Chapter 1: The Plan

Hands began grasping at the ground for purchase as a different set of hands pushed the other body down. The one on the ground pushed his elbow back, coming into contact with a strong chest and earning a grunt as the heavier body crashed back, however a gasp escaped the smaller man's lips as those larger hands grasped the back of his clothing causing him to fall backwards as well. Finding himself on his back and under the smaller male pushed the face of the larger man, and his sworn enemy, away from his face; which caused a growl to escape the lips of the blue eyed male.

"Grimmjow!" he snarled at the blue haired, blue eyed espada as his hands were suddenly grasped and a blow came to his stomach.

"Shut up Kurosaki!" was the returning snarl as the heavier male tried to understand how the hell they ended up in this situation.

Ichigo suddenly gave a gasp as the espada moved again causing the espada's leg to go under his arm and suddenly found himself face first on the ground again as his own foot ended up somewhere near the espada's chest and shoulder as he landed between the man's legs. For a change he was actually thankful for the darkness of the room they were trapped in, then again saying this was a room would be a stretch as he was certain it was some sort of box. This has Urahara's name written all over it! he mentally yelled causing a tick to appear on the top of his head. If I live through this, Getabushi is so dead!

Several hours earlier...

Urahara looked around the room filled with the remaining captains of the Gotei 13 with head-captain Yamamoto standing at the head of the room looking as angry as always, while most of the captain's had a look of indifference on their faces. He knew most believed he should not be a part of this meeting; however since he was the one with more experience with the traitor, he'd been called in to come up with a plan to either destroy Aizen from within or find a way to get a mole inside his organization. It had been an exhausting week, but he'd done something that could very well give them an edge in learning more about Aizen's forces.

"Urahara Kisuke, you have been at the twelfth for a week now," Yamamoto's voice boomed across the vast room towards the blond haired male whose eyes were shadowed by the green and white striped bucket hat. "have you come up with a way that we may defeat Aizen?"

"Possibly." he stated with a mysterious air about him. "Aizen has many followers with him. The Espada being his top fighters, but not his only ones. I believe if we were to attack now we would be defeated." Their were murmurs amongst the captains as some agreed; while others, Kenpachi, believed otherwise. "We have no idea how many fighters he truly has. All of Kurotsuchi's bugs and listening devices have been destroyed, so we cannot get a right estimate on his numbers. I believe I may be able to rectify that."

"What do you mean?" the head-captain inquired quite curious as to what the former captain of the Research and Development had come up with.

"Impossible." Kurotsuki's voice could be heard. "What makes you believe you can get the number when I can't?" he asked hotly, his voice carrying with it how annoyed he seemed to be.

"Simple." Urahara stated as a smile crossed his face. "Its so simple I'm surprised it hasn't been implemented yet."

"Get on with it Kisuke." Kyoraku said lazily, sounding as if he was about to fall asleep, though Kisuke knew that was far from the truth.

"We capture one of the high powered Arrancar and simply question him." he stated causing all the captain's to look at him like he'd grown a second head.

"Are you crazy!?" Soi Fon's voice echoed what everybody was thinking.

"That might actually work." all eyes turned towards the usually quiet white haired captain causing Ukitake to look up at their faces. "The longer it takes us to gain information, the stronger Aizen's forces become."

"True." Yamamoto agreed. "I assume you know how to capture one of these Arrancar." his voice seeming to be laced with a challenge towards Urahara.

The former captain of the twelfth smiled at the head-captain as his eyes gleamed with a spark of mischief. "Oh, I have an idea or two." he said with a chuckle. "It'll only cost a bit of pain towards Kurosaki though. With his help, I'm certain I can capture the right espada."

"Which one are you after?" came the calm and serene voice of Unohana Retsu. The healer having spent the whole time listening, but was now curious of who he was trying to trap.

"Is he strong?" Kenpachi inquired, the maniacal gleam in his eyes barely under control.

"Very." Urahara confirmed. "In fact, Kurosaki has already fought him on several occasions. Each time I have been monitoring his power outputs and I believe this Arrancar is bordering Vasto Lorde level in his evolution, but something seems to be keeping him at an Adjuchas level, even if he is a top level Espada."

"Top level Espada?" Toshiro inquired. "Which one-"

"The sixth, if I were to go by the tattoo on his back." Urahara stated.

The captain's began to look at one another before one began to speak. "He is the Espada of destruction, is he not?" the noble's voice caused all to look towards him.

"From my understanding, yes." Kisuke answered all the while wondering what the Kuchiki clan leader was getting to.

"Kurosaki has been unable to defeat this man, hasn't he?" Byakuya stated sounding a bit standoffish.

"Yes." Kisuke answered truthfully. He saw it now, Byakuya didn't think Ichigo could be a big enough distraction in order to bring the sixth Espada down. He chuckled. "I see where you are going with this..." he stated.

"Then you should know that it would be foolish to have the boy fight this hollow again." Byakuya said sounding confident that he'd stop Urahara's plan.

"Ah, but I'm planning on Kurosaki losing." he said as he brought out his fan to cool himself off with.

"What?" Byakuya's shocked look caused Urahara to smirk.

Is that concern I sense from him? Urahara wondered before smirking. "I don't plan on Kurosaki defeating the sixth, I just need him to be a distraction, while I implement the kido binding that will seal the Espada into a tight neat little package." he smirked as he got a sense that this seemed to settle some worries towards Ichigo's friends that were amongst the captains.

A tap from the head-captain's staff caught everybody attention. "It is agreed then?" he said causing everybody to give a nod. "Urahara Kisuke, I give you permission to capture the sixth Espada using the substitutes assistance as a distraction."

"Thank-you!" Urahara yelled happily before he turned to leave, his geta shoes making the familiar noise as he left the meeting hall.

The brown haired captain who stood next to Ukitake smirked at him. "This should have interesting results." he said with a twinkle in his eye.

Ukitake chuckled. "Ichigo will be in for a surprise." he said with a chuckle as they were excused.

The pink kimono on his companions shoulders moved with Kyoraku's laughter. "I'd love to be there when Urahara tells him the plan." his laughter picked up as he imagined the hotheaded youth yelling and hitting Urahara over the head with Zangetsu.

"He may want to avoid getting hit by Zangetsu." Ukitake stated causing his friend to stare at him in surprise.

"You know, I was just thinking the same thing." Kyoraku chuckled. "We've been friends too long."

The white haired man chuckled. "Is it a bad thing when friends begin thinking the same?" he asked causing Kyoraky to chuckle.

"I'm not sure." Kyoraku answered his best friend as they went their separate ways.

M-Angel: So this is my first Bleach story. It was originally written on deviantart because of a picture that I saw there that inspired this. It is also the cover image to this story. It's by Megumonster. Check out their other stuff if you wish! This story will not have any romantic elements between Ichigo and Grimmjow. It's just going to be filled with fun and humor; oh and a bit of cursing.