It was night time. Ichigo was out. He knew that Grimmjow would show up with his Fracción. He couldn't remember when, but he knew that it would be close.

Thus, when he did show up, Ichigo was ready and had the other Soul Reapers on red alert.

Most of the battles against the Fracción happened in the same way as before, but now Nakeem was killed by Suì-Fēng in two hits. But, that's the butterfly effect for you.

Right then, Ichigo was battling Grimmjow in the air. Zangetsu was in his sealed form.

Grimmjow went in to punch him, but Ichigo just blocked it with the flat front of his sword. Ichigo looked at Grimmjow as he growled in anger. "This is stupid, Grimmjow. Aizen will just betray you. After all, he believes that all Hollows are worthless beasts."

Grimmjow was growling with rage. He was Espada number six, one of the strongest Hollows, and this orange-haired punk kid in a Captains coat was talking down to him, blocking everything he threw at him with an unreleased sword. "ALL SOUL REAPERS THINK LIKE THAT, YOU SNOT NOSE BRAT!"

Ichigo held his sword with both hands as Grimmjow drew his blade. "Cut through the skies, Zangetsu."

Ichigo's blade gave off a blue glow as Ichigo pulled his hands apart, making his sword split into two blades, the larger of which rested in his right hand.

Grimmjow went in to slash Ichigo just for the boy to cross his swords, catching Grimmjow's sword between them.

Ichigo kicked the blue-haired Arrancar away as moved his right hand over his face, making a Hollow mask appear over his face.

Grimmjow's eyes widened. To say he was surprised would be an understatement.

Ichigo shouldered his larger blade while he stood in the air with the smaller blade down. "I'm no Soul Reaper, Grimmjow, as you can plainly see, so believe me when I say that Aizen will kill you himself if he thinks that you're of no use to him. Turn back now."

Grimmjow just growled. "SHUT YOUR MOUTH, YOU FREAK! AT LEAST I HAVE A RACE! WHAT DO YOU HAVE, FREAK?! IF ANYTHING, THE OTHER SOUL REAPERS WILL KILL YOU WHEN THIS IS FUCKING OVER WITH!"

Ichigo looked at the panther Arrancar. "Then, we're in the same boat."

An enraged Grimmjow charged at Ichigo, both hands on his blade, only for Ichigo to slice off his right arm with his smaller sword.

Grimmjow screamed in pain as he dropped his blade and fell from the sky.

Ichigo removed his Hollow mask with a single thought. 'Some people just can't change.'

Zangetsu then spoke up. "Sad, but true, King. Don't waste one of the remaining five memory chains on him, King."

Ichigo responded to his sword out loud. "I won't, Zangetsu. It would be a waste of time and of an ace in the hole."

Ichigo looked around to see Grimmjow's Fracción defeated and said Arrancar leaving through a Garganta. Grimmjow was holding his sword in his left arm as his right regrew. "IT DOESN'T MATTER! I WAS JUST A DISTRACTION! MY OTHER FRIENDS HAVE THOSE NORMAL HUMANS YOU HANG AROUND WITH, CARROT TOP! I STILL FUCKING WIN!"

With those words said, the Garganta closed, making Grimmjow disappear.

Ichigo paled. He looked paler than he did in his full Hollow from. He quickly vanished to check on his friends.

First, he visited Keigo's house and went to his room to see that his human friend's room was ransacked. He left to go to Tatsuki's house to see the same thing. Once more, the same sight awaited him at Mizuiro's house.

Ichigo dropped his swords as he fell to his knees as tears rolled down his cheeks. He placed his hands on his head as he screamed out, "FUCK YOU, BUTTERFLY EFFECT!"

Dex paused the story. "He may have handled Grimmjow much more easily, but with all the power he had, he still failed to keep his friends safe. Since I took him back, he let his power go to his head, believing that his new power would make his enemies fall easily before him, but he was wrong. Aizen had outsmarted him."

Bex appeared behind her brother Dex. "With this, his knowledge of the Winter War in the old timeline is now useless. Aizen's plan has changed. Instead of kidnapping the love of his life, he has captured his three powerless friends. Now, with them brought into the fight, can Ichigo use his power to save them?"

Dex looked out to you, the reader. "Before now, this story was on training wheels as Ichigo could counter everything that he knew would happen. Now, he knows nothing. The timeline has completely diverged from the original."

The story continued.

Ichigo stood up, still in tears as he grabbed his blades and gripped them tightly. So tightly that his palms started to bleed. "Aizen. I'll make sure you die this time."

Next chapter, the gloves are off. Rescue is a go!