A/N: Hey Guys! I'm so sorry that it's been such a long time. I've had a lot going on in my life that I've had to deal with, and hopefully now I'll be more freed up to continue writing.

- Hello = Zangetsu

-Hello= Ichigo's Hollow- in this story Shirosaki ( shiro for short)

-'Thoughts'

It took a few seconds before Rukia came to terms with what had just happened. After all, it wasn't very often that she got mistaken for a burglar and kicked by random person- much less a human boy to be exact. The fact that he could let alone see her shocked her. In order for that to be the case, this strange human had to have an incredible reiatsu signature.

"Well? Are you going to tell me what you're doing in my house?" Ichigo continued to look down at his good friend. He wanted more than anything to call her by her name and tell her everything that was going on. She was his best friend after all. But that was just it—she was his best friend. She had absolutely no idea who he was. She had no remembrance of any of the incredible times they had had together. 'How could she' he thought, 'How could someone have memories of something that didn't happen yet?'

"Well if you got your foot off of me I might just tell you what I'm doing here. It's not like you'd understand anyways." Rukia scoffed up at hm. She couldn't believe what was going on. She was currently talking to a pathetic human boy who could SEE her!

"Hey. What's that supposed to mean? You calling me stupid or somthin'?!" Ichigo was so tempted to pick his little fights with her again. It just wouldn't be the same without their constant bickering with each other.

Rukia's eyes widened in shock of his stupidity. She hadn't meant to call him stupid. It was just going to be freaking hard to explain the soul society and her world to a human, nonetheless, she had to rebuttal. "What? That's not what I said at all! What's wrong with you? Were you dropped on your head as a baby?"

Ichigo crossed his arms in defiance. "Well it sure sounds like you're calling me stupid to me! I mean what else does "Were you dropped on your head as a baby?" sound like?"

"I said that's not what I meant!" She screamed waving both of her hands in the air comically.

"Eh, whatever. Anyway, wanna tell me why you're here again exactly?" Ichigo said trying to pry the information he knew all too well from her again. It's not like he actually lived this scene in this lifetime anyways.

Rukia sighed. "I guess I could give you the shortened version." She didn't know where to start. No matter what she said it would sound ridiculous to him. How does someone explain that they go around fighting giant invisible monsters while saving spirits and guiding them to the after-life. An afterlife that was nothing like the heaven described for the humans once they died. Sometimes, well, a majority of the time souls didn't meet up with departed family members. They lived in ramshackle houses, and sometimes stole basic necessities to survive. If one was lucky, they'd develop enough reiatsu to become a Shinigami. Even though, the chance was slim.

"Good. I'm not one for stories, so make it quick" It needed to be too. Ichigo could sense the Hallow approaching from across the city. He was lucky that it was so late out. He didn't sense anyone around it, so they could risk taking up some time.

"I guess I should start with telling you my name, huh?" Rukia said sitting cross legged on the floor of Ichigo's room.

"Might be a good place to start" He agreed while takin a seat across from her.

"My name is Rukia Kuchiki. I'm from the Soul Society. I'm a Shinigami sent here to investigate some mysterious reishi signatures here in the world of the living." She thought she sounded crazy. Who the hell would believe this bullshit. Seriously. It was like it came out of one of those Manga that she had heard about.

"In that case, I'm Ichigo Kurosaki. I'm from right here in Karakura Town. I'm a high school student who was born here because I was. What the hell is the Soul Society?" Ichigo decided to go along with it. He knew that he'd have to savor the moments that he had with his friends since he got the second chance; nevertheless, he kept a careful observance on the hollow that was approaching. He knew that Kisuke would be there soon if he didn't get a move on, but then again Kisuke must have noticed that Rukia was now with him. That changed things. He had to figure out a way to get Rukia to lose her powers again. He didn't want to. He didn't like the thought of puttering her in that weakened state, still it was something he had to do.

"The Soul Society is I guess what you would call heaven. It's where souls who have not committed any serious crimes or sins go after they pass on from this life." She paused, carefully watching the expression on his face to see if it was safe to continue.

He nodded, "That makes sense I guess. Now what the hell are Shinigami. "

Rukia Balked. She couldn't even believe herself what she was saying. It was all too ridiculous. Just absolutely ridiculous, "Well, a Shinigami is someone who tries to guide these souls to the afterlife as well as banish hollows, or evil spirits."

Ichigo nodded. "Uh-huh. So you expect me to believe that you are from another world, and you have come down here to earth to fight some evil monster thingy called a hollow?"

Rukia paused, "Well yeah I guess. That's exactly it!" That was easier than she expected it to be.

"Uh-huh. Well that's just a load of bullshit. Ya know, you would've been better off telling me that you were a burglar instead of this pathetic lie. I mean honestly. I'm not THAT stupid." Ichigo had to hide his smile. It was fun messing with her again. Maybe it would be easier than he thought hiding his knowledge of the future from her. His dad knew, and Kisuke knew- that was two people too many. They had to know of course, it wasn't as if he could keep it a secret from Kisuke anyway, and his dad deserved to know.

"But it's true!" Rukia protested, "Do you want me to draw it out for you? I am a pretty incredible artist, don't ya know." She smirked as she started to take out her drawing pad from the folds of her shihakushō

Ichigo waved his hands quickly once he saw the drawing pads edges, "Nah. That's okay. I think I got it. So if you're so adamant that what you're saying is true, then I guess I might as well go along with it. So what are we going to do about that Hollow- that's what it's called right?- that's approaching towards m house?" He would've loved to see her poorly drawn bunny explanation, but they were really running out of time. The growing pressure around his body was tingling from the approaching hollow, and he knew that it would be there soon. He also noticed that Kisuke had finally decided to come into play, and that would be interesting to see how Urahara would fake the Hōgyoku this time.

Hey Kingy. Mr. Hollow is coming closer. Ya might wanna get around to it soon.

'Yeah no joke. You don't think I noticed him?'

Well apparently Rukia over here hasn't. What's with her anyway? It's not like it's a weak signature. Sure it's not all that strong, but

'Cut her some slack, Shiro. It's not like she's been advanced enough to-'

ROOOOOAAAARRRR

Ichigo's head turned to the window in shock, "That was close"

"What are you talking about? I knew it. You're just delusional aren't you." She huffed, "And now I've wasted all this time!"

Ichigo's eyes widened in mock shock at her. He knew that her power level wouldn't be up to par with her future self, but that was very close. Even an amateur Shinigami fresh out of the academy would have been able to sense that. "What are you? Deaf? Don't you hear that? That has to be a hollow of some kind!"

Rukia was slightly offended at his antics. What could a human sense that she couldn't? "You're crazy. I would've sensed if it one was as close as you say it is. I mean come on." She crossed her arms and turned her heard away from him.

ROOOOOOOAAAAAAAARRRRR!

"Now I hear it." She was startled. That was close. How did she not hear it before? There must have been something messing with her senses.

Ichigo sighed in relief. His cover was still in check, "Good. Now why don't you go attack it before it hurts my family?!"

"Okay, okay. Just stay here. I can't have you getting hurt either." Rukia stood up to go, readying herself to jump through the window she had come in through.

"What? No! If it wants my family, then I'm going too." Ichigo stood up beside her.

"Oh no you're not. You'll just get in my way." Rukia was doddled that this human could have thought that he'd be of any help at all. He may have been able to sense the hollow before her, but it didn't mean he was anywhere up to the level of a Shinigami.

"Bakudo 1: Sai" She sealed off Ichigo with a simple paralysis kido. She didn't need to overdo it to hold him off.

Ichigo let the kido do its bonding- or so Rukia thought. That kido wasn't nearly enough to hold him. In fact, it didn't even bind a finger. Still, he had to keep his cover, so he quickly crossed his arms around his back and feel to the floor. "What the hell? What can't I move?"

"That's a kido I've just placed on you. Don't try to break it. It's no use anyways." Rukia turned back and ran out the room, leaving Ichigo on the floor.

Nice acting ya got there, Kingy. "What the Hell? Why can't I move?"AHAHAHA I almost pissed myself in here for that act. Now get ya ass off'da floor so we can go

Nice going, Ichigo. But Shiro is right we need to go now, before Rukia actually does enough damage to the Hollow. We must interfere.

'Oh I know that much. Let's go'

Ichigo quickly discontorted himself. He didn't need to waste any time as he ran down the stairs of his house to find Rukia battling the creature outside.

"Get away from my family!" He picked up a chair and darted towards the bug-like creature that he knew all too well was a hollow. This one was easy bait. He could probably kill it with a flick of his hand- even in human form. It was probably the lowest level opponent he had fought against since the first fight he had as a Shinigami all those years ago.

'But it wasn't all those years ago. They haven't happened yet' It was so weird to think about not having done all those things when he clearly remembered them. He just hopped that he would stay sane throughout this whole process.

"What the Hell are you doing?! You're going to get yourself killed!" Rukia couldn't believe her eyes when she saw the mob of orange rushing towards her and the hollow with a chair in hand. At first she thought that he was absolutely crazy for rushing into this, then she remembered that he shouldn't have been able to. 'I put a kido on him. No human should have been able to break that kido- at least without damaging their soul.' She was so in awe of her revelation that she completely missed the hollow's claw reaching out towards her.

"Look out! Rukia!" Ichigo pushed himself faster towards the hollow in order to make it look like he was trying to save her from the blow. As much as he didn't want her to get hurt, he knew it was necessary to get her to transfer her powers over to him again.

Rukia was pushed down and thrown several feet from the site of the attack. Attempting to stand back up and get back on track, she didn't notice the figure in the shadows watching the fight with interest from underneath a bucket hat.

"Rukia! Are you okay?" Ichigo dropped the chair and ran over to her. He supported her back and watched as she coughed up blood on the ground in front of her.

"What the hell were you thinking? You're just a human. You can't do anything to help." She was in pain. It hurt more than it should have. She knew that something was interfering with her powers from the start. Normally, this hollow would've been easy to take down.

"Well I couldn't just stand back and watch while a hollow attacked right outside of my house." Ichigo tried to convince her.

"Look, Ichigo, I'm too injured to fight. I'm too weak. I can help you by giving you some of my powers. After that, you have to take it from there." She couldn't believe what she was saying.

"What do I have to do?" Ichigo looked determined to help fight.

"Take my sword, and thrust it into yourself. It should give you just enough power to defeat the hollow." She didn't know how he'd react. Some random spirit you met a few minutes ago told you to thrust a sword into yourself to save yourself? That was crazy talk. Even she wouldn't have been fooled by that logic.

"Are you crazy? What will happen if the sword goes through me?" There it was. She knew he wouldn't believe her.

"It won't. But if this doesn't work, we don't have much to lose. Do you trust me?" It was hard enough to convince herself that this wasn't an absolutely ridiculous idea- much less convince him.

"I'm not sure if I-" He tried to protest, although he was going to do it anyways. He knew nothing would happen to him.

"We don't have time for your sarcasm. Do you trust me?" Rukia was fed up with him. They wouldn't have been in this mess if it wasn't for him in the first place.

Ichigo gave a determined smirk, "Give me that sword, Shinigami." And he grabbed the blade.

It was a long shot for Rukia to do such a thing, not only was it illegal, but it wasn't promised that it would work. She didn't know how it would turn out. Even if it did turn out the way she predicted it to, Ichigo still didn't know how to use the powers she was about to give him. Still, it seemed like the only choice she had- lest they become the next meal for the hollow.

Ichigo walked into Rukia's Zanpakutō knowing fully welt hat he had to take her powers from her. He really didn't want to leave her defenseless like that, but he knew he had to do it. He had to be careful as to how he played his cards this time. Aizen had to think that Rukia held the Hōgyoku, and the only way that she would fall into Kisuke's hands again would be to take away her powers.

Rukia looked up at Ichigo in shock for what seemed like the hundredth time that day. She would never hear the end of the crimes she had just committed, being a noble in this case especially didn't help her cause. Not with her brother being one of the must rule-upholding people that she knew. Ichigo looked incredible she had to admit that he looked like he had been born and bred to be a Shinigami. His Zanpakutō, even in its natural state was huge. It was one of the biggest she had ever seen, and he was human no less. Every Shinigami knew that the size of the Zanpakutō reflected the amount of reiatsu that a Shinigami had.

Wait. She knew it. Something had gone wrong. She felt powerless, weak. It was then that Rukia realized she had given all of her powers to Ichigo, not just the bit that she was planning on. As much as she wanted to see Ichigo battle the hollow in front of them, ad as much as she wanted to tell him how to defeat his new enemy, she couldn't stay conscious. So, she drifted off into a state of darkness.

It had all gone as plan. Ichigo's plan to take her powers worked. He hated doing it, but it was the only way. It wasn't like he had much time either. The hollow in front of him would be a piece of cake. Compared to the captains of the thirteen court guard squads, the arrancar, the visard, and Aizen- this was a fly on his wall. His Zanpakutō? Well that was just his giant fly swatter.

Ichigo knew that He had to make it look like he had more power than she would think. That was easy. He just compressed his spirit energy into a big enough blade. Still, it was inconvenient for him to go all out on the hollow. It was weak after all, but he hadn't fought in a while, and this would be a great way to blow off some steam. So, Ichigo sliced the head off that damned hollow in one single moved before reverting Zangetsu back to his more natural form of the slim Zanpakutō he had come to know once he had learned how to control his reiatsu.

"Nice work, Ichigo. It's interesting to see you fight. I must say, good job." Kisuke came out of the shadows.

"Yeah, but that wasn't even enough to cease my boredom."

"Now, what are we going to do with her?"

"I guess we'll have to take her back to the shop and heal her up. We need to suppress her powers from healing for a few days so that her brother can come back and fetch his family. You have a gigai that can do the trick? Don't worry. I'll give her back her powers eventually. We just need to set the trap up for Aizen first."

"I can whip something up in about a day. Until then, we'll just have to keep her unconscious. I assume you'll be the one keeping an eye out on her in the world of the living for the time being?"

"Yeah I'll take care of it. Contact me when you have everything you're responsible taken care of."

"Will do, Ichigo. Well then," He said picking up Rukia's body and throwing it haphazardly over his shoulder, "I'll see you soon enough."

Ichigo watched Urahara disappear with his old friend before turning around to head inside. From here on out, he knew that it would get just that much more difficult.

"Taicho, Taicho! Report. Urgent Report from the World of the living. Our signature on unseated officer number 16076: Rukia Kuchiki from the thirteenth Squad has just disappeared. I repeat; Our signature on unseated officer number 16076: Rukia Kuchiki from the thirteenth squad had just disappeared." The young Shinigami Rin Tsubokura stood idly by the door of the twelfth division captain's office waiting for any orders.

"No more signature huh? Did you check the sensors again?" The Captain of the twelfth squad smiled curiously.

"Double and triple checked them, sir!" The young Shinigami saluted.

"Hmm. Interesting. No more signature." He repeated himself in thought while tapping his longest nail on his lasts dissection project's face in front of him. His Cheshire grin widened.

"Let's wait on it for a few days before reporting it at the next captain's meeting. This could be a quite new interesting experiment having to deal with reishi signature in the world of the living." He chuckled to himself.

"While we're on the topic, sir- A new reishi signature unknown to our scanners has been picked up in the World of the living very close to where we lost Miss Kuchiki's"

"Hmn? Why didn't you tell me that sooner? This is much more interesting than some meaningless little Shinigami disappearing from our radar. Could a new creature perhaps appeared? I must experiment and research it further. Until then, keep this under the twelfth division's knowledge." He darted towards the pathetic Shinigami he had under his control. This new information was much more important. Didn't he know any better?! Still, the report was needed.

"Hai, Taicho! It will stay within the division walls." Rin shuddered at the eerie grin his Captain was giving him.

"Now get back to work!"

"Hai!" Rin quickly ran out of the room, the first order he was glad to receive from the captain.

"Interesting. Yes, very Interesting indeed. Nanao! Pack up this filth. I'm through with it. I have other plans I must assess now." He motioned to the disfigured creature on the dissection table in front of him while he turned to walk briskly to his lab. New reishi samples would be splendid. 'Simply splendid.'

A/N: Hey guys! So I realized in writing this chapter that I write very oddly. I write the dialogue first, and then I go back and add the paragraphs and reactions. Whatever. It works for me.