Chapter 4: A Friend To Watch Your Back

Ahh! What was that?!

Damn...

Rooooar...

I thought I sensed a Hollow while I was on the way home from shopping...

It looks like you're having a hard time, Ichigo.

Uryu! Great timing! Yuzu's over there.

Can you take her somewhere safe? Please.

Fine. You hurry up and deal with that Hollow.

(I wonder what that was.)

(Oh, well. For tonight's dinner, I'll make something with the cabbage I just bought, and...)

Yuzu.

Oh, hello, Uryu. Is something wrong?

Actually, Ichigo asked me to drop by, so I was about to head to your house.

If you're on your way home, do you think I can join you?

Oh, of course! Let's go together!

Thanks, Uryu.

All right, now I just gotta deal with this guy.

Grooooar...

Tch... There're so many of them.

You all right?

Chad!

............

Heh, let's do this!

Yeah.

(This takes me back to that time...)

It's Chad and Ichigo from Mashiba Junior High!

Mizuiro, how are you at making up excuses?

I'm so good, it's sick.

All right, then.

You've got five minutes to come up with something creative.

Because we're gonna need a story that's good enough to keep us all from getting suspended for rescuing your friend Keigo.

Heh.

Chad, they went that way!

I'll handle it.

Thanks for helping out, Chad.

It's fine.

But are you all right?

Eh, this is nothing.