Strange Sensation

Written by: BethanyG101

Ichigo x Grimmjow

Summary: After the battle with Aizan Ichigo lost his spiritual powers. He can no longer see his soul reaper friends nor the hallows that still occasionally attack Karakura Town. Ichigo believes either Renji or Rukia is playing a prank on him taking full advantage in their spiritual form without their gigai. Could it be Renji and Rukia or someone else?

Ichigo POV:

Sometime after I defeated Aizan I began to lose my spiritual powers. I was no longer a substitute soul reaper. At first, I would just pass out after using too much spirit energy, then things started to get blurry. Sometimes when I was looking at Rukia, she seemed to fade, flickering in and out from my vision. Then one day while Rukia, Renji, Chad and Orhime were at my house, they were just gone. I could no longer see them in their spiritual form. But, everything's okay because it's not like they're gone forever. They still come to visit me in their gigais and attend school every once and awhile. Uryu is a little annoyed that he has to pick up my shifts protecting Karakura Town, but he'll be fine.

I can still feel stuff to some extent. Like when a hallow attacks I can still feel the aftershock if it hits me, same if Renji accidently trips me while I'm walking home, or to the store to drop by and say hi before getting his gigai from Urahara's shop. I guess things are the way they are now and I'll just have to accept it. I miss the battles and adrenaline but as long as everyone is safe I can live with it. This is about as close to being normal as I'll ever be.

After school, Orihime, Chad and I walked to Urahara's shop. The second I opened the door a kid with flaming red spiky hair came flying at me and kicked me in the face. I clenched my nose and cursed.

"What the hell did you do that for Jinta?" I yelled.

"Just making sure you're still nimble." He smirked.

Little brat.

Orihime laughed nervously and asked if I was alright. "Ya, I'm fine." I said as I pulled Jinta's cheek. "You're like a mini version of my dad kid." I said as he swatted my hand away. Urahara came peeking his head around the corner saying "Try not to break anything while you're here. At least take it to the basement."

"He started it." I replied. Jinta shouted "Did not!" and kicked me in my shin making me whine by saying "Ow." and leaping after him. Chad caught me and told me he was just a kid. "I think it's cute." Orihime giggled, as she took her place at the table where Ururu was pouring some tea. Annoyed I scratched the back of my head and sat next to her, Chad fallowing suit.

A few minutes later, as I was taking a sip of my tea, a sudden pressure caused my cup to tip and splashed me in the face. "What the-?" I looked up to see everyone laughing. "Dammit Renji was that you?!" A moment later, both Renji and Rukia came out of the other room in their gigais. Rukia still laughing and Renji with a smirk. "Are you tryna fight Renji?"

"Ya right, like you in your current state could even lay a finger on me." He grinned even bigger.

"I'll take you on right now!"

"That's pretty big talk from a measly human who can't even see me most of the time."

"What'd you say?!"

"You heard me Strawberry!"

"That's it!"

Suddenly, we were rolling around on the ground cursing and hitting each other, calling each other stupid names. Even as we were fighting I knew that Renji only did all of this to make things still seem normal, like nothing had changed. They were always trying to bring a smile to my face, even though deep down...I was actually sad. Fighting always helped me calm my nerves and brighten my spirit. Renji knew that. He knew how to push my buttons and draw out emotion in me. The right emotion. He was my best friend after all.

Our scrimmaged stopped as soon as we heard Uryu barge in. "Will you two knock it off! I could hear you from all the way down the street!" He yelled and then adjusted his glasses. Urahara chimed in as well, but other than that it was a pretty good rest of the night. We all laughed and they caught me up on everything that's been going on in the soul society. I was glad that things were still seeming pretty quiet.

We said our good-byes and Chad, Uyru, Orihime and I left Uruhara's shop only to part ways once again. It was fairly warm out. There was a slight cool breeze every once and awhile. The sky was dark, but you could see a few stars twinkling between the clouds. I looked up as a patch of clouds shifted away revealing the full moon. As I my mind began to wander I felt something push me, throwing me into a nearby fence and landing on the hard ground. I looked up to see what it was only to find nothing.

"Hello...Is someone there?" I asked. I stood, supporting my weight against the fence only to be slammed against it. Just as quick something hard and unseen punched me in the face. My head was tossed to the side and I spit out a small fragment of blood. Suddenly, it felt like I couldn't breathe, as if something was choking me. I placed my hands on top of my throat trying to pull away the pressure. It was no use.

The only thing I could do...was stand there.

Grimmjow POV:

"What the hell Kurosaki?! I come all this way just to fight ya and yer not even trying! Are you mocking me or somethin'? I'm standing right in front of you! Don't fuckin' ignore me!" I shouted in his face as I choked the life out of him. His breathing was sparse and he was trying desperately to pull my hand away. Something about this didn't seem right. "Hey, Ichigo." I called, studying him. No response. "Answer me dammit!" I squeezed tighter around his neck. He was completely red in the face and he was gasping for air, clawing at his throat. "Yer really pissing me off!" I yelled as I pulled him within an inch of my face.

He slightly opened one of his eyes while keeping the other closed tightly. "Pl-ease..." He managed to get out just barely at a whisper. For some reason looking at his face made me loosen my grip. He just seemed so helpless, which is normally how I would like it but not in this case. This was Ichigo Kurosaki. Helpless didn't suit him. Not with those eyes, those damned scowling eyes. But, as I looked at him just an inch away from my face I could see that something was definitely wrong. I couldn't sense any spiritual pressure radiating from him.

"You've lost your shinigami powers, haven't you?" I said. "You can't even see me anymore." I released my hold on him and let him drop to the ground coughing and hyperventilating. "Well shit! This ain't gonna be any fun if ya can't even see me to at least somewhat fight back." I cursed. Ichigo began to calm down as he sat up and leaned his back against the fence still panting and holding his throat. I guess I'll just go back to Hueco Mundo and go slaughter some weak hallows then. Won't be very much fun but at least it'll cure me of boredom for a little while.

Ichigo coughed one last time before opening his eyes. He looked so sad. As I was about to turn and walk away, very quietly I heard him speak. "I guess Renji was right. I am powerless. I can't even defend myself. I wonder how long it'll be before I get killed." He stayed like that for a few extra minutes gazing at the stars as his mind wandered before slowly standing up. He fell back against the fence for a brief moment and then steadied himself attempting to walk.

Shit!

To be continued…

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