Only If It's For You

By: NekoWriter


Chapter 4: Coronation of a Traitor

"One thousand miles away, there's nothing left to say
But so much left that I don't know
We never had a choice, this world is too much noise
It takes me under, it takes me under once again"

-Rise Against (savior)


In fact why would there ever be human food in that place? I was in a sanctuary filled with arrancar, espada, and hollows. Reality quickly dawned on me at that point. Now…I was one of them. Part of that meant I had to live according to their life style. If I couldn't at the very least do that…Rukia would have died. I glanced over at the person who had successfully conquered my thoughts finding a shocked horror filled look on her face. Her eyes were wide; full of disgust… maybe even a little fear? She bit her lip while holding her right arm in some type of support.

In front of both of us a long hall with two sets of large wood doors on either side stood as if just to be there to intimidate what it withheld. The room itself was at least a mile long give or take. No windows. No shelter. No hiding places. No chance of escaping. This room…the room set in a blood stained white concrete walls… was known as the food hall. This room held home to hundreds of lost wandering scared human souls.

I grabbed the closest arrancar to me; dragging him off his feet so his face was even with mine, "What the hell is this place?" I hissed at him gripping the top of his robe tighter.

"It's…the food…food…food hall." I let him go, who obviously didn't get what I meant, throwing him to the ground. In seconds he scampered away like an afraid mouse. A mouse…something that knows better than to get caught by another something more powerful than its own self.

"Ichigo…" A low voice full of comprehension erupted abruptly next to me, "what did you expect?" Her eyes were hidden by a dark shadow her hair created, "These beings…though human like enough…aren't human." Her head turned up; eyes slightly watery, "Ichigo! This is the life of an espada! Why go through all of this…just for me?" She turned hastily running in the opposite direction. Away from the place that truly held home to evil in its truest form.

"Damn it Rukia!" At first my legs just didn't seem to want to move; like they knew once I caught up to her I wouldn't be able to explain anything or why I was chasing her to begin with. After maybe ten seconds my feet unlocked allowing me to dart after her at a fast pace. Reluctance still followed though refusing to let me catch up to her any faster than I already was. The weird thing though was that even though I was going slow…it should have been about at the level of a normal shinigami's shunpo. There's no way that she could have ran that fast in that amount of time. Something was off.

When the worry and frustration kicked in my speeds were back to a phenomenal pace. 'Why wasn't she here?' 'What happened to her?' 'Did someone take her?' 'Who dare touch her?' Question after question raced through my head fueling my anger. 'If anyone hurt her…' My mind didn't finish that question; it didn't even want to think of the possibility of her actually being hurt.

I kicked up sand, dirt, and dust for a few minutes in a frantic hurry to find her. Soon after I was going at such high speeds that not even the dust noticed my presence. Anywhere…she wasn't anywhere. All at one point I just stopped with a horror struck expression. The girl I had protected for so long. The one I risked my life for over and over. The one I was going through hell and back for… she just disappeared.

"Mr. hot shot himself…" I turned in a heated fury wanting to punch whoever was stupid enough to talk to me at the moment.

"What do you want…Grimmjow." I gritted my teeth trying to withhold my anger…though I don't know why considering I hated the guy.

"Chill. I was only told to relay a message. I don't like being treated as a messenger as it is. So, be grateful I decided to follow orders this time." He leaned against the wall digging hands into his pockets looking up at the ceiling above. "Aizen said something like go see him yada yada shinigami chick… mission. Something like that." He stood upright again slowly walking toward me as if just passing by. His stride stopped when he was next to me. "Don't stand him up… just a warning." He said in a whispered hushed tone.

Did…he just give me advice? Friendly advice?

What type of fucking espada is he?

Before I could register anything with all his might he punched me in the stomach; a few drops of blood flew out of my mouth in response. His right hand went to my shoulder holding it lightly keeping me upright while the other stayed in contact with my stomach.

"That was for getting blood all over my bed." He let go letting me hunch over and slowly walked away digging hands into his pocket once again like nothing had happened.

That guy does have a certain style about him.

My first thought was to retaliate and save the little pride I had left, but remembering what he said…I really hoped that when he said 'shinigami chick' he meant Rukia. I sped off relieved. Once the word relieved registered though it made me stop.

Why am I relieved? She's with Aizen…the bad guy. I shouldn't be feeling relief…I should be in a fucking panic!

But king…you're not. Never thought I'd see the day when someone actually trusted their enemy.


"Someone needs to make a map of this fucking place. It's like a maze!" I grunted angrily looking down all four hallways I had a choice of following. Agonizing…hungry… hollow cries echoed down the hall all the way to the right…so that marked off one option on my list of where Aizen was.

I need to strategically determine which hall is right…

"eenie…meenie..mineee...mo-" From behind me I felt a tug at the bottom part of my uniform.

"What are you doing Mr. Ichigo?" I remembered that voice from just a few hours ago. I turned to see a small kid like arrancar with blue hair and light green eyes; B.

"Nothing…." I hid my hands behind my back as if I was guilty of some crime.

"You look kinda lost to me Mr. Ichigo." His innocent expression puzzled me. How could an arrancar of all things look innocent?

"I'm not…" I turned away unwittingly being stubborn.

"Then you don't need me to show you where Aizen's conference room is? Because he's getting pretty impatient…. Oh! That girl…what was her name…that shinigami…hmm what was it…" B looked deep in thought pondering. His head was slightly slanted and arms were crossed at his chest.

"You mean R-"

"no…no don't tell me…Rain…no that's a type of weather….ron…no that's not a girls name…hmmm…well, im just gonna call her R…like my name is B because I don't like my name…so she has the same type of name as me …." His eyes lit up in excitement, "Did you know Mr. Ichigo that an R is a B but in the B the line at the bottom connects!" I stared incredulously.

Is he really dangerous?

"yo…just tell me where to go." I picked him up by the collar of his robe bringing him to eye level. He was lighter than he seemed…and he looked light.

"Oh right…" He laughed folding his arms behind his head.


"Ichigo…I see you finally made it. Hope it wasn't too much trouble." Aizen's cold stare sent shivers down my spine like all my blood was suddenly frozen in place. He sat at the head of a long table; Rukia sat directly across from him on the other side. Three other arrancar sat at the table closer to Rukia than I seemed comfortable with. I had no idea who the others were, but I knew something involving them was about to happen.

"Please sit… Ichigo." He grinned menacingly like he knew it bothered me. I moved over to the chair closest to Rukia on her left side. She turned away slightly. "Now you all must know what I called you here for…" The three arrancar nodded in agreement as I sat there dumbfounded.

"Just get to the point." I spoke under my breath gripping my fists into balls on the table.

"You have a new mission…" He paused to look at me in particular, "Destroy Rukongai district." Both Rukia and I stared horrified at the task we…no I had to fulfill. I had to destroy the main district in soul society. With this…I will be without exception marked as a traitor.


A/N: Hope the update was fast enough for you ^^ hope you all like it -Your NekoWriter