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Ishida Uryu sighed and pushed his glasses up. It was a rare day where he could simply relax and enjoy the sunlight. He could sense nothing threatening nearby, his father had important business to attend to rather than have their awkward yearly meeting, and best of all... No Kurosaki Ichigo.
Yes, as he reclined on a bus bench and looked out over the city, things were looking to be-
"REEAAARRGGGHHHHHH!!!" A Hollow rounded the corner, trailing ooze from several blast points all over it's body. A torrent of the slime washed over Ishida as the predatory ghost ran for it's life.
UWEAH! UWEAH! UWEAH! A white van with siren wailing and lights flashing on top of it took the corner haphazardly, a familiar orange haired idiot hanging on top of it while firing a proton gun after the Hollow.
"GET BACK HERE YOU BASTARD!" Ichigo bellowed as the van roared by, in hot pursuit. Ishida sat there, very calmly, even as a tree cut down by Ichigo's errant proton blasts fell down right next to him, covering him in leaves and dust.
He then sighed and stood up.
"Of course," he mumbled, sticking his hands in his pockets. "At least it can't get any..." He shook his head. What was he thinking? He didn't dare say a single additional word of that sentence.
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"Uh, Mr. Kurosaki, I think you're going just a bit too fast!" Tatsuki shouted over the siren, gripping the armrests of her seat tightly. Driving the van, Isshin Kurosaki grinned and slammed down even harder on the accelerator.
"What's that, Arisawa?! I can't hear you! HEY ICHIGO! Are you going to get the ghost or should I slow down?"
"SHUT UP OLD MAN AND KEEP IT STEADY!" Ichigo bellowed back. He growled and once more fired another shot at the Hollow, this time nailing it in the back. "GAH!"
"If you were a better shot, we'd have the Hollow by now!" Isshin shouted back.
"SHUT UP!" Ichigo bellowed. Tatsuki groaned and shook her head, holding her hand to her forehead. She couldn't even see the ghost completely without the paragoggles-Just a hazy outline. But it's effects on the environment were real enough, and that was what counted.
"Tatsuki! Mind helping out my troublesome son?" Isshin asked. "The proton pack, Karin!"
"What? Why does she get to use it?" Karin protested, looking very unhappy about this.
"Because you're not old enough to use it without going sterile, and I want grandchildren!" Isshin declared.
"Then why do you let Ichigo use it?!" Tatsuki shouted. Isshin grinned and held a thumbs up.
"Oh, he'll be fine! He's tough!"
Unaware of this conversation going on below him, Ichigo finally managed to get a bead on the Hollow. He smirked and fired, full stream.
"GOTCHA!" He shouted, as the Hollow was blasted into a wall. "And now...!"
He switched to the capture stream, and yanked the Hollow up into the air. The van screeched to a halt, sending Ichigo tumbling off to the ground facefirst. "GAH!"
"ICHIGO! Oh my God!" Tatsuki shouted. She jumped out of the car and ran over to him. "Hang on, are you all-?"
"RARRGGGHHH!" The Hollow shouted as it dove down for them. Tatsuki gaped, reached for her thrower, I'm not going to make it I'm not going to-!
Ichigo rolled over, holding up his trap. With a confident smirk, he opened up the trap, causing the Hollow's triumphant cry to turn into a scream of shock and dismay.
"YEEEAARRGGGHHH-!"
SNAP... Beep beep beep...
Ichigo sighed and set the smoking trap down, staring up at the sky. He then glanced over at Tatsuki, who was staring at him in total shock. He blinked.
"What?"
"... YOU IDIOT!" Tatsuki bellowed, hitting him hard.
"OW! Wh-What was that for?!" Ichigo shouted.
"IDIOT! IDIOT! IDIOT! YOU COULD'VE BEEN KILLED!" She bellowed. Ichigo sighed, and took Tatsuki's hits.
"Ow... Ow... Y-Yeah... But I wasn't..."
Tatsuki sighed and held her head. "Goddamnit Ichigo..."
"It's all right," he said. He groaned and slowly sat up, looking her in the eyes. "I won't get killed too easily." He smirked. "I'd have to deal with your yelling even in death."
"Idiot," Tatsuki sighed. "Don't do that ever again, got it?"
"All right," Ichigo said, granting her a brief smile which made her cheeks go red. "I won't."
"Awwww... Kiss! Kiss! Kiss! You know you want to!"
Both Ichigo and Tatsuki turned, blushing and glaring at Isshin who held up a camera. Yuzu and Karin stood nearby, Yuzu blushing and Karin looking annoyed.
"CUT THAT OUT!" They bellowed.
On a rooftop nearby, a bewildered Kuchiki Rukia watched the whole thing with wide eyes.
"This is definitely out of the ordinary... Even for this town..."