A/N: Soooo, it's certainly been a while since I uploaded this. I hope you can all forgive me, especially Colorful-Crap since I eventually promised her I would have this chapter up last Friday. But to make up for it, I'm gonna upload every three days (that way I also can't forget about the story again). I also edited the other chapters so most mistakes are out of it. I tried my hardest to get them all out of this one as well, but they might have slipped in (especially since my 'I' button isn't working so well) That was all I had to say happy reading!

Disclaimer: I don't own any character in this story (I suddenly noticed I had forgotten to say this for a while.)

While driving to Ichigo's house he had stopped to get a sandwich somewhere. Enjoying the food at a little terrace, he was pleased to hear nobody talking about the murder. Yet, even though he knew Hisagi would keep his promise, Rukia's friends will most likely spread the word. After finishing his lunch he continued driving to the home of the next friend of Rukia. He was a bit surprised by the location of the house. It was on the outskirts of the little town. He parked his car under a tree and walked to the door of the nice-looking, pretty big, house. He knocked on the door and heard some shuffling on the other side before the orange-head opened the door.

"Wow, you look like crap!" Grimmjow couldn't help but say at the sight of the kid. His hair was sticking out at random places, worse than the other time Grimmjow had seen him. He also had walls under his eyes, an overall tired and annoyed expression and was wearing clothes that had obviously been lying around for a while.

"Thanks, man." He said sarcastically. "Who are you anyway, and what are you here for?" Grimmjow couldn't honestly say he was really surprised Strawberry didn't remember him. He probably couldn't remember anything from last night considering the large amount of alcohol he had drunk. The detective quickly told Ichigo his name and asked if he could come in. The orange-head looked a bit suspicious at him, before opening the door a bit wider and signaling for him to come in. They sat down at the dinner table and Grimmjow put a serious face on.

"I don't think I have introduced myself properly yet. My name is Grimmjow Jaegerjaquez from the police office in Karakura Town. Unfortunately I'm here to bring you bad news. Your friend Rukia has been murdered last night." Ichigo promptly stood up and looked very angry at Grimmjow.

"Your screwing with me, aren't you? I don't fucking believe you at all! You can't be a detective, Rukia can't be dead! It's just fucking impossible!" He yelled at Grimmjow with tears in his eyes.

"I'm afraid it's all true." Grimmjow showed him his badge to prove his words. "See, I really am a detective and I'm really telling the truth about Rukia. I'm very sorry for your loss." Ichigo calmed down and sat on his chair again.

"But I… I went swimming with her just yesterday. Who would do something like this?" He let his head fall into his hands, tears still in his eyes but not falling. Grimmjow knew from experience the kid would probably be crying when he had left. Grimmjow had only been talking with him for a little while, but he could already see the strong bond Rukia and Ichigo must have had.

"We don't know who did it yet, that's why I'm here. I heard from Inoue Orihime a few people with who Rukia had an argument." He showed Ichigo the little list he had made." Are there any you could add?" Ichigo didn't need to think all that long.

"Hitsugaya Toshiro, he's an insurance worker who was angry with Rukia. I have to admit she called him quiet a lot after her car was stolen, I think I would be a bit annoyed as well. He even got annoyed to the point of telling her to 'drop dead'. Further I don't really know anyone… Though she did have a quarrel with an employee at the coffee shop once, but I don't think that was worth killing over. I thought his name was Ulquiorra Schiffer of something." Grimmjow had written it down and while watching his notes remembered he had to ask something about Rukia's previous job.

"All right, got it. Miss Orihime also mentioned Rukia's old job, but she didn't know much about it and thought you did. So I'm asking if you know what happened there." Ichigo shook his head.

"I don't know much either, I only know that Rukia visited me once, completely freaked out. She mumbled something about her job, but when I asked she told me she couldn't tell me because I would be in danger if she did. After that she quit her job and I never heard her talk about it again. I swear if one of those sons of a bitch killed her, I'll personally make an end of their life."

"You know I'll have to put you in jail then, right?" Grimmjow said with a bemused expression before getting into serious mode again. "Could you tell me what her old job was and where it is located?"

"Sure." Ichigo grabbed Grimmjow's pen and wrote it down underneath the list of suspects Grimmjow had in his notebook. "Here you go."

"Urahara's shop, huh?" Grimmjow read from the paper. "Never heard of it."

"Detective Jeagerjacquez," Ichigo suddenly spoke in a loud voice, effectively snapping Grimmjow out of his thinking about the mysterious shop. "I want to help you find Rukia's killer." Grimmjow looked up at him and started laughing.

"You can't just up and say you want to help. You're no detective, besides you're in this case, too. What if you're the killer and you're just using this as a way to make you look innocent, hmm?" The orange-head didn't look put-off by the fact Grimmjow just called him the killer. On the contrary he looked even more determined. Ichigo stood up again.

"I have watched and read enough detective stuff to know the basics and you probably already know I can't have done it since I was out cold all of last night." Determination was shining forth from his eyes. He put both his hands on the table and leaned a bit over to Grimmjow. "I'm sure you can use some help."

"Pff, you can't even remember last night, can you?" Grimmjow saw Strawberry's eyes widening a bit, he probably hadn't expected the detective to know that. The little widening also confirmed Grimmjow's statement, cause he hadn't been completely sure about it. Grimmjow leaned back in his chair and put his hands behind his head. "How can a guy that can't even remember anything from the previous night because of a bit of drinking possibly be of any help?" Ichigo spluttered a bit before sitting down. Grimmjow smirked this was getting fun and it was about to get better.

"How do you know I can't remember anything?"

"Well I happened to be in the same bar as you yesterday, want to know what you did while you were drunk?" When Grimmjow said this he had leaned forward again and managed to get a serious expression on his face, an expression that said he was going to say something very important. He saw Ichigo shake his head slightly while looking a bit horrified, before he caved in and softly said 'yes'. Ooh Grimmjow was going to have so much fun with this. Keeping his face calm he said on a serious tone. "Well… when I walked in you immediately came up to me. You hugged me saying I looked like a big blue teddy bear, before you started to rub yourself up to me. Then you walked to the middle of the bar and took off your shirt. You yelled something about a princess before you fell unconscious." Grimmjow really had to try hard to not burst out laughing at the sight of Ichigo's wide eyes and pale face.

"Did I really do that?" Unbelievable, Grimmjow thought, the kid really believed him. It probably was because Grimmjow was a detective and all, but still it was quite a ridiculous story. He nodded and Ichigo became even paler. That was when Grimmjow couldn't hold t anymore, he burst out laughing.

"You should've seen your face!" He managed to get out between his laughs while pointing at the Strawberry's face, which looked really mad the moment he understood Grimmjow had been lying.

"You bastard!" Ichigo refused to look at Grimmjow while they waited for him to calm down again so they could continue discussing Ichigo's proposal.

"You might be able to help, but first I'll have to check your background and possible criminal records. I'll also have to check your alibi, namely the ones who have brought you home yesterday. Then maybe you could help." Ichigo started to look a bit happier and more hopeful again. "I have to remind you, you're still involved in the case so I can't trust you completely with everything I know. In other words I might withhold information on some points." It didn't really look like Strawberry really cared, he made another vow to catch Rukia's killer and told Grimmjow to hurry up and do the checks he needed to do. Ichigo didn't particularly act like someone should in the presence of a police detective, but Grimmjow wasn't the typical police detective after all and maybe he deserved it after his lying about the other night. He excused himself for a moment and went outside to make a phone call with the office. "Kira… yeah I want you to do another thing for me… I can't help it you always pick up the phone! I don't care if you ask someone else to do it… Yes, I want you to do a full check on Kurosaki Ichigo, tell me everything you can find about him… I expect you to have everything I told you to do done by tomorrow… You should be able to get that done, just ask the others if you can't… All right then, that's it. Bye" he hung up and checked the time on his phone. Already 6 o'clock. It seemed a bit silly to continue his investigating by going to Ishida and Sado, Ichigo's alibis, at this time. He would just do it tomorrow morning and call it a day now. He looked up when he heard the door open again. Ichigo was looking at him.

"You know, you're a real bastard, but I think I'll have to be nice if I want to be allowed to help you on the case. So… wanna stay for dinner?" Grimmjow thought about it, having dinner with a potential murderer. Well it couldn't really hurt, now could it? Besides Grimmjow didn't really think Ichigo had done it anyway and damn Strawberry looked even cuter, and sexier, than he had done last night.

"Sure, what do we have for dinner?" He asked with a smirk.

A/N: Remember an update every three days! If I made any errors please point them out in a review or something. If you like the story please review as well :)