AN: Hey guys, I know this is really late but I've had absolutely no inspiration at all. I know I said I was going to update again once school ended and it ended a long time ago but, again, I've had no inspiration. I'm also really lazy so I just haven't gotten around to updating. I just don't know what to write about to continue the stories so for this chapter, I'm really just gonna wing it, sorry if it's a little bad.
Warnings: Mature, Yaoi, Alternate Universe, Bad language, Violence, Mentions of Rape/Non-Con, Shouta, Slight OOC-ness
Warnings will be updated as chapters go on since I don't wanna go back to this first chapter every time a new thing develops and I need to add a warning for it.
Disclaimer: I do not own Bleach or it's characters. That's Tite Kubo. I DO own the story line and plot ... as far as I know since I haven't read anything fanfics or books that inspired this, if I'm wrong, please tell me ._.
Strawberry's Jade Palace
"We're here for the young prince."
Ichigo slowly backed up until his back was against Ryuuken's mahogany desk. Ryuuken stood up and walked forward, just enough to be blocking Ichigo from the other men's view.
Glaring, he asked, "How did you find him?"
"That's for us to know, and you not to know."
"Well at least tell me what your names are. I want to know who to report later on for breaking into my office."
"Old man, is this really the time to be worried about your door?" Ichigo whispered from behind the silver haired brothel owner.
"Shut up, that door was expensive and if I'm right about where this situation is headed, I'm going to need to replace my desk and a lot of my other items around here."
"My name is Ulquiorra Cifer, to my right is Nnoitra Gilga, to my left is Yammy Llargo. I'm quite certain you already know who we're working for so hand the prince over to us." As Ulquiorra finished his introduction, Yammy was knocked down and out. A white blurring streak leaped over his unconscious body and landed next to Ryuuken facing the two, still standing men.
"Shiro? What are you doing here?"
"I'm here to rescue the poor damsel in distress." He replied with a wicked, taunting smirk.
"Tch- Bastard, don't call me tha- LOOK OUT!"
Barely dodging the blade heading towards him, Shiro blocked with his own sword.
"Do not waste our time, filthy peasants, Lord Aizen will not be happy if my colleagues and I dawdle around this dirty, run-down shop. We will be taking the prince now." And with that, Nnoitra and Ulquiorra both attacked Shiro, realizing that he was the most threatening person in the room and if they took care of the albino man, the prince would be much easier to secure and capture.
"Go, Berry! I'll take care of these dogs!" Parrying yet another blow, Shiro stationed himself in front of Ichigo and Ryuuken giving them an ample opportunity to escape while he distracted the two men.
"Come, prince, a small hospital I own is not far from here." Ryuuken dragged a reluctant Ichigo away and then pushed Ichigo ahead of him, as they passed through the threshold of the ruined door though, Yammy awakened from his unconscious state and grabbed Ryuuken's coattail.
"Where are you going, doctor?" Yammy sneered with a terrifying expression on his face. Eyes wide, Ichigo took a step back the way he came to try and help Ryuuken.
"No! Ichigo, you must escape! Don't worry about us! We'll hold them off, go seek refuge in my hospital, if neither I nor Shiro are there in 3 hours, you must run without us! We'll hold them off as much as we can! Have Uryuu help you!" All of this was said as Ryuuken barely held off the giant, sweat dripping from his forehead, chin and nose. "GO!"
And with that, Ichigo ran, he ran faster than he had run in years, faster than he had years ago when he had run away from the castle, from his father, from Aizen, and away from Grimmjow, the love of his life.
Panting, Ichigo sprinted out of the brothel and headed in the direction of the hospital that Ryuuken spoke of, looking back only once to see the fighting through the window and then closing door. Looking back one last time before running away for good, promising himself it would be the final glance back at the life he once had. Somehow, while speaking to Ryuuken, watching the fighting and escaping, time had passed quickly, almost unnaturally. The sun was already setting, the moon and stars already starting to appear in the sky as hues of reds, oranges, yellows and purples wove themselves through the sky and clouds. The final scene that Ichigo saw was the simple yet clean sign above the door of the store, The Jade Palace. And the strawberry ran from his Jade Palace, into the sunset and away from his past.
AN: That's it for this chapter. I'm so horrible at updating and I was going to update through the summer but I just never got around to it, my birthday was yesterday and today is my grandmother's birthday so I thought I'd celebrate the occasion with shopping, games, cake and and update at 2 in the morning. I'm not sure when I'll update again, just keep yourself posted, I'm sure to come back until I finish the stories. I'm not sure where I'm going with the story either ... Authors have deadlines and editors to keep them on their toes and updating/writing regularly, I don't have either so, I'll just be lazy and procrastinate to the last second like everything else I do, like dragging out this AN for no reason other than I want to silently babble in the early morning. Babbling early morning is good for not falling asleep but I'm sure I shouldn't drag this out anymore. Review please, flames ... are undesirable, know the difference between criticizing within logical terms and just plain insulting a work.