A/N: SO sorry for the loooong wait. I just started college and am getting used to it so I haven't had much time to write. But fear not! Winter break is fast approaching and it's about 39 days so I'll have all that time to do nothing but write! Also, I didn't get a single review for the last chapter and I worked REALLY hard on that one. It really discouraged me and I had a slightly hard time writing this chapter. But I did! So please enjoy! And review!

A Temporary Getaway

"Ishida, I really need your help." Ichigo pleaded.

"Why does this not surprise me? I just knew that Jaegerjaques-san would be a bad influence on you. But of course, you never listen to me do you? And now your life is in danger."

Ichigo had conveniently left out the fact that they were all in danger. There would probably be no reasoning with him if he knew the full story.

"Are you going to help me or what?"

"I guess I could try formulating some sort of plan. I'm not making any promises though."

"A genius like you should be able to come up with quite a few good ideas." He baited.

"Just give me a while. The down time from the fieldtrip next week should be just what we need to-"

"W-wait. Fieldtrip?" the orange head echoed.

"Yes Kurosaki. Maybe if you didn't skip class so often with your significant other, you'd know about it."

When the other frowned, Ishida sighed and continued. Kurosaki really had no clue there was a fieldtrip next week. "On Monday our class is leaving for Sapporo. There was a class discussion and everything."

"Sapporo? That's in Hokkaido!"

"Yes. I guess I'll need to explain it all to you." Sighing, Ishida adjusted his glasses before speaking again, "Principal Yamamoto is sponsoring our trip as a reward for our grade's outstanding test scores. We outscored every other grade level in the school if you didn't know. Anyway, the trip will be a week long to the city where we students will be staying in lavish hotels and attending the Snow Festival. We're also encouraged to visit the Odori Park."

"Well that sounds cool. But wait, I don't have any permission slips!"

Ishida groaned before opening his book sack and pulling out a folder. "You should really appreciate me more Kurosaki. This was supposed to be my spare, but I guess I can give it to you."

After pulling the papers from his folder, he handed them over with a slight hesitation.

"Thanks Ishida. Oh. But what about Grimmjow? He didn't get any slips either."

"I guess you'd better go make copies then. Oh, and I'd prefer not to explain it all again, so I'll give you the honor."

"Ishida…the description is on the forms." Ichigo laughed.

"Oh…"

"What do you mean "no"? This would be perfect!"

"Kurosaki, it would never work. That bastard Aizen wouldn't let me leave this city so easily, especially not for a random, getaway fieldtrip."

"…" Ichigo inwardly sighed. He knew it wouldn't be easy for Grimmjow to convince Aizen, but he couldn't convince Grimmjow to even consider it.

"Nice try, but no dice."

"Grimmjow! I really want you to go! At least make an effort!" when he got no response, he continued angrily, "I swear that Aizen guy has your balls in his hand and he's not even around!"

Blue eyes quickly flashed to brown ones immediately after the statement was made.

"Take that fucking back!"

"Grimm, I-I'm sorry…I didn't mean that."

The bluenette fell back onto the grass and brooded while brown eyes looked outward to the flowing water. The two sat together silently in the grass on the banks of the river, letting the minutes pass them by. Silence wasn't always a bad thing between them though. Often when a discussion led to an argument, the two would mutually pause to let their steam out so they didn't rip each other to pieces. It had been quite some time before either spoke again.

"Grimm, I'm really sorry. I just want you to try. Here, I made these copies for you." He said, opening his book sack and pulling out the copies.

"…"

"Please? For me?" Grimmjow took the copies, not able to refuse Kurosaki's incessant begging.

"After you talk to him, call me okay?"

"I'm telling you, it ain't gonna work."

"It can't hurt to try." He replied, leaning over and resting on his boyfriend's larger form.

"Sure, whatever you say."

"Why that sounds like a lovely little vacation. Why on earth do you think I would be against it my dear Grimmjow?" Aizen smiled.

"Because it's fun, and you hate fun." He stiffened when a brown eyebrow rose.

"Well I don't mind at all. Of course, you'll have to compensate for your missed time."

"I'd be surprised if I didn't have to." He replied, walking to the door.

"Oh, and Grimmjow,"

"Yes?"

"Have fun during your vacation, and with the Kurosaki boy." He smirked.

Grimmjow gritted his teeth before walking out of the office. He decided he would go and see Kurosaki instead of calling him.

Ichigo was fairly irritated with Ishida by this point. The two had spent about an hour on the phone together to come up with a plan, but everyone he came up with, Ishida would shoot it down.

"Well then smarty pants, what do you suggest we do?"

"I…I don't know. Maybe we should just alert the authorities."

"No, we can't do that! Then Grimmjow would go to jail."

"Well-"

"You see? It's not so nice is it?"

"What? …Kurosaki, you're so immature."

"How can we get rid of Aizen without the risk of Grimmjow being arrested…?"

"I don't know."

"Maybe if he suddenly fell from his office window, then he could get off clean?"

"That's considered premeditated murder Kurosaki. Anyway, there's one thing we really need to consider…"

"And that is?"

"What has Jaegerjaques-san actually done while working for Aizen?"

"Oh… Well I'm not really clear about that. He didn't give too many details…"

It was only a slight lie that he told. Grimmjow had told him some of his previous work habits, but he didn't want to let Ishida know what they entailed.

"What did he tell you?"

"Well, he told me he sold some of Aizen's merchandise. Merchandise being…well, you know."

"Hmm. I think I can think up some kind of plan without your help for now. I'll call you later okay."

"All right. And thanks Ishida."

"Get some rest Kurosaki. You're definitely going to need it."

At that, Ichigo hung up the phone. Now it seemed like the only way to save everyone was to bring Aizen down. However, even if he was presented with the opportunity, he didn't think he could take the life of another person; even if that person was a heartless snake like Aizen.

*Knock Knock*

"It's open."

The door opened and then closed behind a very uneasy Karin. She approached her brother hesitantly, but when he gave her a smile, she continued.

"Ichigo, I just want to ask you if everything's okay. You've been kind of down lately, and that's not like you at all."

"I'm fine Karin. Thanks for your concern, but there's nothing for you to worry about." He assured.

"Okay. I'm glad you're doing better." She smiled finally.

At the sight of her rare, beautiful smile, Ichigo made up his mind to do whatever it would take to protect his family, friends, and Grimmjow.

"ONII-CHAN! You have a guest!" Yuzu called from downstairs.

Ichigo stood from his bed and walked to his door. He made his way down the stairs, Karin following close behind, and into the living room. There, Grimmjow stood in the doorway behind Yuzu.

"Hey Grimm."

"Hey Kurosaki."

"Hi Grimmjow." Karin smiled.

"Oh, hey." He grinned.

"I'm going to take a few scrimmage shots with Toshiro in a few. You should drop by."

"I can't today. I need to talk to your brother about some things."

"Oh, all right. Maybe next time then."

Ichigo started up to his room again, followed by the bluenette this time.

"Karin-chan, why have you been spending so much time with Toshiro-kun lately?" Yuzu asked knowingly.

"No reason in particular. I just never knew that he was a soccer player until I heard Renji talking about the match they had with some guy form their school."

"Oh. Hmm. Well, have fun." She smiled, returning to the kitchen to finish making dinner.

Grimmjow closed the door behind him after entering Ichigo's room. He stood silently in the center while the orange head took a seat on the bed.

"Well, what did Aizen say?"

"He said it was cool." An orange eyebrow rose at that statement, "He said I could go."

"That's great! That gives us the chance to talk about-"

"No. I just wanna relax and take it easy. He called it a "vacation," so I might as well treat it like one."

"But…"

"We can talk about that dipshit anytime Kurosaki. I just want to relax with you."

There was a brief, content silence in the room. Both could agree that they needed a break from the madness that surrounded this Aizen situation. Ichigo patted a spot on the bed next to him. Grimmjow took the hint and sat down before making himself comfortable.

"I want to help you Grimm. You're not alone."

"…"

Thinking back, Ichigo could remember a time when he was dying to have Grimmjow let him in. And now that he had, he was going to do anything and everything he could to help him. For this moment in time though, he would need to settle for a reassuring kiss. He leaned over and kissed him softly on the lips.

Grimmjow closed his eyes, but opened them again when the contact left him.

"I…I trust you Kurosaki."

Grimmjow didn't know why, but for some reason, he felt as though this boy was changing him. He had never opened up to anyone like this before, let alone trust anyone. Maybe that burning passion he spoke of that night under the stars was what made him want to place a gamble on this kid.

"So Grimmjow, I just want a few details about how you worked selling merchandise, and who you worked with, if anyone." Ichigo spoke, slightly hesitant due to the explosion the bluenette had when detailswere mentioned before.

"I guess I could let you in on a few things that went down."

"O-okay."

"I, uh, worked with a few people out on the streets. But the only ones I was assigned to work with regularly were Yammy and Nnoitora. Aizen kept people like Stark, Halibel and Ulquiorra close to him in the office. I think it's because none of them were capable of handling a situation if it turned ugly."

"Did things ever turn ugly for you?"

"A few times. It was nothing I couldn't handle though." He smirked.

"Oh. So most of the transfer students played some sort of role in Aizen's business?"

"More or less. Ulquiorra and Stark were usually on security detail. Stark watched the cameras while Ulquiorra handled office situations. Halibel didn't do much that I know of beyond handling a few of the finances. Szayel and Aaroniero worked the lab from what I heard. And Zommari cleaned up whenever a business transaction went wrong or whenever Aizen ended a partnership with someone. This was all before he formally named it Las Noches though. It operated as an ordinary office building to keep the cops away before he got his money up and could have security operating inside and out."

"Hm. So how do the police not suspect anything?"

"He has his ways. If I know him he probably has tabs on the commander's family he uses against the guy. I'm not sure about that though."

"The commander? Hmm. I can't put my finger on it, but I'm sure I know him…"

"Well, he's keeping his goons at bay for now. I guess his family is pretty important to him."

"What a manipulative man…"

Grimmjow laid back on Ichigo's pillow and closed his eyes tight. Aizen deserved to be locked away forever.

"Grimmjow I've been thinking."

"Yea?"

"If Aizen is arrested or killed, how will you make money?"

"Don't worry about that. Just look at me, I could get a job anywhere I wanted." He laughed.

"Wow. That is one fat ego you got there."

"Eh, my sexual appetite's fatter." He grinned, pulling the boy to him.

"I think I know that by now." Ichigo smiled as the other trailed kisses down his neck.

Monday arrived after a long, Grimmjow-less weekend for Ichigo. The bluenette suggested they spend the weekend apart in order to build up a little sexual tension for the trip. After all, they were sure to get the same room. The orange head stood apart from his class at the airport. He decided to get there early to get good plane tickets, but none of his friends had even arrived yet. Not even Ishida. He sighed and checked his phone for the time. It was a little after six twenty and not even a text message.

He sighed heavily and walked over to the window. It was fairly white outside due to the snow falling. Luckily there were no forecasted snowstorms of any sort for the next week or so. If there had been, their class trip would have surely been delayed. With all the rain though, he was surprised that it hadn't been snowing sooner. Oh well, at least they could take their trip.

"Kurosaki-kun!"

Ichigo turned at the sound of his name from Inoue's familiar voice. She hurried over to him with her luggage.

"Good morning Inoue."

"Hi." She smiled.

"How'd you get here by the way?"

"Kucihki-san gave me a ride."

"Rukia? Where is she?"

"Oh, she's stocking up on candy right now." Inoue giggled.

Just then, the loudspeaker sounded.

"Good morning students of Karakura High School. I would like you all to begin dropping off your luggage and boarding the plane in an orderly fashion."

"Ichigo, hi." Rukia said as she approached.

"Hey Rukia. Wait, where is your luggage?"

"Hey there Ichigo." Renji spoke as he rounded the corner. The poor guy had been stuck carrying his and Rukia's bags. "Rukia, what did you pack in here anyway, bricks?"

"Just carry it. I gave you a free ride here." She retorted.

The four were rushed to the luggage bay by Miss Misato because she said they would have all the time the needed to socialize on the plane. When they boarded, Ichigo inwardly despaired. He was upset because there were only three seats per row so even if Grimmjow arrived now, they wouldn't be able to sit together.

He sighed and took the seat by the window. Inoue sat beside him in the center, and Rukia took the aisle seat.

"Wh-what about me?" Renji whined.

"Just sit behind us Renji." Ichigo answered.

After said redhead took the seat behind him, he turned his attention to the window. It was snowing even more, making him wonder how they would make it through this flight.

"Oh, hey Ishida. What's up Chad?"

Ichigo, Rukia, and Inoue turned their heads at the mention of their friends.

"Good morning everyone." Ishida said before taking his seat beside Renji.

"Hey." Is all Chad said before following Ishida's lead.

Ichigo frowned. He was glad to see his friends, but now he and Grimmjow wouldn't get see each other, let alone sit next to each other. Then again, the seats on the other side of the plane were still open, but students were filling in more and more by the minute thanks to Drill Sergeant Misato.

Stupid Grimmjow! Can you get somewhere on time for once in your life? he brooded.

Reaching into his pocket, Ichigo grabbed his iPod. He switched it on, but before he put in the earphones, he heard a familiar voice.

"Over there you impudent slug." Ulquiorra sounded just as condescending as Ishida sometimes.

He looked behind Nnoitora and Ulquiorra and smiled when he saw that field of blue atop Grimmjow's head. The three took the seats directly to the left of where he and the girls were seated. Despite that, Grimmjow was not paying attention to anything but his iPod when he sat down, so he couldn't see Ichigo looking at him. The fact that Miss Misato had told them to keep their phones off made the situation even worse.

He decided to give up on getting the bluenette's attention for now, and let his music take him over.

"What are you listening to Kurosaki-kun?" Inoue asked.

"It's this song called Aozora no Namida."

"Oh! Is that from the show Blood+?"

"Yea. Do you watch it?"

"Mhm! It's a really good series. Have you seen all the episodes?"

"No, I'm still in season 3."

"I finished that series last year. You should finish it as soon as possible." Rukia added.

"The second to last episode made me cry." Inoue sighed.

"I know huh?"

Ichigo could see they were probably about to go into detail about the ending, so he put his earphones back in and increased the volume. He decided they would be in the air for a few hours, so he could afford a nap. He closed his eyes and sank lower into his seat to get comfortable. Hopefully, he wouldn't be too tired to get out and do something when they landed.

When he woke up, Ichigo felt really warm. When he looked down, he saw a large blanket draped over him.

Inoue. He smiled at her caring nature. She and Rukia were also fast asleep beside him, sharing a blanket.

The thought faded when he remembered he still wanted his boyfriend's attention. He looked past the girls only to notice a good majority of their class was asleep as well. Grimmjow wasn't. He was still flipping through his iPod. He must have felt his eyes on him though, because he glanced up and met Ichigo's gaze before smirking. This gave rise to a fluttering in the orange-head's stomach.

He waved his hand awkwardly with a warm smile. Grimmjow no sooner flashed a toothy grin his way. He truly had a beautiful, if somewhat sadistic, smile.

Ichigo gently pulled the blanket from over his body and stood. He stretched and yawned before squeezing past Inoue and Rukia to make his way to the bathroom.

It hadn't been two minutes before he heard a knock.

Fuck everything in sight. He thought, redoing his zipper angrily.

Of all the times for somebody to have to use the bathroom, it would be now. He stood and started the water running in the sink. He heard another knocking. Whoever that was would just have to wait until he was done. The next knock was the last before he ripped the door open angrily.

"Hey Kurosaki." Grimmjow said, pushing him back into the bathroom and closing the door.

"I should have known it was you. Nobody else would be that impatient."

"Well, I gotta piss, but I wanted to be in here with you too."

"Why? That's kind of weird." Ichigo looked away when he saw Grimmjow lower his sweatpants.

"I want a blowjob." He sneered.

"No. You're not getting a blowjob on an airplane."

"C'mon, if you give me one I'll give you one."

"What are you, five? I said no anyway. That's final." He replied while the other finished his business.

Grimmjow walked closer to him and kissed his neck.

"You know you want to so why don't you just get to it?"

Ichigo backed away and folded his arms angrily.

"Because I'm sure somebody saw you come back here and we're both missing from our seats. Look, I'm not going to suck you off okay. Just drop it for now."

Grimmjow rolled his eyes and pulled his sweats up again.

"You'd think I was asking you to rob a bank or something."

"Grimmjow, I…it's not like I don't want to, but in a bathroom? That's just trashy. We have lots of time this week for things like that." Ichigo did realize he was treating Grimmjow like he had some sort of disease, so he stood on his toes and planted a kiss on his lips to atone for it.

When they exited the bathroom, they were met with their slumbering classmates. There were very few people awake and that was to be understood. They were up here bright and early to catch this flight. At least everyone would be energized for the rest of the day.

Ichigo squeezed past Rukia and Inoue to reclaim his seat by the window. When he took a look outside, he could see the city coming into view. Miss Misato emerged from first-class and began waking up students.

"Sheesh, you children act as though it were 2 a.m." she nagged.

Ichigo reached over and lightly shook Inoue and then Rukia to spare them Misato's wrath.

"Oh, hi Kurosaki-kun." Inoue smiled and then yawned.

"Thanks for waking us up. I'll wake the guys." Rukia leaned through the space between her and Inoue's seat and woke Chad, then Ishida. When she touched Renji, he grabbed her arm and pulled her. Because of him she was stuck in the seats and with his pulling, she felt like her arm was being pulled off.

"Ow! You're hurting me you fool!" she exclaimed, slapping his sleeping face.

"Who-what?"

Rukia snatched her arm and slid back through the seats.

"Damn…" Renji rubbed his face soothingly.

Miss Misato hurried to the front aisle and informed everyone they would be landing soon. Inoue and Rukia excitedly jumped on Ichigo to look out the window.

"Wow, the city is so beautiful!" Inoue chirped.

"I can't wait to spend a little money down there." Rukia smiled.

"Okay! Now can you both get off of me? You're kind of hea-" Ichigo stopped when both girls immediately turned their attention to him, "N-never mind."

"Let's make this trip as fun and memorable as possible." Inoue turned her attention back to the city below.

Ichigo looked at Grimmjow, who was currently arguing with Nnoitora, and smiled. He would definitely make this trip worth remembering.

Luppi strutted angrily through the emptied meeting room in Los Noches.

"How dare that fucking bastard! First he gets chummy with that red-headed freak and then Aizen-sama lets him go on vacation?"

"You sound jealous." Loly taunted, emerging from the corridor.

"Back off bitch. I don't have the time to deal with you right now."

"Poor Luppi. Stuck in this place with nobody to annoy." She baited, walking circles around him.

"I said-"

"And now you won't be able to suck your favorite dick anymore either. Now that Grimmjow isn't getting blitzed anymore, you can't have your way with him. He has a new toy these days, and you're just yesteryear's news."

"I can cut those ponytails off your head and shove them down your throat if you'd like." He glared.

"All I'm saying is you deserve to have what you want. If that just so happens to be you on your knees in front of Grimmjow, then make it happen."

"He'd better hope I never get my hands on that moody kid. I'll rip his dick off, shove it down his throat, make him shit it out, and then feed his balls to the dogs."

"Whoa. You are dark." Menoly said rounding the corner, "I thought I'd find you here Loly."

"Me and Menoly here want to take care of that redheaded girl Aizen-sama was so fond of. I've got unfinished business with her I'm itching to settle. If only we could get them here…"

"I heard Aizen-sama talking with Tousen and he said if Grimmjow slips up even once, he's gonna have a 'surprise' waiting for him here at headquarters." Menoly commented.

"Well I guess we're just gonna have to help our pal Grimmjow out now won't we?" Loly smiled deviously.

"I'll have his taste in my mouth again even if I have to kill a bitch." Luppi smirked.

"Was he that good?" Menoly had quite the curious look on her face at this point.

"Regardless of Grimmjow's sexual prowess, we know what we have to do to get him on Aizen-sama's bad side. Let's get going." Loly commanded.

*A-achoo!*

"Grimmjoooow! Watch where you're sneezing!" Ichigo shouted angrily.

"Sorry. I don't even know where that came from."

Everyone stood inside the lobby of the hotel waiting for Miss Misato to return with their keys. Ichigo stood close to Grimmjow but was pulled away from him by a strong force.

"What the-?"

"I was all the way in the back of the plane and you didn't even look for me! You can be so mean sometimes Ichigo!" Senna shouted.

"Oh, sorry. I was trying the whole time to get that lummoxes attention." He smiled, motioning to the man behind him.

"Speaking of which, did you two do it yet?" she asked, sizing Grimmjow up from behind. "I would have rocked his world so good he'd be orbiting another star by now."

"N-no Senna! And that's none of your business to be frank."

"You two should get it in soon and let me watch." Senna smiled, flashing a peace sign with her fingers.

"You're not-"

"Listen up class! I've got your room assignments and keys. Please come collect them so we can get our vacation started!" Miss Misato came bustling to the front desk.

After receiving his key, Ichigo hurried over to Grimmjow.

"I'm in room 315. What about you?"

"Damnit. I'm in room 321."

"Oh, well we can still spend time together. Just because we don't have the same room doesn't mean we can't see each other." He smiled.

"Yea..we can still fuck around in the hot springs."

"That's not…let's just go."

"I'm so serious Kurosaki. We're gonna have fun on this little trip."

Ichigo followed Grimmjow to the fourth floor via stairs. Why he had agreed to this he would never know. Actually, he did know. The only reason he agreed to carrying his luggage up the stairs was because everybody else was trying to stuff themselves into the elevator. Even though it was more work than he would have preferred, this was a better alternative. He also had a perfect view of Grimmjow's ass as they made their way up. He couldn't help but imagine what it would be like if he were the one who was the dominant one in their relationship. That meant he would be entering Grimmjow, and not the other way around-if they ever did it. The thought left him as soon as it came though. He was satisfied with the idea that he would be on the receiving end.

The two said their temporary goodbyes when Ichigo reached his room. He unlocked the door and walked in. There was already luggage on the first bed, so he dropped his belongings on the second.

I wonder who those are for.

"Is that you Ichigo?"

"Shuhei?"

"Hey man." said boy responded.

"It's good to see you again." He smiled.

To be honest, Ichigo and Shuhei were really a lot alike. Even thought they had never been amazingly close friends, they had hit it off from the moment they met. Too bad he had a thing for Rangiku. Then again, a small rumor had spread that he had a thing for Renji too...

Ichigo pulled out his phone and sent Grimmjow a text:

"I got Shuhei as a roommate. Wbu?"

Down the hall, Grimmjow walked into his assigned room and dropped his luggage on the unoccupied bed. He noticed a booksack and luggage on the floor and a pair of sunglasses on the bed.

What idiot is wearing sunglasses with all this snowy weather?

"Jaegerjaques!" Renji yelled from the bathroom doorway.

"Oh just my fucking luck."

Please review and tell me what you think! I really need the input. Also, full lemon next chapter! I'm pretty excited! PLEASE take a few seconds to review. I hate wondering if you all like it or hate it so much it drives me crazy. If I don't get any I automatically assume it's not holding anyone's interest. This is a give and take on both the writer and the readers' ends so please let me know how it makes you feel. I mean, do you all think it's even worth continuing?