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Sakura opened her eyes and looked at a pitch black sky above her. She assumed it was a sky. Around her was a white field with hills in the distance. Black lifeless trees with no leaves were scattered here and there. The land looked dead.

"Of course it's dead." Sakura stood up and looked around as she tried to find the source of the voice. "Over hear, Princess." She spun around and came face to face with herself. But it wasn't herself. The woman's skin was porcelain white and her hair was silvery white. Her teeth were as black as the sky and her eyes glowed an eery red colour. The girl scared Sakura. "You should he scared. Because I'm going to kill you!"

Sakura moved sideways and avoided an attack. Where had the woman gotten a sword? And why does she feel like a Hollow? Who is she? Where are they?

"You ask too many questions." Sakura didn't notice the woman move to stand behind her. The woman slashed at Sakura and managed to get a deep cut on her arm. "You should know where we are. This is your soul after all. And as for me...I'm going to take over your soul."

"Why? Why do you want that? And how did a Hollow get into my soul?" Sakura tried to stop the bleeding from the wound on her arm. But it didn't seem to work.

"I didn't GET into your soul. I was born from it." Sakura' sees widened at the Hollow's words. "Now aren't you going to fight me fairly? This just isn't fun unless you fight back. Come on! Summon your zanpakutou already!" The Hollow sneered at the girl.

"Zanpakutou? What is that?" Sakura tried to remember if Urahara or Jushiro ahead said anything about zanpakutou. She couldn't remember anything.

The Hollow began laughing. It was an eery laugh that chilled Sakura to the bone. "Doesn't matter now. Your dead!" The Hollow attacked and aimed for the woman's heart.

"ENOUGH!" The Hollows katana bounced off the side of a large black horse. The horse stood between Sakura and the Hollow. "If she dies, we both vanish as well."

"I wasn't gonna kill her. Just take control of her." The Hollow shrugged as she picked herself up off the ground. "Not my fault she is weak and doesn't even know how to use you."

Sakura glared at the Hollow before turning her attention to the horse. "Are you...my zanpakutou?" She tentatively reached out to pet the horse, but stopped before her hand touched it.

The horse turned it's head and rubbed against her hand. "Yes, darling. It's good to see you here. Everything is starting to grow again."

Sakura looked around her. Thin blades of black grass were beginning to grow on the barren ground. The trees grew thicker and the branches spread out more, but no leaves grew.

"I liked it better when it was nearly dead." Sakura and the horse turned to look at the Hollow. She had her sword slung across her shoulder and was frowning.

Sakura returned the Hollow's frown. "It's looks better with life in it."

"Life is overrated. It's a waste of time and a lie. The sooner you learn that, the easier it is to survive." The Hollow pointed it's sword at Sakura.

Sakura took a step back. "Life is a wonderful thing. It's gives us hope that each day willbe better. And it allows us to reach our dreams."

"It's where dreams go to die!" The Hollow yelled as she ran at Sakura.

Sakura placed a hand on the horses neck and watched the Hollow calmly. "It's where dreams grow. As long as you dot give up." She made eye contact with the horse and smiled as she stared into the dark pools that reflected nothing. "Open The Sky Up and Start A Fire, Muso-ku!" A staff with a blade at one end and a dream catcher on the other appeared before her. She held the staff in her hands above her head and stopped the Hollow's blade.

"So you know how to call her now. So what!" The Hollow pushed herself off the staff and faced the girl. She covered her eyes as a blinding light hit her eyes.

Sakura looked behind her. An orange sun had begun to rise over the hills. But it stopped halfway. She couldn't tell if it was sunrise or sunset. Her gaze was only pulled away from the light as she saw other lights beginning to appear. The trees were now ablaze, but seemed to thrive on the fire.

"Damn light! Stupid warmth." Sakura looked towards the Hollow an she began to mutter and walk away.

Sakura ran up to the girl, leaving the bladed staff in the ground. "Wait! What is your dream?" Sakura couldn't help but feel sadness when she met the Hollow's eyes.

The Hollow looked like she was about to yell at Sakura, but stopped. "I just...want a heart." The Hollow dropped her arms in defeat. "But I can't have one. I'm a Hollow. I don't even have a name."

Sakura ran forward and hugged the girl tightly. "I can share my heart with you. You said you were born from my soul, so you came from my heart. So you can share it with me." She felt the woman stiffen before wrapping her arms around the girl. "And as for you name, do you have one that you want to have?"

"No. Why are you doing this?" The Hollow was surprised to find tears falling from her eyes. Hollows didn't feel emotions.

"Because I don't want to lose any pieces of myself. Especially not one so close to my heart." Sakura and the Hollow laughed at the second part. "No one can live with half a heart. But I think we can make it with sharing."

"Thank you, Sakura. Can you pick a name for me?" The Hollow pulled away from the girl and tucked her hair behind her ears. She was a bit embarrassed to be asking such a thing.

"Okay. How about...Princess?" Sakura smiled.

"No." The Hollow gave her a flat look.

"Yuki?" Sakura began thinking of names.

"Maybe." It wasn't bad, just not perfect.

"Shiro?" Sakura smiled jokingly.

"Absolutely not!" The Hoolow gave the girl an annoyed look.

"Tsubaki?" Sakura waited to see what the Hollow's response would be.

The Hollow thought about the name. "I like it. Okay then, from now on...I am Tsubaki!" She have Sakura a smile as she laid her sword over her shoulders. "But don't think this changes anything. If you get too weak...I'll take over."

Sakura giggled a bit at the girl's reaction. "Okay, Tsubaki. But don't think I will get weak easily. Or that I'll let you take over without a fight."

"You two are like a pair of siblings." Both women looked over as a horse approached them. It sounded like the black horse, but this one's tail and main were lit on fire. "This is what it normally look like. How I was before was because of the weak connection I had to you. But now I have my full strength. We have our full strength."

"Then let's go." Sakura turned and looked for a way out, but couldn't find one. "How do I leave?"

"I gotcha covered for that." Tsubaki stepped up in front of Sakura. "You're going to have to learn how to do this yourself." She hit the girl on her forehead.

Sakura closed her eyes as she felt herself fall backwards. 'Why do I always end up falling?'

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