A/N So here is the climax to Somewhere Down the Slopes. I hope you enjoy it!

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Grimmjow didn't even think twice, before taking off, and darting out of the hotel, only to be stopped by Urahara and Yuroichi. "Jaeggerjaques-san, you can't go outside. It's already a crisis from the two avalanches. We can't let you be put in danger."

"Fuck that! I don't care about me being in danger, what about Ichigo?! He could be alive and seriously hurt, but you aren't going to let me go and help him?" he yelled, his other classmates looking over at the screaming, Shirosaki gripping Grimmjow and pulling him off, ignoring his loud protests. With a sigh, he pulled him into the elevator. "What the fuck Shiro?!"

"Shut up Grimmjow. When the elevator stops get your gear on, we're going to go and look for Ichigo."

"you know another way out?"

"through the back you idiot." Shirosaki snorted and Grimmjow snarled at him, hating it when Shirosaki mocked him. He hissed when the elevator jerked, and the red light began to blink.

"What the hell is happening?!" Grimmjow demanded.

"Someone cut the support cord to the elevator." Shirosaki growled, his golden irises glinting darkly. Grimmjow screamed a long stream of curses before hearing a small thumping noise. He silenced Shirosaki, and listened. Another thumping noise began to take place. Grimmjow looked at Shirosaki before silently pointing towards the ceiling of the elevator. Shirosaki nodded silently in agreement. Jumping up, Grimmjow graped the bars on the ceiling of the elevator, pulling himself up without a sound and kicked the hatch open, his foot catching the mystery figure before it could do any damage.

The figure hit the floor with an indignant thump, a groan escaping its mouth. Grimmjow shot down, flicking his head up to Shirosaki, who nodded in understanding and bounded to the bars and flinging himself into the hatch. Grimmjow dropped his knee onto the figure, dismissing the manly groan that escaped its mouth. Removing the ski mask, he glared when he saw who it was.

"Szayel."

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Ichigo cried out as the gun shot ripping through his side, a lucky flesh wound, but Aizen was worse off, sporting a gunshot in the forehead, Ichigo managed to pick himself and drag himself away from the avalanche that he had heard ripping down the mountain. He gasped and grutned as blood poured out of the wound, his hand hat was there to apply pressure wasn't helping at all. Dropping his snowboard onto the ground, and jumped on, not bothering to use the safety straps.

In the back of his mind, he had an aweful feeling that he wasn't going to make it.

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"Grimmjow," the pink-haired man gasped, "long time no see."

"not long enough if you ask me." Grimmjow snarled as another body was dropped from the hatch and Shirosaki reappearing as he landed on the obvious female with tan skin and blond white hair. "Halibel, another unwelcomed surprise."

"You finally show your cowardly face." she gasped at him, "Is the pussy Ulquiorra arou-" she was caught off by a fust connecting with her jaw and the girl's, she landed on the ground. Grimmjow crouched in front of her, a serious and deadly expression on his face as he looked the girl in the eyes.

"Tell me where Ichigo Kurosaki is."