Hey guys! I'm alive! XD I didn't think I would have this typed and posted as quick as I did. Oh well. I'm not complaining! Like I said in the previous chapter, if I don't get everything right from the anime and/or manga that's cause I was to lazy to go and look . Now leave it alone XD

Disclaimer: Bleach and all of its stuff belongs to Tite Kubo. NOT me. I own nothing, except my chicky and her zanpaktou ^^.

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Chapter 3:

Helping the Enemy of My Friend

It had been a week since Rukia's death day had been set and it had been shortened to two weeks! Can you believe that? That just made me distance myself even more from everyone. I pretty much stayed in my small room in the barracks; I only came out when officers were need. I didn't talk to anyone except Yachiru, you have to talk to her. I dodged the concerned look that was rare in my captain's eyes. I turned down training with Ikkaku, so my skills started to suck massively, and shopping with Yumichika, which I absolutely loved. The only company I usually had was Raikou and she only appeared once or twice. I hated myself for doing it, but I knew I would hate myself more for not doing it. It wasn't fair at all. How could I walk around and act like everything was alright when my best friend was on death row. That just didn't fit in my book.

A couple days later I was relaxing on my window sill like I had done the past few days. I had finally stopped feeling sorry for myself for not being able to do anything and started developing a plan to get her out. I wasn't having much luck though. A bright flash caught my eye and as I looked up, what I saw surprised me greatly. Something was actually penetrating the Seireitei's shield! My eyes widened as it disappeared into six different shots of light. What could be so powerful that could break through? I sat there for another thirty minutes, thinking about what I saw and how to save Rukia.

My thoughts were interrupted by the rough sliding of my door. My head turned and met the glare of light reflecting off of Ikkaku's head. I narrowed my eyes as he entered with that excited look on his face.

"We gotta go."

I raised an eyebrow at his words before sliding off the sill.

"What are you -"

"Ryoka! We have to go find them before everyone else!"

I smiled softly at Ikkaku's excited face. I started to follow him as he walked out when my mind kicked into gear. This was it. The chance I had been waiting on. My legs stopped short and I met baldy's confused gaze.

"You go on ahead. I'll catch up to you soon."

He left before I finished speaking the words. He was to excited for his own good.

Now that he was gone I had to work quick before anyone else came. I quickly slid the door closed before walking to my small closet. I pulled out a grey hoodie and threw it over on my bed before opening one of my drawers. My slipped in and out with it came a needle and thread.

I used Raikou to sever the hood from the body and quickly removed the top of my shihakshou before threading the needle. It only took me about thirty minutes but I had stuck myself about seven times with the stupid needle. I put the top back on and strapped Raikou to my back instead of on my right hip. It didn't seem like much difference but with a hidden face and the zanpaktou in a different position, it's hard to tell who the shinigami is.

I pulled the hood up over my eyes and stuffed my hair in before looking myself over in the mirror. Something wasn't right. I didn't look like me, and yet I felt that everyone could tell it was me. I looked at every inch of myself before deciding what had to be done. I quickly grabbed Raikou and sliced into the sleeves of my shihakshou. I yanked on them after sheathing her and smiled as I heard the fabric rip.

The sleeves soon came free and slid from my arms to the floor. My pale arms stood out from the rest of my body. I knew now that the only way someone could recognize me was the tattoo on my left shoulder. Luckily, only two people had ever seen it, Rukia and Kisuke, neither of them would be out there.

I walked to the window and opened it before perching myself on the sill and peering out. Shinigami were running around wildly looking for the Ryoka. I sighed as I jumped onto the roof of the building next to me and started running. I knew where to go but I needed help and since I was rebelling I knew who to look for. I located the new spiritual pressures and clenched my teeth. Six of them?! How did they make it in here in the first place? I cursed under my breath as I ran towards what I thought what the strongest one. This person seemed so close, but could that just been their spiritual pressure?

I stopped thinking as my gaze caught a familiar bald head. My feet stopped near my superior as my looked between him and the orange haired male. Was all that spiritual pressure coming from him? He looked so young…it couldn't have been him….

I felt his eyes look towards me and I starred him down from under my hood. This kid…something about him just shouted out to me…

"Hey you up there! Why not come down and help your friend?"

I laughed silently along with Ikkaku.

"You're wasting your time kid. I don't even know who that is."

I smiled slightly, my disguise was working.

"I can't believe you Ikkaku. Saying you don't know me….I feel so hurt."

I know it was risky and dumb but if there was one thing Ikkaku could do it was keep a secret. I jumped down and stepped in between them. My eyes looked at Ikkaku's face, confusion mixed with excitement, he was going to charge at me soon. I made sure no one else was even remotely close before removing my hood. I looked at Ikkaku and smiled at his bewildered face. My gaze turned towards the boy and met his determined stare. Since Ikkaku was still distracted I decided to ask some questions.

"Who are you and why are you here?"

My body turned completely to face him as he still starred at me.

"My name is Ichigo Kurosaki and I'm here to save Rukia."

My eyes widened and I took a step back. That was it. That's what was calling me to this kid. I turned and walked quickly to Ikkaku, This was going to be tough.

"I need you to let him go…"

My tone was low and serious, but that didn't stop him from giving me the "are you stupid" look.

"You're ten kinds of crazy."

"I'm serious."

"Why?"

I starred at him, thinking if I should tell. Well, I had already blown my disguise, which I already admitted to being dumb.

"Will you swear to swear to keep it between us?"

He starred at me, apparently thinking it over, before sighing.

"You know I will."

I took a deep breath before whispering,

"I need him to help me save Rukia."

"What?!"

I shook my head with a glare. I only nodded to prove I was serious. He starred at me with his bewildered look. He grabbed my shoulder and looked me in the eye.

"Let me fight him and I'll keep my mouth shut."

I smirked and jumped back up to the top of the wall. To my surprise Ichigo hadn't left yet.

"Don't kill him Ikkaku."

I saw his smirk as he pulled his sword and sheath.

"No promises Izu."

I sat down and rested on my hands while legs dangled over. I looked at the kid and starred at him.

"I'll explain when this is done."

He seemed confused, but soon turned his attention back to Ikkaku.

"Ichigo was it? That's good! Guys with 'Ichi' in their name are lucky!"

I opened my mouth to yell at him for taking to much time but he pointed his blade at Ichigo so I remained silent.

"Let's just see how lucky you are!"

Ichigo took the giant zanpaktou from his back and got into position. Their fight began and I smiled before pulling my hood back over my head. Their blades clashed over and over again with both placing cuts above the other's eye. They clashed five more times before jumping back. That's where Ichigo made his mistake. He started to wipe the blood from his.

"Such an amateur mistake! Taking your hand off your sword!"

I shook my head with a sigh, agreeing with Ikkaku's words.

"How can I fight when I can't see?!"

I turned my eyes to watch Ikkaku pull the bottom of his hilt off and dip his index finger in and pulled out the ointment that I had taken my fair share of. He put it on the cut above his eye while talking to Ichigo.

"Even the smallest cuts above the eye bleed profusely. Wiping it away will do nothing."

I whipped my head towards Ichigo when he started yelling.

"Hey! That's cheating!"

"Cheating?! It's called battle smarts! You should be in awe!"

Ikkaku put the bottom of the hilt back on and stared at Ichigo with an aggravated look on his face.

"By the way Ichigo, even if you make such amateur mistakes you fight very well. Who is your master?"

Ichigo smirked before pointing his giant kitchen knife of a zanpaktou at Ikkaku.

"Heh. He only trained me for about ten days, so I wouldn't exactly call him my master. Kisuke Urahara."

My eyes widened and I placed both hands over my mouth so neither would hear my gasp. My brother taught this kid? He hasn't taught anyone since he was captain and even then he didn't do it much. Why was this kid so special?!

"Then I defiantly won't go easy on you."

Ikkaku voice leaked with excitement before charging at him. I just sat there shocked as my eyes followed Ichigo's movements. His sword moves left him open yet he was wuick to close that opening. My brother defiantly taught this kid. I was taught the same thing when I was younger. I closed my eyes and lowered my arms as the memory came back to me.

I was about seventeen at the time. My brother had been captain of squad twelve for about a year at the time and was getting me ready for my final exam in the academy. Our blades were locked together and I was panting hard. The same gray eyes stared back at me as he smirked and pushed me back. I fell back on the ground with an "umph" as my brother stared down at me.

"We should rest. Your tiredness is catching up to you."

I slammed my fists on the ground before glaring up at him.

"I'm fine! I don't deserve a break until I get this right!"

Kisuke gave me a look of disapproval.

"Getting it right will do you know good if you don't know your limits."

He walked away after that knowing his words would sink into my brain. They did. My training became shorter after that and I passed my exam with flying colors. I tore myself out of the memory before I could go further down memory lane. I really didn't feel like remembering a past love at the moment.

I felt the ground leave me and let out a small scream as the wall beneath me crumbled. I groaned before looking beside me to find the cause. Ikkaku. I couldn't believe it. He had gotten thrown into the wall and made it crumble? At closer inspection I found that he was unconscious. My eyes made their way to Kurosaki and starred at him in disbelief. I watched as he put the blade on his shoulder and starred back at me.

"You alright?"

His voice startled me as I jumped slightly. I nodded and felt hair hit my back. Apparently my hood had fallen off during the fall. I stood and dusted myself off before my gaze went back to Ikkaku. A gasp left my lips as I spotted the giant gash going down his chest. I glared at Kurosaki for doing that and quickly quickly reached for his sword. I think this startled Kurosaki since he backed up a few steps.

"I'm not going to attack you. I need to heal him."

I said as I pulled the hilt off of Ikkaku's blade and dipped my finger inside to get some of the ointment. I fell to my knees and started to delicately spread it onto Ikkaku's chest. I repeated this process until every last wound on my friend's body was sealed. I looked inside the hilt and saw some ointment still inside. I looked back and was surprised to see Kurosaki sitting by the opposite wall. Why hadn't he left yet? He'd had plenty of opportunities. I didn't question it once I saw the cut above his eye was still bleeding. I stood and walked to him, he stiffened at that. The kid knew to keep his guard up, I'll give him that much. I bent down to him and placed some of the remaining ointment on the place above his right eye.

"I'm your enemy. Why are you helping me?"

He seemed to relax slightly under my touch but his guard remained up.

"Because I need your help."

I removed my hand from his forehead and starred him straight in the eye. His eyes screamed confusion so I started to explain.

"I want to help Rukia, but I can't do it alone. I can't trust anyone here in the Seireitei except you and those you came with."

I stood and walked back to Ikkaku. I grabbed his sheath and placed the blade inside before laying it beside him and turning back to Kurosaki.

"So will you help me?"

My eyes and voice screamed pleading. I stood still as he stood and lifted his zanpaktou onto his back.

"I will."

I smiled softly at his words.

"I believe my brother told me a saying once that relates to this kind of predicament. 'Find the enemy of your enemy and you shall find a friend."

He nodded silently before a moan caught our attention. We looked over at the broken wall and saw Ikkaku sitting up. I watched as Kurosaki opened his mouth to spoke. I put my finger to my lips and shook my head no. We watched as Ikkaku fell back down just as quick as he had sat up.

"I'll take care of it."

I summoned a Hell Butterfly and allowed it to land on my finger.

"Message for eleventh squad third seat Ikkaku Madarame. Don't move around to much or your wounds will reopen. Sorry I'm not there now that you're awake, but I need to get moving. Remember our deal. You say nothing. See ya, if I'm not killed that is. Izu. Oh, and by the way. All your ointment is gone."

The small insect left my finger and floated over to my unconscious friend, I pulled my hood over my head and look to Ichigo.

"They'll start looking for him soon since he hasn't reported back. We have to get moving or they'll find us."

He looked to Ikkaku before nodding. We started to run down the street, hoping not to get caught; but with my luck that just didn't seem possible to do.

Well there ya go! Hope ya liked it! And yeah I know a lot of that didn't happen, but get over it! This is my story XD Oh! And my book isn't mad at me anymore ^^; I've been writing in it so much that it's happy XD

Well I'm bored and still in a typing mood so here's what was listened to while I was typing this up.

Somebody's Watching Me - Rockwell and Michael Jackson

Hanabi - Bleach OST Ending 7

Simple and Clean - Kingdom Hearts OST Opening (Original not the remix .)

Speed Over Beethoven - DDR XD

One Winged Angel - FF7 OST Nobou Uematsu

Passion - Kingdom Hearts 2 OST Opening

Animal I have Become - Three Days Grace

I'm Just a Kid - Simple Plan

I'm Blue - Eiffel 65

Faithfully - Journey

Passion Orchestral - Kingdom Hearts 2: Video Games Live (I think .)

Don't Wanna Miss a Thing - Aerosmith ^^

Hearts Burst Into Fire - Bullet For My Valentine

After Today - Goofy Movie OST

Cosmo Canyon - FF7 OST

Gives You Hell - All American Rejects

Hikari Rock Version

Hikari - Kingdom Hearts OST (orchestral version)

D-Techno Life - UVERworld Bleach OST Opening 2

Jump On It - Sugar Hill Gang

Back in the Saddle - Aerosmith ^^

Ichirin No Hana - High and Mighty Color

Don't Stop Believing - Journey =D

1000 Words - FFX OST

Janie's Got a Gun -Aerosmith ^^

Livin' on a Prayer - Bon Jovi

Gotta Be Somebody - Nickelback

Dance Dance - Fall Out Boy

Dude Looks like a Lady - Aerosmith ^^

Take on Me - Ah-Ha

Kissed By a Rose - Seal =)

Ice Queen - Within Temptations

Woot! I love my music XD

Anyway, please fav and review if you like. It makes me super happy when you do ^^