((a/n) I don't own DBZ or Bleach.)

Chapter 8

"(…)" Gohan talking to Kysako.

" (…) " Kysako talking to Gohan.

"…" Kysako merged with Gohan.

Now on with the chapter!

The street was quite, a car only going past every so often.

Rukia ran down the sidewalk. She didn't know where she was going; all she knew was that she had to get away. Away from the people that made her feel, away from the memories that were actually nice, away from her true emotions.

She had taken a great risk by pretending to be human and interacting with them as well. Now she was facing the price. She was feeling emotions, like compassion and happiness. She can't afford to feel like this. She is a soul reaper, her job is to be emotionless and show no signs of compassion. Feeling emotions will only be a burden to her job.

She was so deep in thought that she didn't dodge the blade aimed at her head until the last moment. The sword's blade hit the ground hard enough to break the cement. Rukia glared at the person that attacked her only to gasp in shock at who it was.

"Renji." She whispered unsure of what to make of this. What was Renji doing here? Why did he attack her?

Renji looked at Rukia with an arrogant smirk as he rested his sword on his shoulder.

"You were so deep in thought Rukia. That you didn't even notice two hunters sent from soul society following you." The smirk grew into a sneer. "You have grown a little too lax Rukia."

Rukia looked at the red-haired hunter silently.

Renji growled when it became obvious that Rukia wasn't going to say anything, "Well?" Renji began, "Aren't you going to tell me where the human is who took your powers?"

Rukia looked at Renji coolly, "What are you talking about? Just because I'm in my Gigai doesn't mean that I have lost any of my power. Besides why do you think it would be a human that took my power?"

"I know it was a human because of that stupid human expression on your face." Rukia's eyes widened. "You have disgraced your adoptive family's name by doing that…isn't that right Captain Kuchiki." Renji finished looking behind Rukia.

Rukia looked behind her to see a man with long black hair and gray eyes staring blankly at her. She knew who this was, "brother…" she whispered.

Karin rolled onto her back and sighed in frustration. She glared at her bedroom ceiling from her spot on her bed. It looks like another sleepless night she thought glumly.

Unknown to her family Karin has insomnia. She never mentioned it to her family because she didn't believe it is very serious. She only gets insomnia once or twice each month. Karin usually stays in her room and finds something to do during these periods. So her family hasn't realized it yet.

Karin sighed again for some reason tonight seemed to drag on a lot longer than usual. Deciding to do something about it, Karin stood up quietly from her bed and looked around her room.

What should she do? Looking at the clock she saw that it was close to two o'clock in the morning. Karin walked over to her window and opened it.

She closed her eyes and breathed in the fresh air as she leaned on the windowsill. She opened her eyes and looked at the moon with thoughtful eyes.

Her mind was deep in thought about a certain boy with gravity-defying black hair. Ichigo told the family at dinner that Gohan was going to his school and how the jerk aced the entrance exams. Well Ichigo didn't say Gohan was a jerk. Actually Karin put that in herself.

For a good reason too! Gohan was a jerk when he left without telling them where exactly he was going. Not like Karin cared about Gohan's well being or anything. Hell Gohan could go get ran over by a hippie on a bicycle for all she cared. She couldn't possibly care for such a jerk.

Karin was brought out of her thoughts when she saw someone walking past her house. Karin eyes widened and she rubbed her eyes to make sure she wasn't seeing things. Nope the person was still there.

The person was none other than Gohan. What the hell was he doing up so late? She noticed that he was whistling with a smile on his face.

That was when she saw something follow Gohan. She squinted her eyes to see what it was. Whatever it was, its colors made it blend in with the night. When whatever it was walked under the streetlight, Karin faltered.

It wasn't just one thing that was following Gohan it was three. Three ghost penguins were waddling behind Gohan to be exact. They seemed to be content and happy following behind a whistling Gohan.

What the hell? Karin was in so much shock she didn't notice that she was leaning dangerously outside her window until it was too late. She fell out of her second story window and when she realized what was happening she closed her eyes waiting for either extreme pain or her death.

It never came; slowly she opened her eyes. The first thing she noticed; were two very muscular arms holding her, one under her legs the other holding her head. She followed the arms up with her eyes, only to be met with a worried pair of black ones.

That was when she realized her savior was Gohan. She blushed when she realized the position they were in. She did the first thing that came to her mind…she whapped him upside the head.

Gohan looked at her confused, "What was that for?" Why did she just hit him upside the head? It didn't hurt him in the least but Gohan was confused on why she did that. All he did was save her from that dangerous fall.

Karin glared at him still sporting a blush, "Put me down idiot."

Gohan complied with her wishes and put her gently on the ground. What was her problem? They both stood there silently staring at each other. Gohan sighed after a while and started to walk away whistling for the penguins to follow.

"Wait." It was whispered so quietly that Gohan summed it up as just hearing things and he continued walking. He was already down the street and around a corner when he heard someone running towards him and screaming something. Gohan turned to the voice with a questioning look. Karin blushed in embarrassment. "I…thanks for saving me…twice."

Gohan blushed and rubbed the back of his head sheepishly. "You don't need to thank me I did it because it is the right thing to do."

Karin folded her arms and huffed, "If you don't want my thanks then I won't give it to you jerk."

Gohan waved his arms frantically, "No no I didn't mean to offend you! I just…I…um.."

Even though she hardly ever does it, Karin began to giggle. She couldn't help it but Gohan's antic was just too funny. "Idiot."

Gohan stopped waving his arms and instead started to pout, "I'm not an idiot." He mumbled.

"You could have fooled me." This caused Gohan to pout even more. Karin decided to stop picking on him, "So why are you up so late and why the hell are ghost penguins following you?"

"Ghost penguins?" Gohan asked confused, Gohan's eyes lit up in realization, "So that's why they are glowing!"

Karin face faulted, "You didn't notice?"

"I just thought they were really happy."

"Idiot." Karin mumbled loud enough for Gohan to hear. "So why do you have them?"

"Ummm…" Gohan wasn't sure if she should tell her the reason why he had penguins following him. Gohan tried to change the subject, "What are you doing up?"

Karin shrugged, "Couldn't sleep." She then glared at Gohan making him nervous, "Now tell me what you are doing or else." She brought a fist up for effect.

Gohan sweat dropped. He knew she wouldn't be able to harm him in the least. It was just the fact that she scarily reminded him of his mother with that demanding attitude of hers. If Karin was anything like his mother than that meant she would definitely find some way to go through with that threat; even if it doesn't result in her using her fists.

Gohan sighed in defeat.

"Well," he began, "I am trying to complete a life long dream."

"And that would be?" Karin asked with a raised eyebrow.

Gohan rubbed the back of his head with a light blush on his cheeks, "Um I am trying to make a penguin rock band?"

Karin gave Gohan a look of disbelief, "You have got to be kidding me."

"Sorry but I'm not."

What Gohan said was true, he wasn't joking. Gohan sighed internally. He was trying to complete a life long dream…but it wasn't his. It was Kysako's. How a zanpakuto is able to have a life long dream was lost on Gohan, but it's true.

Earlier Gohan and Kysako were bored out of their minds. So Kysako decided to qualm that boredom by giving Gohan a suggestion. Kysako told Gohan that he had a dream to make a penguin band called the Flaming Demon Penguins and that the bands first album will be called Hell Freezing Over. He couldn't complete this dream for obvious reasons. Seeing nothing better to do Gohan complied with the idea.

Of course there can't be a Flaming Demon Penguins band without penguins. So Gohan went on a quest for some…at the Karakura Zoo. Gohan was smart enough to know that it wouldn't be a good idea to snatch them during the day so he waited until nightfall. Getting in was quite easy (flying and having the strength to bend steel is very useful), it was getting the penguins and leaving unnoticed by the night guards was the hard part.

Gohan started whistling a soothing tune to calm him down in order to think clearly. Luckily no guards were in the immediate area. Gohan's whistling did catch three penguins attention though and the sound made the penguins feel happy. They weren't normal penguins though they were spirit penguins. All three got fatally ill when they were given fish that carried a high level of mercury poisoning. The zookeepers decided to put the three out of their misery. They have been wandering around the zoo ever since. They waddled over to Gohan curiosity on what a human child was doing there so late at night and inside their pen no less. Gohan paused his whistling when he saw the three stop in front of him and gave him curious looks. He saw that they were slightly glowing but thought nothing of it thinking that they were just really happy.

Gohan chuckled and told them why he was there. Now people may think Gohan was crazy talking to an animal like he would a human. But Gohan has been around animals and not tame animals like cats or dogs. He's been around wild saber tooth tigers, bears, deer, dinosaurs; Gohan even has a best friend Icarus that is a dragon. Gohan can somewhat communicate with animals through their body language because of his living conditions. So Gohan has come to know that animals were rather intelligent. They know what he is saying, even if he doesn't understand them completely.

The three penguins seemed to size him up to see if he was being truthful, before nodding. Gohan picked them up carefully and then took off, making sure to fly at a safe place and also keeping out of sight of the guards. When he was a safe distance away he landed and placed the penguins on the ground. He started to walk away motioning to the penguins to follow him. After a few steps he realized they were not following him. He gave them a quizzical look.

They responded by pointing at him, then putting a flipper up to their mouths like they were going to whistle. That is when it clicked they wanted him to whistle. He asked them if that was what they wanted and they nodded. Shrugging Gohan began to whistle softly as he walked down the street with the penguins following behind obediently.

He was heading towards his apartment when the scene with Karin happened. Gohan was brought out of his thought by Karin's snort.

"That is a stupid dream. Couldn't you…"

That comment riled Kysako up, "(What did that brat say? A stupid dream? Why I ought a…Gohan let me take temporary control so I can beat the shit out of her! No one makes fun of my dream!)"

"(You can't do that Kysako.)"

"(And why the hell not? She is demeaning my dream like it is a piece of trash!)"

Gohan sighed internally, "(She is only human Kysako, one punch will probably kill her, especially with how angry you are.)"

Kysako pouted, "(This is totally unfair! The only reason you are protecting her is because you think she is cute!)"

Gohan had to force himself not to blush, "(That is not true!)" He denied lamely.

Kysako rolled his eyes, "(Suuure it isn't.)" Kysako sighed, "(Can you at least allow me to give her a piece of my mind. I promise I won't physically harm her.)"

Gohan sighed, "(You are not going to back down are you?)"

Kysako grinned "(Nope!)"

"(Fine.)"

"(YAY!)"

"…have chosen a better dream to fulfill? I bet a retarded monkey could have a better goal than you!" Karin finished with a smirk.

"I bet my dream is a gazillion times better than yours!" The voice that came out of Gohan's mouth sounded like Gohan's but rougher. If you looked closely Gohan's eyes had specks of red in them. Luckily Gohan wasn't under any sort of light and Karin didn't notice the differences since she was too busy coming up with a comeback.

"(Gazillion? Real mature Kysako.)"

"(Shut it Gohan. You try to come up with something better.)"

"(I don't need to. Anything I come up with would be better than yours.)"

"(You don't have to be so mean about it.)"

Gohan only rolled his eyes mentally as Kysako sent a mental image. Which consisted of Kysako sniffing and holding back fake tears.

"Tch yeah right, my dream is way better than yours loser." Karin said arrogantly.

"Oh really? Why don't you enlighten me eh?"

"Don't need to."

"Don't need to? Or don't want to because you know that your dream pales in comparison to mine?"

Karin scoffed, "As if."

"Then tell me."

Karin growled, "Fine my dream is to tip over a school bus."

Before Kysako could make any rude comments Gohan took control of his body again. His eyes returned to their normal color. "Really? Cool." Gohan thought it was cool that she had a unique dream.

"(Cool? Yeah right that is the most…)" Gohan decided to drone out Kysako rant. Gohan didn't know that zanpakuto's could be so immature.

Karin looked shocked. Gohan wasn't going to make any mean comments about her dream? Not only that he thought it was cool. "You think it is cool?"

Gohan nodded with a smile, "Yep and I have an idea."

"What's that?" Karin asked curious.

"Well you said you couldn't sleep, so why not come and help me? I could use another hand."

Karin thought about it, she was bored and she doesn't have anything better to do but… "What do I get out of this?"

Gohan scratched the back of his head in thought, "Well…this will give you something to do and after you help me; I will gladly help you in achieving your dream."

"Hmm…" Karin had no doubt that Gohan could help her tip over a bus. Since she did witness him kill a hollow with only his fist. She made a mental note to question him later about his abilities. "O.k."

Gohan smiled for some reason her agreeing made him feel happy inside. "O.k. follow me, I have to whistle to our destination for the penguins to follow us."

Karin looked around, "Um Gohan…"

"Yeah?" Gohan asked as he looked at her.

"There are only two penguins."

Gohan looked around wildly and noted that yes there were only two penguins. Pen and Guin respectively, he had decided to name them to make it easier on him. The one that was missing was Mr. Penguin. Mr. Penguin no doubt wandered off when Karin and Gohan were talking. Luckily Gohan was with the penguins long enough to know their type of ki signature.

"Hey Karin could you look after these two while I go find Mr. Penguin?" Gohan ran off without waiting for a reply, over his shoulder he yelled, "Thanks bye!"

Karin stood there blankly before turning her attention to the two ghost penguins with bored eyes. "Want to wait at my house?" They nodded and Karin raised an eyebrow, "You can understand me?" They nodded again. Karin smirked, "Cool follow me."

Ishida laid unconscious a good distance away from the scene that looked like it was nearing an end.

Rukia's older brother stood silently a few feet away from Ichigo.

"Rukia!" Ichigo yelled after her from his position from the ground. Renji's foot on Ichigo's back which made Ichigo unable to get up. With the injuries Ichigo had it was highly unlikely he would be able to get up on his own anyway. It was surprising he was even alive.

Rukia paused in her step but didn't look back at Ichigo. Ichigo attempted to get up with a grunt, but stopped when Rukia yelled at him, "Don't move! If you dare get up or come after me…" She turned towards Ichigo, "I will never forgive you!"

Ichigo stared at her in shock. This moment was ruined though when a ghost penguin came and stopped between Ichigo and Rukia. All four conscious soul reaper's stared at the penguin wondering why it was here. The question was answered when not a second later a boy with black hair and eyes ran towards them. He seemed to ignore the soul reapers as he picked the penguin up.

"Mr. Penguin! Finally I found you! I was so worried…" Gohan trailed off when he realized he wasn't the only one there. Luckily Gohan remembered to suppress his energy. "Um…Hiya!" He said with a smile.

Rukia and Ichigo recognized him, "Gohan?" They mumbled.

Renji looked down at Ichigo before looking up at Rukia, "You two know the brat?"

Rukia ignored Renji and instead looked at Gohan. "Gohan what in the world are you doing here?" Rukia asked.

Gohan stared at her blankly before lifting Mr. Penguin, "I was only here to get my friend."

"Your friend?" Ichigo asked in disbelief.

Gohan turned around and looked down at Ichigo, "Yep he ran off and so I came after him. I need him because him and my two other penguin friends are going to make a band called the Flaming Demon Penguins and their first album will be Hell Freezing Over!" Gohan finished with a smile.

Three of the four soul reapers stared at him in disbelief. The other one just stared at Gohan curiosly.

"You are doing this because?" asked Rukia.

"I am trying to fulfill a life long dream." While this was going on, Gohan was speaking to Kysako.

"(I want to help Rukia, Ichigo, and Uryu.)"

"(No we need to get out of here, we can not interfere yet. Soon we will be able to but not now."

Renji snorted, "That is the stupidest thing I have ever heard."

Gohan put his head down and his black hair covered his eyes. "(I change my mind, let me take over so I can kick his ass!)" Without waiting for an answer, Kysako merged with Gohan. Causing red specks to appear in his eyes. No one saw the change in eye color except for Byakuya who was the closest to Gohan.

Byakuya curiosity grew, who is this boy? He could tell that the kid was suppressing his spirit energy. Since Byakuya was used to suppressing his own, he knew the signs of when someone else is doing that. He could tell the boy was trying to keep himself from attacking Renji, which was odd. Did he really take that much offense to the comment? Why is that comment making him want to fight instead of the fact Ichigo and Rukia are in danger?

Deciding to leave those questions for later, Byakuya spoke before the kid finally snapped. "I will not deliver the killing blow to Ichigo. He is going to die within the hour anyway. It's time to leave. Now." This caused everyone to look at him. Byakuya looked at Gohan and noticed Gohan's eyes turned back to their normal color. He assumed it was because of shock at least it looked that way from the expression on Gohan's face. "Gohan, Rukia has agreed to come with us willingly so don't interfere." Gohan nodded even though Gohan had a feeling Rukia wasn't completely willing and that the only reason she was going was to keep Ichigo alive.

Even though Gohan wasn't here for the whole thing, Gohan is smart enough to put the pieces together. Kysako mentioned to Gohan before that Soul Reapers are not too kind with unknown ones. Which from the looks of it is Ichigo. So the red haired and long black haired ones were probably sent to deal with it. Gohan didn't know why Rukia had to leave, but he was sure he would find out sooner or later.

"Captain…" Began Renji but was cut off by Byakuya.

"No let's go."

Sighing Renji took his foot off Ichigo's back and started walking towards Rukia. Taking a few more steps past her, he opened a door to the Soul Society with his sword before sheathing his sword. Without a glance behind him he walked through the open door, closely followed by the Kuchiki's. The door disappeared soon after.

Ichigo watched with sad eyes. Why didn't Gohan stop them from leaving? Why did Rukia leave willingly? These were his last thoughts as he lost consciousness. Am I dying? It is so cold…

It started raining as Gohan walked over to Ichigo with Mr. Penguin in his arms. Gohan knelt down and wondered what exactly he is supposed to do. That was when he felt pretty strong spiritual energy coming towards him. He decided to leave since he felt no ill will in the person's energy.

To make sure though he hid a safe distance away and lowered his ki.

That was when a man with a hat and wooden sandals walked to Ichigo with an umbrella. The man seemed to stare at Ichigo for a while before walking over to Uryu and started tending to his wounds. Knowing then that they will be safe Gohan left with Mr. Penguin. Gohan tagged the man's aura, so he could find him later on. Having a feeling that Ichigo will be staying with the man for a while until he recovers. As he left Gohan was unaware that the man was staring at him from the corner of his eye.

See you soon kid. The man thought.

End Chapter 8

((a/n) Yay done with this chapter! Next chapter Gohan is finally allowed to interfere and cause havoc to everyone. YAY! Please review! It helps me update faster!)