Ichigo took a deep breath and turned back to Chappy. "Do you think you can find Urahara and stay safe with him? I can give you directions to the shop."

    "I shall do what Ichi-nii says, and I don't need assistance! I was created there and know the directions by heart--!"

     "Great, then you should go quickly! If you get there fast enough then you'll get a piggy back ride!"

    "Yaaaaaaayyy..." Chappy sped off into the direction of the Urahara Shop and Ichigo sighed.

    "Why did it have to be such such a perky soul?"

    He followed Rukia's reiatsu and eventually met up with her, and she explained how she had killed two more.

    "That's great!" Ichigo encoraged. "They'll all be gone in no time, don't worry. This is also really extreme endurance training when you think about it--" He blocked the incoming slap; he knew after he spoke a few words that Rukia didn't want to hear any more talking after that.

    "Damn you..." He threw her hand off to the side. He then placed his hand atop her head and then it glowed green. Rukia felt her pounding head and the dizziness stop...all of her wounds were hurting less.

    "What are you doing?"

    "I'm destroying your memories. What does it look like? I'm healing you!"

    "I thought you didn't have the best grades with healing."

    "Yeah...I kinda lied because you just really have to focus...and I had no reiatsu. ...and -- don't think about it. We need to work on that temper of yours!"

    Rukia also felt another sensation. She...her spirit was becoming more alive.

    "Does this also restore reiatsu?"

    "Yeah, maybe in two-ish more minutes I can restore the reiatsu you've used up while fighting."

    "That's so cool!"

    "It might be smart not to keep messing with me, as soon as I get my power back I'll definitely challenge you--"

    Something was strange with the Hollow. They were all gathering...

    "What's going on?" Rukia wanted to turn her head-

    "Don't move, you'll mess it up."

    "Well what the hell is happening?"

    "The Hollow are...gathering..."

    And then there was a boom that was just too loud for Rukia not to turn around and see. Way up in the sky, nearly to the clouds, there was a giant hand that moved the backround aside like it was a curtain, and from that emerged a gigantic Hollow. It had a mask just like any Hollow would, but the rest of it was just...it was like it was wearing a black cloak that covered all of its body. Once it was completely visible, the hand sunk back in to the blackness.

    "Is that..." Rukia hasn't heard Ichigo sound so worried. "A Menos?" He couldn't even shout it, it was just too sudden that he thought he was dreaming for a whie.

    "Menos?" Rukia repeated.

    "Yeah. They are enormous Hollow that are said to appear when a ton of Hollow group up. A Menos Grande. But...I never thought we'd encounter one! I've only seen pictures of them in textbooks!"

    "How much damage can it......." She couldn't bring herself to finish the sentence, since she knew it would bring a devastating image in her mind.

    "If we don't stop that, there may not be a single atom left." There was a gust of wind, followed by freezing air. Ichigo rolled his eyes over to the right, where he actually saw wisps of reiatsu surrounding Rukia.

    "Rukia, all I ask of you is, in my place, protect them. You're someone who does that, I know you are..."

    She blinked away tears, and then ran off towards the Hollow.

    "Hey! Rukia, are you trying to get killed!? You don't stand a ch-" Ichigo could no longer move or speak.

    "Kurosaki-san, please let her do as she wishes. I also want to watch and see what happens, you should too." Urahara was suddenly in the picture.

    This is a binding spell...

    Rukia stopped running at the Hollow when she noticed a red glow coming from its mouth.  "What is that!?"

    A Cero!? Ichigo thought. It really wants to fire a Cero here!? Run! Get out of there! He attempted to move in the spell, but it only caused him pain.

    An instant after the Cero was fired, Rukia held out her katana to block it. The heat was just like being surrounded by a wildfire, the pressure of the blast caused her feet to sink into the pavement, and her arms were instantly numb and shaking, desperate to knock away the red beam. How long would it last!? Anytime now? A minute from now? She already couldn't take it! I probably figured it out... She released all of the reiatsu she had. It made her feel stronger and she her muscles were no longer tired. After a few more seconds of over powering the Cero, a big slash flew across the Menos from bottom to top, spikes of ice following following the slash.

    Gasping for breath, Rukia checked with blurry vision...did she actually get it? The Menos grabbed the sky and pulled it over itself like a blanket, returning to where ever it was from to treat the wound; the ice shattered as it began to move. She stared in awe. Did that really happen?

    She brought up her arm and made a peace sign with her hand. "Woooooo!!"

    The binding spell was released, and Ichigo stumbled forwards.

    "I bet that you couldn't have done something like that, eh I-chi-go!? Haaa! I can end up stronger than you!"

    "I wouldn't bet on that..."

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Shalalala since the author has no idea what to put next, it decides to update the chapter, unedited yet again! But judging by the look in its eyes, it seems to be thinking of editing in a better way to end the chapter later!

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