Title: Let's Play, King
Pairing: HichigoxIchigo , not sure about any others.
Warnings: Nothing much in this chapter.
Disclaimer: Yes, usual disclaimers apply.
A/N: First HichixIchi story. Yay ^_^ I hope you like it.


Ichigo awoke in the morning with a blazing headache. He tried to sit up, but only fell back down again, clutching the sides of his head.

'What's happening?' he thought, as he rubbed his temples.

Just then, his crazy father kicked his door open and jumped on his mattress, only worsening Ichigo's condition.

"OH MY WONDERFUL SON! WHY AREN'T YOU ACKNOWLEDGING YOUR POOR DADDY?!"

His father's voice was way too loud for Ichigo's liking, and so he attempted to kick him off his bed, but his headache was interfering with the use of his limbs. His leg ended up sprawling across the other side of the bed. He groaned, and that's when his father finally realized something was wrong. He suddenly turned serious and put his hand gently on his son's forehead.

"You have a high fever, Ichigo. I think you should stay in bed, don't go to school."

Ichigo opened his mouth to protest, but felt a wave of dizziness and nodded slowly and solemnly to his father. He lay back down on his bed, trying to get comfortable. Before he knew it, he was already asleep. Isshin smiled gently at his son and covered him so he wouldn't get cold.


When Ichigo woke again, he wasn't in his room anymore. He got up slowly, looking around to find himself in his sideways inner world.

'What could he possibly want with me at a time like this?' Ichigo thought to himself, as he looked around for his inner hollow.

He heard the faint noise of sonido behind him and spun around too quickly, feeling a wave of dizziness again and falling forward. He was quite surprised when he felt two strong arms hold him in place. For a moment, he thought it was Zangetsu, but when he opened his eyes, he came face to face with the gold-on-black eyes of his hollow. He jolted backwards once he saw his hollow's face and ended up landing on his ass on the cold building he had just recently been standing on.

"How ya doin' King?"

Ichigo clenched his teeth, once again trying to stop his headache. "None of your business, hollow."

"Aww, you're so mean ta me, King." He began to approach Ichigo.

Ichigo tried to back away and succeeded getting away a couple of feet before he hit a wall. His hollow continued to advance on him and through his hazed state, he couldn't think of any escape route.

'Where's Zangetsu when you need him?' Ichigo thought frantically, glancing around for any glimpse of a billowing cape.

When he looked ahead of him again, he was less than an inch away from his hollow. He tried his best to flatten himself against the wall and was slightly hyperventilating as his hollow got even closer.

"What's wrong, King?" he got on his knees, levelling his face with Ichigo's. "Are ya scared?"

"Of course not, Hollow! You're just...too close, that's all." Ichigo stuttered, trying to edge his face away.

"Why, dontcha like it when I'm..." he edged even closer. "close!"

Ichigo brought his hands up to his hollow's shoulders and tried to push him away.

"Nu-uhh King." His hollow slapped his hands away, grabbed his wrists and held them above his head. Ichigo started struggling, but was too weak in his sickened state. His hollow laughed at him, tightening his grip on Ichigo's wrists.

"There's an Arrancar close to the house, King." He said, as a matter of factly, then smirked maniacally. "And don't die, or else ya know what happens." He grabbed Ichigo's wrists in one hand and threw him across the building. Ichigo hit his head very hard on the wall and fell unconscious. His hollow's smirk disappeared as he kneeled beside his King. He lightly ran his hand over Ichigo's face, looking at him quite fondly. Then, that calm look was replaced with a murderous frown and he raked his black nails down the side of Ichigo's face, causing angry red welts to appear.


Ichigo jolted up in his bed as he felt a powerful reiatsu nearby. He ignored his headache and slammed his soul badge into his chest. As he was jumping out of his window, heading towards the reiatsu, he pulled Zangetsu out of its wrapping, prepared to attack. He felt the reiatsu pulse and strengthen and barely had enough time to swing Zangetsu around to block a fatal attack. When he noticed who it was, he paled considerably.

'Grimmjow...'

Said teal-haired Espada laughed. "Hey, hey, Shinigami." he swung his sword at Ichigo again.

Ichigo flash stepped away from the grinning Espada. "BANKAI!!"

"That's better." Grimmjow sneered.

The battle continued, but then Ichigo used his Getsuga Tenshou. His eyes started to change. The black seeped into them, making it difficult for him to concentrate on his fight with Grimmjow. He received quite a large amount of deep wounds in his torso and on his legs, and a couple on his arms.

Grimmjow looked part disappointed and part angry. "Why are ya holdin' back, Shinigami?!" he roared at Ichigo from a couple rooftops away.

He knew he had no other options, so Ichigo continued to fire Getsuga Tenshous at Grimmjow, hoping to hold him at bay for a little longer, so the other Shinigami would come help.

Ichigo felt the strain on his consciousness and paused, trying to mentally push his hollow away. Grimmjow, who had gotten a flaring red gash on his chest, which continued to his arms, smirked at the opening. He used sonido and got right up and personal in front of Ichigo.
Ichigo's eyes widened, his reflexes working on overdrive, trying to swing Zangetsu up to slice at Grimmjow, but his muscles wouldn't move. He could sense everything around him clearly, and that's when he saw Grimmjow's fist. The fist that had went through Rukia like a ragdoll. The fist that he had been punched with numerous times in past fights. The fist that would soon end his life. He could see it like it was in slow motion, and he couldn't do anything to stop it, and the only thing he thought of was his hollow's threat earlier on, and the look on his hollow's face.

"Don't die, or else ya know what happens."


A/N: I know this is a HichixIchi story, and there wasn't much of that, but I couldn't resist putting Grimmjow in there. He's just so... sexy. XD

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