(yay)

The Hollow growled lightly as she felt and saw some of the scratches that were starting to appear on her body.

Ichigo saw that Katniss was starting to win the battle against her Hollow and hoped that she would continue to win.

Katniss wad gaining ground in the fight against her hollow and knew it was almost over. She was going to have a long talk with her hollow side once this was over.

The Hollow knew that she was beaten, but was still giving the Queen a good fight. She also had a feeling that the Queen also had a few words for her once this was all over. She'd have to explain that she didn't mean anything that she said and was just trying to rattle her.

" Why did you think reminding me of the nightmares would rattle me?" Katniss demanded to know. She hoped she was able to use the new moves she had used during this fight in the future.

"Because I thought it would anger you, causing you to mess up and make me win. But I see that wasn't the case," she replied, sighing lightly as she cancelled the bow, effectively ending the fight.

Ichigo was about to use another Getsuga before seeing the Hollow in front of him stop lightly before shuddering and the completely collapsing as Katniss stood in front of him with a new Hollow Mask covering her face. "Katniss?" he tentatively asked.

" Ichigo ?How long was I in there?" Katniss asked as she took off the mask. She was glad that whole ordeal was finally over.

"Three hours, give or take," Ichigo responded as he took off his own mask. "So, what did your Hollow try to do to win the fight?" He asked, knowing that his own Hollow tried using his vast experience over him to win the fight. Of course he lost, but it did show him something interesting, something that he could now do himself: The Maskless Hollow transformation.

(White form of Ichigo's bankai when Ichigo was fighting his Hollow)

" She tried to rattle me over the failures I've had. She also used techniques that I didn't know were possible. Such as ice arrows and turning my bow into two separate blades. " Katniss said.


" Hope you had fun shopping Katia-chan. " Hoshi said once they arrived back home.After Soi-Fong had left , Hoshi had asked her dad if they could take Katia to get a few things to wear. She hoped her cousin had fun today.

Ichigo nodded at that assessment, knowing something like that happened to himself. "That happened to me as well Kat-chan," Ichigo said. He wondered why she was still hiding behind that mask, and was tempted to ask her about it. "Failures?" he then asked.

"I had fun today Hoshi-chan, thank you," Katia said, grinning lightly. She knew that her uncle said that he would pay for everything today, but swore to herself that she would pay him back somehow.

" The people I knew when I was alive. I let them all down. I was just too stubborn." Katniss said.

"Is that why you hate Coin and Snow so much?" He asked out of curiosity, knowing that the others could probably hear her if she answered.

" It is. I was too focused on wanting revenge, I lost sight of those I cared about. I let them all down. " Katniss said.

"Which is why they get under your skin so easily, just like your Hollow did," Ichigo said, noticing that the others were giving the two of them space for which he was glad of.

" Right. I realize it's the anger I have toward them that fuels my hatred. I just don't want to let out my anger on someone who wasn't involved in that whole mess. " Katniss said.

"Like Hoshi, or Katia?" Ichigo asked, remembering how she had lashed out at the two earlier before. Granted he understood why Katniss yelled at Katia, but Hoshi didn't deserve that.

Katniss nodded. " I know now it wasn't Hoshi's fault for Rue being captured and I understand that Katia was only doing what she was ordered to do. I know Katia feels terrible for what she did and I want to forgive her. " Katniss said meaning every word.

"and that is why we're all going to help you get her back," he said with a sound of conviction in his voice. "Now then, before that happens...we have to get you to keep your mask on as long as possible," Ichigo said.

'Actually Queenie, you don't have to worry about that. Your boyfriend is talking about you controlling the power by yourself, but I'll regulate it for you,' her Hollow said, just teasing her about Ichigo and not actually meaning it.

(hm...Hollow Katniss needs a name, sorta like how Ichigo's hollow is usually either Ichigo's name backwards or 'Hichigo')

( how about Hatniss? Basically the h from hollow replacing the k in Katniss. I hope that works. )

" Alright. " Katniss said and inwardly nodded to her hollow. She hoped her Zanpaktou spirit would still talk to her even if he did annoy her when he called her Gale's nick name for her.

" I'm glad you did have fun Katia.What did you think of the town?" Hoshi asked her cousin.

(That works)

Mockingjay knew that Hatniss was working on developing a bond between herself and Katniss, not wanting to bother the two females. He would contact his mistress soon, but didn't want to gain the wrath of both females.

"The town is pretty cool and I liked every second of it," Katia responded, although she halfway expected the Vandenreich leader to come out and destroy the good day she had.

" I glad you liked it. Maybe sometime I can take you to one of the parks. I know you would have fun there. " Hoshi said. " Would you also like to see where Grandma lived ? I know she had lived there a long time." She added. Hoshi felt sad that her grandma hadn't lived to see that Katia was safe.

" When do we start training?" Katniss asked Ichigo.

[color="orange"] "As soon as you want Kat-chan," Ichigo responded. "I'm also curious about those new techniques you said your Hollow taught you," he added.

"I would like that," Katia said softly, wishing that she could have met her grandmother.

" I'm ready to start. I am too. I want to see if I can do them while fighting outside my mind scape. " Katniss said.

Hoshi gave Katia a hug. " I wish you could have met grandma. I know she would have been happy that you were safe. I sort of remember how upset she was when she found out you went missing. " Hoshi said solemnly.

(interesting...James Patterson's character Alex Cross is getting a movie. lol, Ichigo finding out Katniss's nickname as "The Girl on Fire". He'd have a field day with that)

Katia returned the hug. "I wish I could have met her too," she said softly.

"Then let's find out what you can do with, and without your mask," Ichigo stated.

( Really ? Never got into those books for some reason. I know he would lol. )

" Want to look at pictures before dinner? " Hoshi asked.

Katniss nodded and got ready to start. She was looking forward to this.

(watching the last 2 episodes of WH13. Holy crap on Pete's new Tattoo)

Katia nodded, knowing that her cousin was trying to cheer her up.

Ichigo had a feeling that he was going to be full of puncture wounds by the time this was over. Even though he trusted her not to kill him, he had a feeling that this was going to hurt.