The Soul Society was alerted of the enemy's arrival and sent a few men to investigate. Byakuya was out and looking for them. He kept his eye out for them, but found Rukia. He saw that she seemed exhausted.

"Rukia, are you alright?" Byakuya said.

"I'm okay." Rukia said. He saw Aaroniero's body with the smashed glass head. He thought it would be better not to ask. "We need to get going. There could still be a few enemies out there."

…..

Ichigo

Ichigo found Grimmjow and he looked ready to finish what they started in their last duel.

"I finally get the chance to pound your life points to the ground." Grimmjow said.

"I'm actually glad that it's you that is here." Ichigo said. "I hate to leave a duel unfinished. Let's make sure we don't get stopped this time."

"Look at that. You and I actually agree on something. Enough of all of this talking." Grimmjow said and both of them turned on their duel disks.

"Duel!" Both of them said and held 4000LP.

"You started our last duel. Let me go first this time." Ichigo said as he drew his card. "I'm going to start by summoning a monster in defense mode." A card came on the field and Grimmjow didn't know what it could be. "I'll also place these two face downs and end my turn." 'I'm ready for him this time. I know he'll attack and my Twin Shield Blocker will deal some damage.'

"Don't hide like a coward." Grimmjow said as he drew his card. "I'm going to activate my Shield Crush. That will destroy your only defense." A green beam was shot and destroyed Ichigo's face down monster.

"Dang it." Ichigo complained.

"I guess that ruined your plans." Grimmjow said. "Do you remember this guy? I summon my White Panther." His panther came out with 1600atk points. "Attack him directly!"

"I don't think so. I'm using my trap, Training Mannequin." Ichigo said. "Thanks to this trap, I'm going to summon my Reaper of Spirits." His reaper came up with 1700atk points. He slashed the panther and destroyed it with Grimmjow's points went to 3900.

"You'll have to do better than that." Grimmjow said.

"I'm just getting started." Ichigo said.

"Whatever. Just make your next move." Grimmjow said.

'I remember from our last duel that he was tough. I have to strike at his life point with every chance I get.' Ichigo thought.

"Ichigo!" Both of them turned their heads to the side and saw that Toshiro Hitsuguya was coming.

"Toshiro?" Ichigo said.

"Ichigo, is this man one of Aizen's subordinates?" Toshiro said.

"Yeah. His name is Grimmjow and he's a fierce warrior." Ichigo said.

"I see. If you are with him, I shall bring you down." Toshiro said.

"Go play with the other kids, junior. My fight is with him." Grimmjow said.

"Junior?!" Toshiro said and felt offended.

"It's okay, Toshiro. I can handle this guy." Ichigo said. "I'll show you by summoning my Soul Siege in attack mode." His black armored warrior came on the field with 1400atk points. "Soul Siege and Reaper of Spirits, attack him directly." Both of them attacked Grimmjow and slashed at him and his points dropped all the way to 800.

"Strange that you attacked with both monsters instead of unite summoning. Was it because both of them could deal more damage than any monster you have?" Grimmjow said.

"That's one reason. Another reason is so that I can use my face down." Ichigo said as he activated it. "It's called Take of Control and I can only use this when the battle phase ends and if I have more than one monster on the field. This trap allows me to draw the amount of cards for each monster that attacked." He drew two more cards. "There's more. When my next turn starts, if I have both monsters on my field after the activation, you'll be dealt damage that equals their combined levels. It's your turn."

'Both of their monsters are level four. If he can hold on to both of them until his next turn, that will be the end. He's left them defenseless. He must have something in his hand that can help him.' Toshiro thought.

"If you think I'm going to go down like this, you've got another thing coming." Grimmjow said and drew his card. "This wildcat can't wait to get his claws in you. I summon my Siberian Weretiger." A human like white tiger came on the field with 1800atk points. "Take out that Soul Siege!" His tiger jumped and was about to pounce on his siege.

"I've got you now. I activate my Shrink spell." Ichigo said. "That will cut your monsters attack points in half."

"Was that your big plan?" Grimmjow said. His tiger didn't lose any points and destroyed Ichigo's monster and his life points dropped to 3600.

"What happened?" Ichigo said.

"You big idiot. My tiger is immune to spell cards." Grimmjow said. "Oh, he can attack two times in one turn. Strike down that reaper." His tiger slashed at his reaper and Ichigo lost another 100. "Thought you had me?"

"Do your worst." Ichigo said.

"I intend to….next turn. I place one face down and end my turn." Grimmjow said.

"My move. So much for my trap card." Ichigo said as he looked at what he had. 'I don't have anything that can take on that tiger, but I can stall for some time.' He thought. "I summon Kon the Lion in defense mode." He brought out his stuffed lion appeared on the field with 300def points.

"That pitiful excuse for a lion isn't enough to stop me." Grimmjow said. "I know what thing can do. You're planning on stopping the battle phase by sacrificing that lion. That isn't going to happen. I activate my face down, Wildlife Defenseless. Until the end of my turn, the special abilities of all beast type monsters are negated."

"He's negating his own monster's abilities so he can get to you?" Toshiro said.

"He's hardcore." Ichigo said.

"Thanks to that, I can summon my Panther Warrior." Grimmjow said and he brought out a man panther in armor with a green cape and a sword and shield with 2000atk points. "Siberian Weretiger, tear that lion apart!" His tiger slashed down at Kon and destroyed it. "Normally my Panther Warrior requires a sacrifice to attack, but not this time." His panther slashed at Ichigo and his points dropped all the way to 1500. "I've got you now."

"You haven't won yet." Ichigo said.

"I'm just about to. It's your turn." Grimmjow said.

"Here I go." Ichigo said. "I play my Pot of Greed. I can draw two more cards." He drew his cards and he liked what he got. "I summon my Swordsman of the Black Blade." His swordsman rose with 1900atk points. "I'm also going to equip him with black Spirit Energy. A dark attribute monster equip with this now gains 600atk points." His swordsman was covered in black energy and his points went to 2500. "Attack his Weretiger with Black Slice and Dice." His swordsman unleashed multiple slashes and destroyed Grimmjow's tiger and brought him to a mere 100LP. "I think that's enough for this turn."

"That does it. Now, I'm angry!" Grimmjow said and drew his card. "I think it's time I introduce you to my most savage pet." Before he could play another card, someone grabbed his shoulder. All of them looked behind him and saw Ulquiorra.

"It's him!" Ichigo said.

"You've seen him before?" Toshiro said.

"Yeah. It was the same day all of this started." Ichigo said.

"What is it Ulquiorra?" Grimmjow said.

"I have what we came for. It's time that we go." Ulquiorra said.

"Are you out of your mind?" Grimmjow said. "I still have a duel going on. I'm not going to leave another one unfinished."

"We have our orders." Ulquiorra said.

"I don't care for your big distraction. I don't want to leave this duel unfinished. I'm going to settle things with him here and now." Grimmjow said.

"Distraction?" Toshiro said.

"What were you trying to distract us from? What are you really after?" Ichigo said.

"It was your friend, Orihime Inoue." Ulquiorra said.

"What?!" Ichio shouted. "What have you done with her? If you hurt her, I swear I'll make you pay."

"I must admit, you're stronger than the last time I saw you." Ulquiorra said.

"Don't dodge the question. What have you done with her?" Ichigo said.

"Let me finish. You are stronger, but all that strength will do you no good. Especially since we hold the person you most care about as our prisoner." Ulquiorra said. "Time to go, Grimmjow."

"I said no." Grimmjow said as he refused to leave. Ulquiorra wasn't going to put up with Grimmjow being stubborn. He knocked him out by hitting his head and carried him as the black opening they've been using opened behind them and they went through.

"Stop!" Ichigo said as he tried to reach them, but it was too late and the gate closed. "Get back here! Give me back Orihime!"