 'Cause he kept talkin' to himself the whole night."

"Um, okay... And you know this because...?"

Ogihci pointed across the hall at another door. "I could hear him from my room."

Ichigo sighed, then knocked on Zangetsu's door. "Zangetsu? You in there?" There was a reply, but it was too quiet to be heard. "You're gonna have to speak up. I can't hear you." He paused for a minute, and getting no response, the strawberry called out again. "Zangetsu, open up."

"...Can't... mrf...me..." came the extremely soft, muffled response.

Ichigo tried the doorknob.

"It's locked, King."

"You think I can't tell that?" The shinigami frowned at the door. "Do you have a bobby pin or something?" he asked, seeing the doorknob was an older, pickable version.

"No. Why would I?" Ogihci replied, crossing his arms. "And why would ya need one, anyways?"

Ichigo got his point, then turned back to the door. "Zangetsu, open up. Now."

After a few seconds of silence, he shrugged, then kicked the door in. Walking in with his hollow close behind, he was met with a surprising sight.

At first glance, the room, which had a dark color scheme, appeared empty. Upon closer inspection, the shinigami spotted his zanpakuto.

Zangetsu had retreated to his emo corner, where he was currently curled up in the fetal position, mumbling to himself. The only thing out of place in the room was a book on the floor near the bed. Ogihci glanced at it, then picked it up to look at the cover.

Ichigo tentatively approached his zanpakuto. "Zangetsu?"

"Can't...mrf...will...me..." The sword had his head buried in his arms, so his words were muffled.

"Uh... Come again?" Ichigo said, reaching out to put his hand on Zangetsu's shoulder.

"Can't sleep, clown will eat me," [2] the old man said, finally looking up.

"What?"

"...Can't sleep, clown will eat me," Zangetsu repeated, now staring blankly at a wall.

"King?" Ogihci walked up to Ichigo, holding the book.

"What'd you do?" asked the shinigami, tearing his attention away from his sword, who was still staring at the wall like a brain-dead zombie.

"Me? I didn't do anything!"

"Can't sleep, clown will eat me..." Zangetsu mumbled, now staring at Ogihci. The two boys threw Zangetsu quizzical glances.

"Okay then..."

"The hell've you been smokin', Zanny?" the hollow asked, taking a step towards the sword.

At this, the sword's eyes went wide, then ran out of the room, screaming, "NOOOO!", leaving a very confused Ichigo and an amused Ogihci behind.

"What was that about?" the strawberry asked, bewildered by the sword's behavoir.

"Clowns..." the hollow thought out loud. His eyes widened as an idea struck him, and he started laughing. He looked down at the book in his hand. "Ha! Zanny's scared of It!"

"It?" Ichigo asked, not making the connection.

The albino, who was now bent double with laughter, held up the book for his 'King' to see. Ichigo took it and looked at the cover, which showed a sewer grate, a paper boat, and part of what looked like a clown's face. The listed title was It.

"...How is he scared of It? Book's not that scary..."

"That's what makes it funny! Ooh, I gotta idea!" Ogihci bolted off to do whatever was going through his deranged mind.

Ichigo sighed. This couldn't be good.

Zangetsu was sitting on the edge of a building next to his emo pole, mumbling on about killer clowns. Suddenly, Ogihci arrived, apparently having used sonido to get there.

"Hey, Zanny!" the hollow shouted at the sword, who looked at him in horror. Seeing this, the hollow gave his signature psychotic grin.

"Go away..." Zangetsu mumbled, burying his head in his arms again.

"Ogihci..." Ichigo had finally located the two spirits after running all over his mindscape searching for them.

"He thrusts his fists against the posts and still insists he sees the ghosts!" [3] Ogihci chanted at Zangetsu, who's eyes went wide. The zanpakuto then began to flee from the deranged hollow, who proceeded to chase him, laughing and chanting the odd phrase over and over again.

"Stop it you two!" Ichigo was now running after the two spirits, trying to figure out what was going on. In a burst of speed, he managed to tackle the spastic hollow and brought him to the ground. The shinigami then grabbed his zanpakuto's arm and dragged him back over to where Ogihci was laying.

"Now explain what the hell is going on!" he yelled at Ogihci, Zangetsu having curled up into the fetal position again.

"...Can't sleep... Clown will eat me..."

"A clown is not going to eat you." Ichigo told the zanpakuto in a 'well, duh' voice.

"Zanny's afraid of It!" Ogihci cackled.

"Stop it!"

"But King ~," the hollow whined. "Zanny'll snap outta it in a few days. He always does."

"I don't- wait, did you just say always?"

"Yeah."

"What the hell is wrong with you?"

"Everything, King."

Ichigo sighed, then continued on. "Well, I don't care. You guys are going to destroy my mindscape if you don't stop."

The hollow's grin returned, and, completely ignoring the shinigami, turned to Zangetsu. "Hey Zanny."

"Ogihci," Ichigo said in warning.

"We all float down here, and you'll float too," [4] he said in an really creepy, unsettling voice. That was when the sword lost it.

"NOOOO!" Zangetsu screamed, then jumped off the edge of the building to another, lower one, then ran off and disappeared. Ichigo couldn't find him no matter how hard he searched, and Ogihci wasn't helping; he was still lying on the ground laughing his ass off when the shinigami returned a hour later.

-In a warehouse somewhere in Ichigo's screwed up mindscape-

Zangetsu was slowly drinking himself into a stupor. He still had quite a bit of sake stashed away. Best not to waste it.

Ogihci would rue this day. 'And the ruing starts now,' Zangetsu thought. 'Now...'

The old man passed out, completely wasted.

[1]- The Scavenger's Daughter was a rarely used medieval torture device. It basically did the exact opposite of what the Rack did; Crushed instead of stretched.

[2]- Originally said in The Simpsons.

[3] & [4]- Both are things said in It. The first one's said by both Bill and Ben (I think), and the second one is said by Pennywise the Clown.

A/N- Uh, well, yeah. Apparently Zangetsu has coulrophobia (fear of clowns) now. xD If you've never read It, before, you really should. You might develop an insane fear of clowns and sewers, but... Really good book.

Review! It makes me happy. (Arigato, ShiroHichi891 and TheCatWithTheHat for reviewing this so soon. Didn't think this would really get any reviews, next day- two reviews! ^^; )