Chapter 1: Follow That Hollow

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"A Hollow that claims to travel to another world? Sounds more like a bluff than an actual thing", Urahara claimed while sitting nonchalantly at the table. Ichigo, sitting opposite of him with Rukia, gave Uehara a blank yet irritated stare, "That what it told me and I want to follow it. We can't have a hollow running around somewhere else" he said. Urahara smiled, "I never said it wasn't possible. Although your only way to follow it is to jump into whatever portal it uses. How you get back here, is another problem" Urahara pondered the situation. Ichigo didn't care about the risk, "I'll be able to get back. It'll be like going between here and the Soul Society. I imagine" Ichigo stated confidently but slightly lost his posture by the end of the sentence. Rukia didn't look so sure, "Even if that were true, we can't be sure where ever we're going will have a similar connection" she warned him. Urahara stood up, "You know what, let me do some looking around and maybe I can come up with something to help you. I'm sure there is something about this" he offered. Not wanting to wait at first ,but with the chance of Urahara finding anything useful, Ichigo decided to wait around some. Also because Rukia made him. "Better to go prepared than not" she said. Rukia had a point. The odds of even returning back here are slim considering no one knew anything.

After a passing day of being on regular hollow duty, Ichigo and Rukia returned to see if Urahara had found anything. "Ichigo. Rukia" a voice greeted from atop the shop. A black cat perched. "Urahara ask for your help Yoruichi?" asked Ichigo. The cat jumped down to ground level, "Of course. I must say I'm interested in this also. Hollows can only travel between here and their world. I never heard anything of one going to another place yet alone another world entirely" she said. The front door suddenly slide open, "Ah you two are here. I was about to send Ururu to fetch you. I've got good news" Urahara told them while motioning them all to come inside.

Sitting at the table yet again, Urahara presented his information. "Shall I tell you the good news or the bad news first?" Urahara asked. Ichigo didn't seemed amused, "Does it matter? Just tell us" he said. Urahara's goofy stature faded to become more serious and focused. "There was nothing for sure to be found on the hollow specifically. Although, I did managed to dig up some rumors that seemed to ring a bell. Soul Reapers have claimed to have caught a glimpse of a hollow that has tentacles and a slim fast body. This hollow also tend to flee than fight and often disappeared into thin air by a portal" Urahara spoke. "That's exactly how it looked like" Ichigo chimed in "Did you talk to any of the soul reapers who saw it?" he asked. Yoruichi climbed up on the table, "No names were mentioned and anyone we talked to had no substantial information. We only managed to find these rumors by sheer luck. But I don't think it's a coincidence" she said. Ichigo almost began to doubt himself for a second. Maybe he was just making up the hollow, but he remembered the encounter clear as day. If Rukia remembered than surely it wasn't just his imagination. "Hollows aside, when it came to the whole portal thing there has been a recorded incident" Urahara started up the conversation again. Ichigo and Rukia were both interested. They exchanged quick glances. "And?" Ichigo urged him continue. "Well it wasn't very conclusive but it said it was possible to travel between 'worlds'. Now I'm not sure if it was a coincidence or not but the soul reaper who survived was holding a Ki Bell" he explained. "Isn't that just for good luck? Like a charm?" Rukia remembered. Urahara nodded, "It is. But the man claimed to wish upon the charm to return home and he did. I know. Sounds like a fairy tale but it's the only type of lead we have at the moment" he finished. True this whole thing did sound kinda stupid. "I think we should take the charm with us. If it offers the slightest chance to return home, it's worth it" Rukia agreed. Ichigo nodded, "Won't hurt to try" he also agreed. Urahara smiled, relieving the tension "I thought so. So I got some for the both of you" he said tossing the shiny bells. Rukia and Ichigo caught the small trinkets in their hands. They were silver with the Kanji for Ki engraved in them. Ichigo gave the bell a gentle shake and it rung softly. Rukia attached the charm to the band around her waist, it would be safest there. Ichigo did the same. "Now the next step is to find the hollow" Ichigo said. "Better get to looking. The chance you'll encounter it again, is probably slim to none" Yoruichi advised. The two soul reapers stood up, "Maybe these charms will give us the good luck we need" Rukia smiled.

Good luck? Not the luck they were hoping for. Days had passed. "I don't think we'll ever see that hollow again Rukia. Yoruichi said the chances were slim" Ichigo confessed disappointed. Rukia didn't say a word at first. She herself was beginning to think the same. "I know. Maybe we are thinking about it too much. My Captain likes to say that when you think about something too much, it won't happen. But the moment you let your mind wander, it happens" she recalled. 'Because life likes to throw you curveballs like that doesn't it', Ichigo thought. Ichigo unhooked the bell and tossed it around into the air a few times, catching it each time and allowing the bell to ring freely. The light from the moon gave it a slight shimmer as he tossed it upwards. "That's a nice little bell you got there, Soul Reaper" said a sly voice a strong aura coming from it. Ichigo almost fumbled the charm, a bit surprised. No doubt that it was a hollow. Ichigo and Rukia drew their zanpakutos. "Show yourself!" Ichigo ordered. "What's the fun in that?" the voice said with still no certain direction. From below Ichigo, shadows of tentacles appeared and suddenly took form. "Ichigo under you!" Rukia warned him. Ichigo looked down and saw the approaching danger. He attempted to jump out of harm's way but the tentacles had wrapped around his legs. They attempted to pull him into the shadows. Ichigo slashed at the tentacles and they squirmed and released him. "So you want to die the hard way" the voice said clearly coming from behind Ichigo and Rukia. The both turned. From the shadows 4 large tentacles took form and then a body. The hollow's mask had beady eyes and a wide creepy smile. "I shouldn't have let the two of you live. But now I will drag you to hell and kill you there myself" it hissed. "You don't scare me. I've been to hell and back" Ichigo growled. The hollow chuckled slowly, "Is that so? That only means your soul is gonna be that much tastier. If that's the case I shall kill you FIRST!" it lunged with incredible speed. The force hit Ichigo and sent him flying across the road and into a nearby wall. The hollow towered over him, "Too slow Soul Reaper" it mocked. Its tentacles reached over to grab Ichigo. "He's not the only one who's too slow!" Rukia cried as her zanpakuto sliced through the hollows fleshy tentacles and cut them all clean off. The hollow scrambled back in shock, "My-my tentacles! What have you done?!" it screamed panicking. Rukia gave Ichigo a hand, helping him stand again. "Let's finish the poor bastard off" Ichigo suggested picking up Zangetsu. Rukia nodded. "No! I won't go down this easily! Besides you'll never catch me!" the hollow screeched and then took off. "Don't lose it" Rukia said and her and Ichigo followed the hollow best they could. Being injured, its speed was drastically reduced. Eventually, Ichigo and Rukia were able to corner the hollow. "If we kill it now, that'll save us a trip to an unknown world" Ichigo said. The hollow glared at Ichigo and suddenly regained its confidence, "Another world. That's where you want to go? What a brilliant idea Soul Reaper. A perfect place for me to kill you and no one will ever know. Besides you might be useful. Then after I use you and kill you,with your souls I'll create the perfect link so all the hollows will rule. Then we hollows can suck all the souls from that world and we'll come back even stronger and kill every single soul reaper alive" it planned evilly laughing. The hollow threw itself at the both of them, knocking Ichigo and Rukia off their feet. A portal began to stir from underneath them and they were all unwillingly sucked in.

A\N I've had the urge to write this crossover for a while. Now I'm finally doing it. Next chapter, we'll dive in to see how class E-3 is doing.

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