Hello everyone and welcome to the ninth chapter of Soul Reaper Family. And here's my friend Kaizokuoniiorewanaru.

Kaizoku: As always. Today's guest is Ururu.

Ururu: (Walks in) "H-Hello, thank you for having me…"

Kaizoku: No problem.

(Smiles at the sweet girl) Now Ururu, can you do the disclaimer for us?

Ururu: "R-Right. These two do not own Bleach or its characters. They only own the changes made in this story."

Thank you Ururu.

Ururu: "Y-You're welcome."

Now onto the chapter.

Chapter 9: Unbeatable Enemy

The group had finally made it to where the Hollow was and were in front of it.

"So this is the Hollow," Karin stated.

"Ah. I've been waiting for you, Soul Reapers." The Hollow declared.

"Whoa. Now that's an ugly one." Eikichio said as he appeared. The Hollow laughs as he shows the girl that Ichigo saw back as a child, shocking him to his core.

"It's not possible..." Ichigo gasped.

"Ichigo, what's the matter?" Yuzu asked.

"Wait, does that girl look familiar?" Karin asked, think of something.

The Hollow laughs some more. "It's her... It's the girl I saw that day six years ago, the one down by the river." Ichigo answered.

"Six years ago?" Rukia repeated. "Ichigo, do you mean..."

"That's right. She's the one. I tried to stop her from jumping into the river, but when I finally came to, she disappeared. And our mother - she was dead." Ichigo clarified.

"Six years ago? That's a long time. And there have been so many. You can't expect me to remember every one of the souls I've eaten." The Hollow taunted. "Now can you?" He asked as he laughs some more as the girl in front of the Hollow has something stick out of her head and connect to the Hollow's head. It then appears as some kind of fishing lure for the Hollow to use, making it laugh even more.

"It's Grand Fisher," Rukia told them.

"That's the code name that was given to him," Zacory stated. "He keeps himself invisible, disguised that lurer thing on his head to look like a human."

"Anyone who sees lurer, he knows has high spirit energy and immediately attacks and devourers them. Thus gaining their power…" Rukia explained.

"This bastered…" Karin growled.

"For over goddamn fifty years…" Zacory growled out. "he has evaded Soul Reapers that have gone after him…"

"F-Fifty years?" Yuzu asked in shock.

"And we know his favorite victims... are women." Rukia added.

"So does that mean... our mother was actually killed by...?" Ichigo gasped. Rukia closes her eyes for her answer. Ichigo growls at the Hollow now known as Grand Fisher.

"YOU DAMN BASTERED!" Karin shouted, anger and hatred in her voice.

"You're the reason Ichigo blames himself for our mother's death…!" Yuzu stated, her sweet smile appearing, but it wasn't friendly.

Grand Fisher laughs at them. "Impressive, you have been lucky little boy. You saw my lurer and yet you lived. Perhaps my intension to eat you on the spot for your spirit energy, but there's something about the woman…~ They're just two sweet and lovely for me to pass up…~" He then sees Yuzu and Karin. "And I see two sweet little treats already, good little snacks…~" The Grand Fisher just started laughing.

"Bastered…" Rukia stated.

"This guy is a sicko…." Karin growled.

"That's the most disgusting Hollow I've seen in a long time." Eikichiro pointed out.

Ichigo roars as he goes and attacks the Hollow.

"Ichigo, wait for use!" Karin yelled, jumping after him with Yuzu. The three attacked from three different angles, Yuzu to it's left, Karin to it right and Ichigo above it. It managed to dodge them all.

"What are you three doing!?" Zacory shouted, running with Rukia.

"Don't be so reckless you idiots!" Rukia scolded them.

"Ichigo, behind you!" Yuzu warned.

Ichigo gasps as he looks behind himself. Grand Fisher sent his arm out at Icigo who dodged to the next area. The Hollow then rapped his fur around Ichigo, capturing him.

"Ichigo!" Yuzu and Karin shouted, jumping at the Hollow. They tried to cut into the fur, but it was tuff.

"Gh... I knew you were ugly, but up close, you smell worse...!" Ichigo insulted. Rukia and Zacory makes some lines with her right arm's finger.

"Disintegrate, you black dog of Rondanini!" Rukia and Zacory chanted. "Look upon yourself with horror! And then tear out your own throat! Bakudo #9: Strike!" After they chanted the spell, Grand Fisher was covered in the red of it, making it struggle.

"How dare you interfere!" Grand Fisher roared as he attacks Rukia and Zacory with his fur, sending them back and into a statue of a grave. Eikichiro looks at them and sees that they're bleeding from their heads. Grand Fisher laughs. "Now just sit there and watch as I devour this little boy." He ordered.

"Don't you dare!" Yuzu threatened. Grand Fisher laughs more.

"Tasty~" Grand Fisher growled in anticipation as its mouth gets closer to Ichigo.

Karin used her blade to keep Grand Fisher's mouth open. "You're not going to attack any more of our family you goddamn, pompous asshole!" Karin roars in anger. She was then grabbed by the Hollow. "Gah!"

"Karin!" Ichigo and Yuzu called out.

"Very well, I'll devour you first!" Grand Fisher declared.

"No, don't!" Ichigo and Yuzu exclaimed.

"If you feel so strongly about it, maybe I should stick with my original plan and just eat you first." Grand Fisher told Ichigo. Grand Fisher laughs as he makes for another attempt at eating Ichigo. Suddenly, Eikichiro cuts the arm that was holding Karin off of Grand Fisher, making him shout in pain. Grand Fisher grabs Eikichiro with his mouth then throws him into the ground. Ichigo then sees his opportunity and cuts the fur of Grand Fisher off of him, allowing him to get away. Yuzu runs to Karin.

"Are you okay, Karin?" Yuzu asked.

"Yeah... I'm okay." Karin answered. Grand Fisher growls and attacks Karin with his fur.

"Karin!" Ichigo called to warn Karin of the oncoming attack.

"Yuzu look out!" Karin shouted pushing but knew she wouldn't be able to move out of the way in time. Just then Eikichio got in the way of the attack, cutting on of the spike hair, but was hit by the rest of it. This shocked all the others. "W-Why did you save me?" Karin asked in shock. Ichigo cut the hair and freed him.

"I'm a Soul Reaper, kid, and we fight Hollows. We kill them without mercy, no matter what..." Eikichiro started to answer before coughing up more blood. "I can't let someone so young die... When a Hollow attacks at random and kills someone... that person's loved ones are the real victims. They're left with nothing but an emptiness. As a Soul Reaper, I couldn't let that happen. We must always protect the innocent. Do you understand black hair twin?" He asked, a smile on his face. He then fell to the ground.

"Hey get up!" Ichigo ordered. "You hear me, get up!"

"I-I'll try and heal him," Yuzu stated, trying to see if she had medication.

"H-He can't die, can he? He's a Soul Reaper!" Ichigo pointed out.

Rukia an Zacory ran over to Eikichio and looked him over. "Ichigo, Yuzu, Karin, even Soul Reapers are not immortal," Rukia told them.

"If his injuries are sever enough then he can-" Zacory started, but they all hear snoring, running the moment.

"HE'S SLEEPING!?" Karin shouted in anger, her respect for the man vanishing.

Yuzu did a very un-Yuzu thing and facepalm."

Ichigo was as angry as his sister. "Tell him to get up!" he ordered. "Or I or my sisters will kill him!"

"Rukia!"

"Zacory!" The three Mod Souls called as they appear.

"Whoa, this dude looks like he's leaking!" Tora gasped, looking at Eikichiro.

What are you three doing here!?" Zacory shouted at them. "Get their bodies out of here and keep them safe!"

Grand Fisher laughs. "Run? Where?" Kon asked.

"Just hurry!" Rukia ordered.

"All right!" The Mod Soul Trio exclaimed as they run away.

It was now starting to rain rain, just like it did all those years ago. Zacory and Rukia walking next to the siblings. "We'll go," Zacory told them. He then ordered. "You three give us backup."

"No, he's ours," Karin stated. Ichigo, Yuzu and Her then jumped at the Hollow.

"Wait," both Soul Reapers call to them," they both shouted.

"No way you two," Ichigo told them. "You back us up."

"What did you say?" Rukia asked.

"This is our fight," Yuzu told them. "This is for family."

"Yuzu's right, we, no I have to do this for my mother," Ichigo stated. All three got ready to fight. "Stay out of this."

"Have you all lost your minds!? This Hollow's been getting the best of Soul Reapers for 50 years! Even with all three of you combined, he's way too strong for you to take on-"

"THAT'S ENOUGH!" Ichigo suddenly shouted, interrupting Rukia. "...Now please, don't interfere or try to help us." He asked of. "This fight... is all ours!" He declared as Grand Fisher's eyes glow red as he roars, his fur going wild.

The three siblings then started going after the Hollo. As the siblings fight the Hollow, they headed up a hill where the Hollow was attacking from the top of. It attacks them with his fur, but they dodge. They attack him, but it didn't affect the Hollow for some reason. The Hollow was then behind the Kurosaki trio.

"You're too slow, humans." Grand Fisher insulted as it attacks back at them.

"We're just getting warmed up!" Karin shouted, the three then dodged his attack.

Grand Fisher keeps attacking with his fur while the Kurosakis keep dodging. Grand Fisher chases them and stops a few feet away from them as the Kurosakis face him. "That was pretty brave of you, young Soul Reapers, telling your friends you didn't need any help from them to fight me. Pretty brave and pretty stupid." Grand Fisher praised then insulted.

"Shut up." Karin demanded. A few moments of silence filled the air as well as the rain.

Ichigo was having flashbacks of things that happened after their mother died. 'I don't really know…' Ichifo thought, 'how much Yuzu grieved after our mother died… And I can only imagine how lonely Karin must have felt without her…'

'Ichigo… He's been suffering for years after our mother died…' Yuzu though, feeling sorry for him. 'He thought that he was the one who killed our mother, and that we blame him… But we don't… I just can't imagine what he's been through all these years…'

'This goddamn Hollow has ruined not only our lives, but others for over fifty years…' Karin though, growling. 'We're not just doing this for our family, but for those that this monster has ruined…'

We've also made it our duty to protect the innocent." Ichigo told Grand Fisher.

"That means it's our duty to destroy you!" Yuzu declared as she and the other two Kurosakis run at Grand Fisher who laughs and charges at the Kurosakis. They attack, but Grand Fisher dodges.

"I guess you didn't listen when your friends told you not to be so reckless." Grand Fisher pointed out as he attacks them with his remaining claws, making the trio block. "You've been lucky so far. How many times do you think you can get away with jumping into the lion's den without any strategy?" He asked.

"Who said we didn't have-?" Karin tried to ask, before the Grand Fisher interrupted her.

"Well today's the day your luck finally runs out maggots!" Ichigo saw the Grand Fisher's fingers start to change.

"Yuzu, Karin! Look out!" he shouts shoving the two things that we most precious to him away. Grand Fisher's fingers then pierced Ichigo, causing his sisters, Rukia and Zacory to go wide eyed in shock.

"I-Ichigo!" Yuzu screams, seeing her brother protect them and take the attack for all of them.

"W-Why diud you do that,you idiot!" Karin yelled, her voice trembling.

"I-It an-an older brother duty to protect his s-siters…" He told them.

Something in Yuzu snapped, and her spirit powers were starting to increase, slowly at first that no one noticed.

"That'll teach you to be so reckless, amateur Soul Reapers. Rejecting your comrade's offers of help will prove to be your final mistake. And now you'll endure the shame of dying without even having wounded the great Grand Fisher." Grand Fisher declared as he somehow grows another arm back.

"Ichigo!" Rukia and Zacory called.

"Stay back!" Ichigo ordered the two. "We'll do this our way, whatever it takes! No matter what it costs, even if I die, even if all three of us die, we're going to finish this."

"Then die you three will, because you allow your passions and your rage to distract you from your purpose. And that distraction dulls your swords and hold back your swings and stabs. You three flail wildly, but your physical skills alone are not alone to defeat me. And now, I shall show you why your mind is not strong enough to fight me either. Behold!" Grand Fisher exclaimed as he shows his lure. He then grabs the head of the lure and changes its entire hair and face to look like that of... the Kurosaki siblings' mother!? This shocks the trio.

"Is that… your mother?" Rukia asked.

And that was Grand Fisher's last mistake. Yuzu's power erupted like a volcano, sending out a giant wave of spirit energy that made all of them lock up and unable to move. "So, you fight like a coward~" Yuzu stated in such a sweet tone and smile it was downright terrifying. "Using people's love for others to win~" She walked slowly to Grand Fisher, and what look liked a demon was behind her. "Am I right~" Her eyes opened, and they had a cold furry in them, like a mother that was very mad with their child but wasn't going to show it yet. (A/N 1)

Grand Fisher stands his ground. "Even the most cold-blooded Soul Reaper has one person whom they can never kill. That is a fact which you cannot deny. By learning who that person is, I have evaded every Soul Reaper who has come before you for over 50 years. And I have learned that for you, this is that one person." Grand Fisher declared.

"Do you remember me, Ichigo? Yuzu? Karin?" The lure asked the Kurosaki trio.

The three siblings were now very angry with the Hollow.

Ichigo, Yuzu, Karin,"" Rukia and Zacory called, but then had flashbacks about things like this.

-Flashback, Rukia-

"You're forgetting something." A man with white hair told Rukia, getting her attention. "What about his honor? You want to help. And if you lend him your strength now, he will probably be saved. But in doing so, you will have forever destroyed his honor. Now listen and remember this, there are two different kinds of battle. We must always be careful to distinguish between the two. There is the battle to protect innocent life, and then there is the battle to preserve one's honor." He explained.

-Flashback, Zacory-

"Zacory," a large being in a straw mask talked, both meditating. "I want you to know something important." Zacory opened one eye to look at the being. "When in battle, there are two types of fighting, one for victory and one for honor. You must know the difference between the two, for if you fight one that is of honor, you'll destroy that honor. You must never do that. This is why Squad 7's is the honor guard."

"I understand sir, and will do my best to tell the difference," Zacory replied.

-End of Flashbacks-

"Rukia," Zacory stated, putting his hand on her shoulder. "This isn't our battle, this is there's for their honor, not for them, but their family."

"...I know. We cannot lend them our strength. No matter how much we may want to, or how much we want them to live, we won't help them. We must not help them." Rukia replied to Zacory. 'But... don't sacrifice yourselves... Ichigo... Yuzu... Karin...' She thought.

Karin and Ichigo got ready to fight again, but the Hollow taunted them, "We'll Soul Reapers, can you draw your swords agents your own mother~!?" he then laughs at them.

"Basterd…" Ichigo growled. "How dare you defile her memory by bringing her into this…!"

"You're the lowest of low…" Karin growled out.

"You disgusting freak... You make us all sick... We'll cut your heart out~" Yuzu kept smiling menacingly.

The three ran at the Hollow but were stopped by their 'mother', "Ichigo, Yuzu, Karin, you mustn't do this. You mustn't hurt your mother…~"

Yuzu wasn't having any of that and cut the lure top off, this shocked them all and Grand Fishier yelling in pain and leeding from his lure being cut. "I won't hurt mom, but I would cut her free from being a puppet…~" she said, still smiling, but tears were in her eyes.

"Y-Yuzu?" Ichigo and Karin asked.

"I won't let our mother be a puppet…~"

Just then, the lure itself began to glow. It was bursting at the seams with energy.

"W-What the hell…?" they all asked in shock.

"What is that?" Rukia and Zacory gasped, trying to protect themselves from the hostile energy. The Kurosakis see their mother, standing in front of them.

"Mom?" Ichigo called. "Is that you?"

"That lure we see isn't actually their mother, but she's transmitting her thoughts to them." Eikichiro explained.

"That can only mean that the lure recorded her thoughts at the very moment she was killed." Zacory explained further.

"Mom's… Dying thoughts…?" Yuzu asked, tears flowing from her eyes and her siblings were I shock.

"I thought this might happen. I had a vision of it earlier. Now this battle could go either way." Eikichiro declared.

"Ichigo, Yuzu, Karin, my children, I'm very proud of you. You three and your father, I am so lucky to have had those years with all of you. And I know that because of the love that all of you share, you will always keep the family together and strong, even without me. Ichigo, Yuzu, Karin, live on, my children. Live with strength and kindness, and never lose those smiles, the smiles you always wore when you looked at me. Ichigo, Yuzu, Karin, thank you for loving me." The mother of the Kurosakis said as the trio cries while they see their mother fly away without wings and fa de away.

Karin was trying to hide here tears from falling and was failing. "M-Mom never hated you for what happened Ichigo.

"Yeah... Now I know what her last thoughts were." Ichigo declared, a new spark ignited in his eyes, getting Grand Fisher's attention. "You say anger dulls the blade. You may be right about that. But there's something else that you haven't considered. To kill a slimy scumbag like you, dull blades like ours... is all that we need!" He growled as he stabs at Grand Fisher. As the rain stops falling on everyone's heads, Ichigo, with his sword still impaled on Grand Fisher, cuts him open, making him grunt in pain.

"Curse you, Soul Reapers! You haven't seen the last of me! You'll burn for this someday!" Grand Fisher declared as he goes high into the sky in retreat.

"COWARD!" Ichigo roared at Grand Fisher. He then impales the ground, exhausted.

"Ichigo, are you alright?" Yuzu asked, worried about her brother more then going after the Hollow.

Rukia and Zacory ran to the three, Rukia telling Ichigo, "Ichigo, it's over."

"Not bad there you three, you did very well in stopping him," Zacory told them.

"They're right Ichigo, we stopped him," Karin agreed, sheathing her swords.

"This battle is over." Rukia declared.

"No it isn't! It won't be over until we've killed him! We have to!" Ichigo snarled.

"I-Ichigo?" Yuzu asked in worry.

"We have to!" Ichigo exclaimed.

"Ichigo!" Karin called.

"WE WILL AVENGE OUR MOTHER!" Ichigo shouted before he collapses from his injuries.

Yuzu and Karin caugt him and put him down, "Ichigo you idiot," Karin growled, trying not to cry. "What do you think would happen if you died and left us…?"

"We need you around Ichigo," Yuzu told him, crying on him. "We could never forgive ourselves if you went and died. You're our pillar, our big brother. If we lost you…"

Ichigo was shocked. He didn't know that he meant so much to his little sisters. "I..."

"Rest, Ichigo. You and your sisters deserve to." Rukia told Ichigo.

"Rukia, Zacory," Eikichiro getting their attentions. "Your friends are something else. As you two know, the power a Soul Reaper possess, is determined by his life force."

"What do you mean?" Yuzu asked.

"The potential you three hold is a little frightening." Eikichiro answered before he gets up. "Well, time for me to head home. After all... Hm... I was gonna say two's company, three's a crowd, but... you know." He pointed out. "Either way, it looks like our little Rukia and Zacory finally grew into a woman and a man respectively. And uh-"

"Uh, what do you mean by that…!?" Karin asked threateningly.

"Oh will you shut up…" Zacory growls at Eikichiro.

"Okay, have it your way. But you know the Soul Society's going to find out eventually. Bye, Rukia. Zacory. Good luck." Eikichiro sent off as he walks away.

Later, the three siblings were healed, and the rain finally let up, showing the night sky and the full moon. The siblings were at their mother's grave again. "I'm so sorry, mother…" Ichigo apologized to his mother. "Me and my sisters tried to avenge your death, but I guess we failed you…"

"Ichigo, you did no such thing," Karin stated, punching him in the arm a bit.

"We did our best, that all she could as for," Yuzu stated, smiling sadly.

"Well, if your mom can see that you're taking good care of yourselves, then I think that'll make her happy on the other side." Isshin notified the trio as he appeared.

"Dad, those were private thoughts," Ichigo told him.

"Well you should have said them in your head then," Karin stated.

"Either way, he shouldn't eavesdrop." Yuzu pointed out as Isshin smokes a cigarette.

"Hey, I though you quite smoking?" Ichigo asked.

"Same," Karin agreed.

"You know that's bad for you," Yuzu told him.

Isshin took a drag of his cigarette and puffed out some smoke. "Your mom told me once, back when we were dating for a little while, she thought I looked cool with a cigarette. Now that I think about it," he said, scratching the back of his head, smiling, "that might have been the first complement she ever gave me. It might have been the last one too. That's why I always just one when I come here, on this one day of the year."

"How can you smile about anything here? Why doesn't anyone blame me for causing mom's death? It would be so much easier to understand if you all blamed me... I can't take it! I can't!" Ichigo exclaimed.

"Why should we blame you, Ichigo?" Isshin asked, getting his attention. "If I were ever to blame you for having caused your mother's death, she'd never forgive me. It's no one's fault that she died. Sometimes in life, bad things just happen, and she knew that. She was the woman I loved, a woman with so much love in her heart, she would do anything to protect her family. And remember this: That woman, whom I loved so much, was willing to give up her own life to protect yours."

"Wow dad…" Ichigo said speechless.

"That was very wise and deep of you dad~" Yuzu said, smiling.

"Didn't think he could be like that…" Karin said in shock. Isshin walked past then kneed Ichigo in the back. "Aaaaaand he ruined the moment…"

"What was that for?" Ichigo asked Isshin.

"Can't have you going soft on me, boy." Isshin answered, getting his attention. "Be strong, Ichigo. You too, Yuzu and Karin." He asked of his children as he leaves. "Live well, grow old well, grow bald well, and then die long after I've died. And if possible, die with a smile on your face. Otherwise, I'll never be able to face Masaki. Try to shake off that gloom and depression, you three. You're all way too young to carry around such a heavy burden. I'll be waiting at the bottom of the hill." He sent off as he actually leaves.

"Are you listening, Rukia, Zacory?" Ichigo asked. "I want you to let us be Soul Reapers for a little while longer. I want to become strong, and I want my sisters as well so I know they're safe, so we can continue to protect the innocent from Hollows." Rukia and Zacory came out from behind the trees they were hiding behind. "I must become strong enough to defeat any Hollow. Especially this Grand Fisher. I can't face my mother again until I've killed him…!" He then turned to the two Soul Reapers.

Rukia had a proud smile on her face. "Ichigo…"

Zacory was smirking. "You maybe brash, but you got the heart of a Soul Reaper, you and your sisters."

"And you'll have our help when it's time to free her," Yuzu told him, a smile on her face.

"You're not the only one who wants to set her free," Karin told him, lightly punching his arm.

Ichigo nodded, rubbing his sisters head.

To be continued

FINALLY GOT THIS CHAPTER DONE! (Slams his head in his desk) This was the most frustrating chapter to write…

Ururu: "Is he okay?"

Kaizoku: He will be. Just give him a few... seconds? Minutes? Hours?

(Takes a deep breath) Sorry, this was just tougher then I thought when it came to changes from Cannon.

It's all good.

Ururu: "Should we finish this up so you can get to work on the next part?"

Kaizoku: Right. Let's get to it, then.

Right, it'll be be my third chapter in three stories in at least a day. We'll see you all next time.

Please R&R

(A/N 1) It's always the nice ones that have the most anger in them.

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