It was late into the evening and Ichigo was doing his homework which consisted of every subject from math to english. 'Jeez so much damn homework,' Ichigo thought as he looked at his clock. It read 9:30 pm and he wasn't even halfway done with the stack of books and worksheets. Ichigo leaned back in his chair and sighed, rubbing a hand across his tired eyes trying to wipe away the sleepiness. 'I need some coffee.' He walked down stairs and into the kitchen where he started up the coffee maker and leaned against the counter waiting for it to finish. Just as he started to pour the delicious drink Rukia came running down the stairs.
"Ichigo, there's a hollow!"
"What? This early in the morning!" Ichigo quickly took off upstairs and grabbed Kon.
"Hey! Ichigo what are you doing?" asked Kon.
"Sorry, need the candy," Ichigo quickly mumbled. The candy popped out and he quickly swallowed it turning into his soul form. "Let's go, Rukia." They ran out of the house and jumped onto a near by roof.
"The hollow's position is north of us and it's heading east," Rukia explained. They took off into a flash step, closing in on the hollow.
"Rukia, something doesn't feel right."
Grimmjow awoke laying in a uncomfortable position and could feel that it was already late morning. Pushing his rebelling body out of bed, he got into the shower. He stepped out and put on his usual outfit consisting of a open top and pants. Just as he was walking back into his room there was a knock on his door. He went over and opened it reveling a random arrancar. "Lord Aizen has requested your presence."
"Tell him I'll be there in a minute," replied Grimmjow closing the door. He went over to where he kept Pantera and put her in his sheath, then left the room heading down to Aizen's throne room. He knocked and entered when he heard Aizen say "Enter Grimmjow." Pushing open the doors, Grimmjow walked up and bowed before him.
"Grimmjow, do you know why you were called here?"
"Whatever you think I did, Nnoritra did it!" exclaimed Grimmjow.
"That's not the reason I called you but we can get back to that. I called you here for a mission, to capture Ichigo Kurosaki."
"What? You mean that soul reaper, why?"
"I plan to use him for the war. He has special powers that I find intriguing. The powers of healing and enhancing the abilities of the people around him by covering them in his spiritual energy. His ability to heal far exceeds that of Orihime. No only that but he is extremely powerful. With his powers we would have a great advantage against the Soul Society. I do plan to be rid of Orihime when Ichigo is caught. She no longer holds my interest."
"That's interesting and all but without Kurosaki's cooperation your plan is going to fail."
"If his family and friends are threatened, he would do anything to keep them safe. Even if it means giving up his freedom."
"Okay, but if he has to join our side then his friends and family are still in danger."
"Yes that's true, but he doesn't know that. While he is here, we will slowly change his mind about the Soul Society. The Soul Society had never done anything for him and we can use that to our advantage. I expect you to succeed, Grimmjow. I won't tolerate any failure." Grimmjow stood and opened up a Garganta that led to Karakura Town.
Ichigo and Rukia were closing in on the hollow and he could feel that this wasn't just a normal hollow but an arrancar. "Well, nice to meet you again shinigami."
"Grimmjow?" Ichigo asked at the espada that was standing in the air. The espada himself had his hands in his pockets as he stared amusingly at Ichigo.
"I've been ordered to come and get you. So, will you come nicely or is there going to be some complications?"
"No way I'm going with you," Ichigo said as he grabbed his sword while Rukia grabbed the hilt of hers.
"I was hoping you would pick that one. You better be ready shinigami!" Grimmjow yelled as he flew straight at Ichigo. Ichigo quickly brought up a block and connected his blade with Grimmjow's. Ichigo swung his sword out breaking the connection and leaping back.
"Rukia stay out of this," Ichigo growled as he glared at Grimmjow.
"Yeah not like you can do much anyways shorty. Well besides make a ton of ice," Grimmjow said while laughing at the small black haired girl.
"Oh yeah well this ice maker is going to kick your—"
"Rukia I said stay out of this," Ichigo yelled at Rukia. Grimmjow laughed at them some more before calming down. Ichigo was the first one to make a move this time. "Bankai!" He rushed at Grimmjow swinging his sword only for it to be grabbed by Grimmjow. Grimmjow took advantage of Ichigo's momentary immobility and used his other arm to send a punch to Ichigo's gut. He was sent flying through air and he connected hard with the ground and slid about 50 meters.
"ICHIGO!" Rukia yelled.
"Dammit." Ichigo pushed off the ground and his body hurt. He pulled his sword back into position and got ready for the next attack. They continued to trade blows back and forth. 'This is getting me nowhere.'
" I have to say that you are doing quite well against me shinigami but we really need to finish this. I do have shit to do."
"I've said it before, I'm not going with you."
"Alright then." Grimmjow took off in the direction of Ichigo's house.
"Ichigo, he's going to your house!" Rukia said after she realized where he was going. Ichigo took off at his top speed. There was only one reason why Grimmjow was heading towards his house, his family.
"Karin, Ichigo, dad dinner is ready." Yuzu had just finished setting the table and was about to start brining the food over.
"Yuzu, you always make the most delicious food."
"Thanks dad. Sorry that I made it really late. I had to run to the store and buy things."
"Don't worry about it hun." They sat down and waited for Ichigo to come down.
"Where's Ichigo?" Karin was getting impatient and the smell of the food was making it even harder to resist. "You know what, I will go get him." With that said Karin got up from the table and headed upstairs toward Ichigo's room. Once she reached the door she started knocking. "Ichigo, dinner is ready so get downstairs." There was no response, not even a noise from the room. "Ichigo?" Then suddenly there was a crash from downstairs and a scream. Karin ran downstairs to find a guy with blue hair holding her sister and her dad out cold. "What the hell?"
"So is this one of your sisters strawberry?" Grimmjow asked himself as he raised the girl higher up to see her better. "Yep looks like you."
"Put her down!" Karin ran across the room towards him with a soccer ball under her arm. Once in the right position she kicked the ball with all her might right at his head. Grimmjow saw this and dodged by moving his head quickly to the left.
"You're going to regret doing that." Grimmjow walked over to her and picked her up also. When Ichigo arrived, the espada was holding both his sisters and his dad was down on the ground. Karin was trying to land a kick on him but he held her out far enough so she couldn't reach. "You finally arrived. Now shinigami, will you come with me or will there be some "accident" in which your sister's die?"