A/N: Three chapters in one day! My god, I really am working hard today aren't I :)
I'm just feeling really motivated recently and I really wanna get into the story. I'm having fun writing it!
"Where the hell are Ichigo and Grimmjow?" Renji moaned as he leaned against the wall outside the ice rink with his arms wrapped around Rukia.
"Maybe they got caught up," Rangiku winked.
"I think you're thinking of you and Shuhei," Ikkaku laughed, earning a pout from Rangiku.
Shuhei laughed and wrapped his arm around his girlfriend, kissing her on the head to make her feel better.
Toshiro and Momo returned from the shop across the road, slurping on slushies as they went.
"Are the boy's not here yet?" Momo asked with the mouth full of crushed ice.
"Nah. I'll ring them." Renji pulled out his phone and rang Ichigo. It rang for a while until it went onto answer phone.
'I'm either not here or I'm ignoring you. Try again later.'
"No answer. I'll try Grimmjow."
After a couple of rings, he answered the phone.
"Hello?"
"Hey, it's Renji. Are ya gonna to be long?"
"I don't know. Ichigo isn't here yet. He was supposed to be half an hour ago but I can't get in touch with him."
"That's weird." Renji said, scratching his head. "Sure he's not all that punctual, but he's not normally that late."
"I'll try him again." Grimmjow said. "I'll call you back"
"Okay." Renji said, hanging up. "Apparently Ichigo was meant to be at his half an hour ago, but he's not there yet." Renji explained to everyone.
"Weird."
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Thoughts swam around his head, but he could barely make sense of any of them. He could feel the hard cold floor beneath him, but only barely. He was icy cold and shivering, sending ripples of pain through his battered body. He cracked his eyes open. It was starting to get dark fairly dark now. He didn't know how long he'd been there and could barely remember what happened. Faces were a blurry memory but the words and name of the tall boy were stuck into his brain like a broken record.
He didn't know whether it was from the pain or the cold, but he was going numb and it terrified him.
He suddenly became aware of a slight vibration on the side of his leg and it took him several seconds to realise that it was his phone.
He reached into his pocket despite the pain and put it to his ear.
"Hello?" he said hoarsely.
"Ichigo, where the hell are you? We were meant to be at the ice rink half an hour ago!"
"Grimm…I c-can't move. I'm so cold and it…it hurts Grimm." He said, struggling with the words. His throat was on fire and he felt warm tears spill over and run down his face, burning as they went.
"What? Where the hell are you? What's happened?" Ichigo could hear the panic in Grimmjow's voice.
"The-the park. Help me Grimm…" He said, trailing of and passing out again.
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"Ichigo? Ichigo!...Shit."
Grimmjow hung up the phone and rang Renji as he pulled on his coat.
"Yo." The redhead said when he answered.
"Get to the park. Now."
"What? Why?"
"I think Ichigo's hurt. He said he's at the park. Get there, I'm on my way." Grimmjow basically yelled. He hung up the phone and dashed out of the door. He got in his car and drove to the park. He couldn't afford to waste time by running.
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"Come on!" Renji yelled.
"Why? What's going on Renji?" Rukia yelled back as he dragged her down the street, everyone else running behind them.
"Ichigo's hurt. He's in the park and we need to get there NOW!"
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"Ichigo?!"
He could hear his name but he didn't know if he was imagining it or not.
"Ichigooo?!"
He could recognise the voice, it was Grimmjow.
"Ichigo! Answer me! Where are you?!"
Ichigo could hear the raw panic and worry in Grimmjow's voice. It took all of his might to speak.
"Grimm?" He called. It didn't carry far.
"Ichigo?!"
He hadn't heard him. What if he walked off in the wrong direction?
"Grimmjow?!" Ichigo yelled. His throat burned and tears began to fall again. His chest was on fire from the deep breath he'd taken.
'Am I going to die?'
He heard heavy, fast foot falls and turned his head slowly to the side. It was pitch black now, but he could see Grimmjow clearly running towards him against the blurry, dark background.
"Ichigo? Oh my fucking god!" He yelled as he reached his broken boyfriend.
Ichigo stared at him as he knelt beside him and took off his jacket, pleading for help with his eyes.
Grimmjow lifted Ichigo up, causing Ichigo to gasp in pain. He supported Ichigo's head and felt a warm substance on his hand, he looked and saw it was blood.
Grimmjow could feel how close to crying he was, but he didn't want Ichigo to worry. He took a deep breathe and spoke.
"Who did this to you?" He whispered, wrapping the jacket around him and picking him up.
Ichigo shook his head. He didn't want to tell him it was people he knew. That it was because of him. He didn't want that guilt hanging on his shoulders.
"Too tired," he whispered, clutching at Grimmjow's t-shirt with a bloody hand.
Grimmjow started walking as fast as he could without jolting Ichigo about too much.
"I'll take you home, your dad can check you out." He didn't want to say it, but he was scared it would take too long to drive him all the way to the hospital, which was across the other side of town.
Ichigo felt his eyes drooping and he didn't know how long he could stay awake for.
"Grimm…"
"Yeah?"
"I love you." He whispered.
"I love you too Ichi." Grimmjow said.
He looked up at the sound of running and saw Renji and the others approaching.
"Oh my god! What happened to him?" Ichigo heard Orihime cry.
"Is he okay?" Rukia yelled with a voice thick with tears.
Other people began to shout other comments, but the last thing Ichigo heard before passing into sleep was Grimmjow's commanding voice demanding silence.
Grimmjow looked down at Ichigo. It appeared he was sleeping already.
"Renji, Rukia, you come with me. We'll drive him to his dad. The rest of you, make your own way there."
With that, Grimmjow broke into a jog, trying to keep Ichigo as still as possible while Renji and Rukia ran at his heels. The others ran in the other direction, the quickest way to his house.
MisaxMisa: What will happen next I wonder? o_O
Renji: You should know. You're writing it…
MisaxMisa: God Renji! I'm just trying to make things interesting.
Rukia: Yeah, but Renji's too stupid to figure that out.
Renji: Hey! -.-
