Author's note: I do not own Bleach or any of its characters, if I did; well…I'm not even going to say what would happen. I also wanted to point out that some captains and or lieutenants will be changed around to fit accordingly to my story. There is going to be yaoi in this so if you don't like don't read, as for everyone else, enjoy the story ^^

Chapter 10…

A Rescue Surprise

How long had it actually been now that he was there? Kazuhiko had lost count of the days after about three days. Yeah, he was fed properly though he didn't know why he was fed at all. They wouldn't need him at all for anything, so why keep him alive? Kazuhiko didn't know, but as the door opened his gaze shifted from the small light that was coming in from the hole in the roof, the smallest sliver of light gave him hope that they weren't too late to stop Sanryu, but he stared at said person and just glared for a bit as a plate of food was offered to him. Lunch already, well that sure was fast, oh well he'd wait till Sanryu left and go over to eat it.

He watched as Sanryu backed out of the room, his eyes never leaving his. He sighed and slowly got up and moved forward over towards where the plate was set down. He stared down at the sandwich on top of it and than shook his head. He took the plate and turned and headed back to his perch up against the wall and stayed there, picking at the bread on the sandwich. He ate it slowly and kept his eyes on the door like something was going to burst through the door at any moment. He wished someone would just burst through that door, but he was also giving up hope that anyone was coming at that second.

He closed his eyes as he put another piece of bread in his mouth and sat there silently. It wasn't too much longer and his eyes shot open when he heard something crashing in the next room over. He stared mid chew and listened to yelling in the next room. It sounded like Toshiro and there were two other voices he could hear, was that Rukia, maybe. He couldn't be sure, though he rose up from his spot and ran to the door as he pounded on the door and yelled.

"I'm in here!"

He could hear everything stop, well not everything was silent. He could hear scurrying around and yells to get out of there. That's when the door was pushed opened and Kazuhiko was pushed backwards only to fall on his butt. He stared wide eyed at the figure before him, and when he realized who it was his heart practically stopped, it was Ichigo. Ichigo was staring right back at him just not with the same look, his was more of a relief, worry, apologetic and many more emotions he could not decipher at that moment.

"Kazu…" he said as he ran over and he fell to his knees infront of him and pulled Kazuhiko into his arms. Kazuhiko was a bit stunned at the moment, but when he remembered who was holding him now he relaxed into his arms and smiled a bit before he wrapped his arms around Ichigo, he was lifted off the ground than and he just held on.

"Are you alright? I was worried when you didn't return home; it's been five days now." He said as he kissed his the top of Kazuhiko's forehead and than said, "Let's get you out of here." He stated with a nod as he than heard Toshiro.

"Ichigo, Rangiku and I are going to head off the kidnapper's, you and Rukia take him back to Orihime's." he yelled before he headed out with Rangiku and started after the group that had taken Kazuhiko.

"Hai!" Ichigo yelled over his shoulder before he realized that Kazuhiko was now resting against his shoulder. He smiled and than started walking out of the room and following after Rukia. He was silent for a moment before he spoke in a soft voice so only Kazuhiko could hear, "Kazu…I'm sorry if I hurt you in anyway. I didn't mean to, you just too me off guard and my mouth worked faster than my brain." He stated, "I…I like you too." He stated a slight blush upon his face as he looked ahead of him.

Kazuhiko was blushing furiously as he opened his eyes and looked up towards Ichigo. Was he really hearing him right, though by the reaction he was sure it was? He smiled and nuzzled into Ichigo, "I'm glad, that it was you who found me…and I'm glad the feelings are reciprocated." He stated softly as he closed his eyes as he felt Ichigo speed up to a run and he held onto him a little tighter as he glanced ahead of him and stared at the area around him.

Now that he got a good look at the terrain, it was mostly just open field; there were trees that spotted the area here and there and than the building that he was being held captive in. As he looked towards the sky though, he didn't really like what he saw. He had a frown upon his face; the sky was becoming darker and darker in spots. That just meant it was progressing faster than he had imagined. Ah, that was another thing he had to mention, he glanced to Ichigo and than he spoke.

"Ichigo, its Sanryu….he's the one behind it all, it's him." he stated quickly.

Ichigo looked down and gave a curious look. "You're kidding me, right?" he asked curiously.

"No, I'm not…I saw him; he's been delivering my meals. He's going to end this world and by what I can see, sooner than I thought it would happen. Only a short period of time, I'm not sure how long but a short period of time is what he was talking to the other three about." He said quickly.

"Three more, so there's four altogether?"

Ichigo got a nod out of Kazuhiko as him; Rukia and Kazuhiko entered the town once more and ran the rest of the way towards Orihime's and once they got there he slowed to a walk carrying Kazuhiko inside to the apartment and setting him down on the couch so he was laying down and comfortable, it was the closet thing anyways.

Once inside and he was now lying down on the couch, he hadn't really realized how sore his muscles were till now. He sighed and watched as Ichigo sat down on the edge of the couch and than his gaze went to Orihime who was coming out of what he could figure was the kitchen, Rukia was leaning on the back of the couch looking down at him and he stared at them all before looking back at Ichigo. "They're strong, they can mask their spiritual pressure, if anything they'll return to the spot you found me…it's the only place they have by what I can see." Kazu stated with a slight sigh.

Ichigo just shushed him and told him to relax and they'd take care of it, or better yet, take care of Sanryu and his followers. Kazuhiko just nodded and than looked at everyone else before Ichigo looked at them and shooed them away. Kazuhiko closed his eyes and let out one more sigh as he relaxed into the couch. It was way comfortable than that old building's concrete floor.

"Why don't you just rest here, if you need anything we won't be far." He stated with a smile as he leaned over and placed a gentle kiss upon Kazuhiko's lips before he stood up and walked towards the kitchen where everyone currently was.

"Ichigo…"

"Hmm?" Ichigo turned around and looked back towards Kazu.

"Never mind, I'll tell you later." He stated with a smile as he rolled onto his side and curled his legs a little to get more comfortable. Soon, he was falling back asleep and relaxed a bit more as he listened to the footsteps disappear into the kitchen and than talking began. He fell asleep to that talking knowing he was safe once again, it wasn't fun knowing if you were going to die or live the next day, but it was nice to know he had someone to come back to. He had Ichigo, the one person that meant the most to him.

Back in the kitchen where the rest of the people were, Ichigo had started talking with Rukia and Orihime.

"He said it was Sanryu and three other men. I'm guessing it's the two that attacked us about a week ago." He stated with a nod, "He also said that they were trying to end this world to create a new…or something like that." He stated.

"So, they're just going to destroy one world to create a new one?"

"that's what I'm getting out of it, and not to mention if they don't stop with this world, the Soul Society may be the next stop." He sighed and shook his head, "We'll have to stop them as soon as possible." He nodded.

Rukia stood silent as she tried to think for a second, though than Orihime spoke up. "I agree with Ichigo, as soon as possible." She stated.

Rukia nodded and than looked to Ichigo, "You guys are both right…let's wait till captain Hitsugaya returns and than we can explain everything to him and Lieutenant Matsumoto." With a nod from all three of them they turned and went to do whatever they needed, Rukia sitting down in the kitchen, Orihime talking with her, and Ichigo sitting back out in the living room with Kazuhiko. It was only a matter of time now.

AngelicFox12: Wow, well…we're getting ever so close. Anyways, I'm gonna make this a quick one. I've got more story to get to writing. Reviews are welcome and I hope you are enjoying this story. I will get back to the Tetsuhara Sibling's story once I finish this one, and there will be lots more projects after this. Keep an eye on my profile to see what new projects I'm working on at the moment, finished projects and also for updates as to when things will get done.
Ichigo: you talk too much.
AngelicFox12: I have to keep my reader's happy. Anyways, reviews are welcomed, Keep on reading and until next time, sore-dewa (good-bye)