I was really nervous but also excited to write this chapter. I also didn't want to leave a cliffhanger the way I did. But that's the way to draw readers in and have them on the edge of their seat. I listened to a song called Douse Shinundakara (youtube it!) which put me in a really good mood, thus, this chapter was submitted heehee.

And now, on to the story! Enjoy!

All Things Revealed

"Urahara-san!" Ishida called as he and the rest of the group quickly ran over to him just outside the foreboding Los Noches.

Urahara turned his head and grinned, "Ah, hello Uryu-kun. Is there something you need from lil ol' me?" he asked.

"This isn't the time to be joking around, Urahara-san." Ishida responded from a distance.

He and everyone else with him had been stopped from advancing any closer to the building by the officers stationed with shields.

"Argh! Have your goons let us through!" Renji yelled as he was pushed further away from the building.

One of them accidentally used too much force and caused Senna to fall backwards. Renji quickly ran over and punched the guard square in the face.

Rukia and Neliel helped Senna from the ground. As soon as the guard hit the ground, Senna's face held a look of sheer disbelief.

"I never in a thousand years would have imagined you would stand up for me." She admitted.

"Hey, you're a friend. Even if you're a bad one, I can't stand by and let you get hit without doing something about it." He replied with a smirk.

While he was distracted in conversation, another guard made to hit him with a billy club. He, however, was stopped by Chad. The large man lifted him from the ground by the club and tossed him to Urahara's feet.

"Hey, Urahara! Call off your men!" Rukia yelled, seeing that this was about to erupt into an all out brawl.

"Hey boys, I never said to stop them from getting this far. Just keep them from entering the building." Urahara ordered.

As soon as he did, they backed off and returned to guarding the front entrance.

After cleaning themselves off, the small group marched over to the goofy man who had somehow attained the title "Chief of Police."

"Urahara, we got an anonymous tip to be here today for our friends. What's that about?" Ishida asked.

"Did you now? Well, there's nothing wrong with waiting out here with me. You see, I can't allow civilians, especially students, onto a crime scene." The man responded.

"Ain't no way in hell you're gonna keep us out here when Ichigo and Inoue are in there!" Renji yelled.

"Ahem!" Neliel cleared her throat angrily.

"Oh, and Jaegerjaques." The redhead carelessly added.

"I'm sorry, but you'll just have to leave this up to me. I've got an agent inside who is ready to take action. All he needs is the appropriate provocation."

"Urahara-san, please-" Ishida started.

"I won't allow you all to get anymore involved in this than you already are. Now stand back and let me take care of this." He interrupted.

Shuhei grabbed Renji's arm and whispered in his ear, "Hey, how does Ishida know the Police Chief?" he asked.

"Good question. Ishida, how do you know this clown?" Renji asked.

"Clown?" Urahara asked with a large grin.

"He's a friend-" adjusting his glasses, Ishida corrected himself, "He's an acquaintance of my father. I've seen him around our hospital on multiple occasions so I know him well. More than I'd prefer to to be honest." he answered.

"Don't be so harsh Uryu-kun." Urahara said disheartened.

Senna stepped in front of everyone and folded her arms, "You expect us to do nothing? Ichigo is in there! Inoue is in there! You can't hold us out here when we're this close to getting them back!"

"AHEM!" Neliel cleared her throat much more aggressively this time.

"Urahara, you have to let us through!" Rukia said.

"We may have to use force to get through…" Chad's said.

"I knew the cops were strict, but sheesh. They need us in there..." Shuhei commented below his breath.

"Get out of our way!" Renji shouted.

"Forgive me for this, but I see you kids aren't leaving me any other options…" Urahara shook his head.

Suddenly, each of them felt a shock running through their bodies and each of them fell heavily to the ground.

The last one to lose consciousness, Renji cursed under his breath before everything went black.

Urahara shook his head and turned to one of his men, "Take all seven of them and drop them off at the hospital. Have them all put in one single room and make sure they can't get out until I arrive."

"Yes sir." The man answered.

"Now, back to business." He continued, making his way into the building.

"Grimmjow! What are you doing in here?" Loly hissed.

"I thought I already told you. I can't let you kill that girl. You see, Kurosaki is very attatched to the misfits he calls friends. Everyday of my life would be a living hell if he lost one that I could have saved." The bluenette responded.

"Loly! We can't fight Grimmjow! He's too strong for us!" Menoly shouted.

"Heh," Loly turned away from Inoue and smirked, "Who said anything about fighting?"

"Ah! Look out!" Inoue shouted.

Loly pulled a gun from a strap on her thigh and fired a bullet directly into Grimmjow's side.

Grimmjow looked down at his newfound wound with wide eyes. Seconds later, he fell onto one of his knees.

"The only reason I didn't go for the head was because Luppi would never stop bitchin' if I killed your sorry ass. Be a good little boy and go to sleep until we're done here." She said, turning back to Inoue.

"Better say your final prayers." She said, aiming the gun at the girl.

Inoue's eyes went wide, she was frozen in place. Nothing could withdraw her from the paralyzing fear of death.

"Not gonna do it?" Loly asked, "Fine. Go to hell, bitch."

"L-loly!" Menoly shouted.

*BANG*

"Busted." Gin playfully taunted from behind Aizen.

"A-Aizen…!" Ichigo said, anger enveloping his thoughts.

It was his doing that Inoue was brought here. It was also his doing that Grimmjow had suffered all these years with no end in sight. How many days did he get forced to do things he didn't want to because of him? How many nights did he lie awake in both physical and mental anguish? In his mind, ten lifetimes in prison wouldn't be enough for this heartless man.

"That's a dangerous look in your eyes, boy. But I'll get to you once I'm finished with him. Luppi," said boy jumped, "What was that plan you said I had fallen for?" Aizen asked.

"G-go to hell, Aizen!" Luppi shouted, raising his gun at the man.

*BANG*

"Ah, sun of a bitch!" the boy moaned as the gun was shot from his hand.

"This is a grown-ups game you're playing here. And I'll have to ask that you don't point a gun at Aizen-sama ever again." Tousen said before lowering his gun.

"Please do continue explaining how you got me to fall for your foolish plan." The brunette man said.

He walked over to the light swithch and turned it on. The blood stain on the carpet immediately drew everyone's attention.

"N-no…" Ichigo said, realizing what it meant.

Aizen turned to Gin, "Gin, I could have sworn you said you would clean this mess up. Quite possibly, to your surprise, this included getting the blood out of the carpet or getting a new one."

"Sorry, Aizen-taichou. It just slipped my mind." The silver haired man responded.

"And what did you do with the body?"

"I took care of that. No need to worry about it."

"I'll take your word for it. You know I don't like it when things don't fall into place. I'd like you to order a new carpet of this room's exact size before you leave today."

"I'll make sure to do that before lunch."

Ichigo sat in Aizen's chair growing angrier and angrier by the second. They were discussing Stark's death as though it was like the dog peed on the carpet or something! The emotions he was feeling now were too powerful for him to repress.

"Don't talk like this shit happens on a regular basis! Stark is dead! And it's all your fucking fault!" he yelled, pointing his index finger in Aizen's direction.

"But of course. That's what happens when you doublecross a god. Besides, it's your fault for condoning his betrayal." Aizen smiled.

Ichigo bawled his fists tight, "No! It's your twisted fault! If you would let Grimmjow go he would have been fine! And don't compare yourself to a god! You're not-!"

"You're not a god! You're nothing but a lonely, insane, condescending ass!" Luppi interrupted.

Tousen raised his gun and fired. To Luppi's complete surprise, Ichigo had tackled him to the floor, thus saving his life.

"Get off me! He'll fire the damned thing again!" the boy shouted.

After saving the ungrateful fool, Ichigo immediately felt a sharp pain coming from his side that coarsed through his body. Looking down, he could see that he had been shot in the side. However, he wasn't seeing any blood at all. Without a second thought, he lifted his shirt and, to his relief, found that he had actually only been grazed by the bullet.

"Get off you moron!" Luppi shouted again, pushing Ichigo mercilously to the floor.

"Some thanks I get for risking my life for you you ass!" Ichigo shouted.

"Children, children. There's no need to quarrel. You'll both be dead soon regardless of how much you save each other." Aizen said.

"Which one should I kill first?" Tousen asked.

Aizen stood in place and pondered for a moment. Killing them instantly would prove to be quite underwhelming indeed. Then he was struck by inspiration.

"Oh, I know what we'll do. We'll force Grimmjow to kill them while they have intercourse with each other."

"You-you sick fuck." Ichigo said.

"Hmm. But before that, I'd like to discipline the Kurosaki boy a little." He said, pulling a gun from his coat.

Menoly stared wide eyed at the newly formed hole in the wall and the two figures frozen right in front of her.

"Grimmjow! You bastard!" Loly yelled.

Before she had even pulled the trigger, Grimmjow had risen to his feet, sprinted over to her, and yanked her hair. This, consequently, caused her to miss her target.

Now, Grimmjow was standing directly behind her with one hand holding his bullet wound, and the other holding one of the girl's ponytails.

"Let go of me!" she yelled.

"I don't ever remember a time when you proved to me that you were superior in any way. That's why I'm not gonna let your ass go." The bluenette smirked.

"Yeah! The only ones who can order you around are the ones who stick their dicks in your ass and you take it like a little bitch!" Loly spitefully replied.

Blue orbs quickly flashed with emotion. Loly was crossing the line and she knew it.

"I heard all about your time spent in Aizen's office! I even know about some of the things you did with his associates! No wonder you turned me down! Shows exactly what kind of man you-"

Grimmjow interrupted her by swiftly sending his fist into her back.

"Loly!" Menoly cried as said girl fell to her knees gasping desperately for air.

When Grimmjow pulled her ponytail to hit her again, Menoly charged at him.

Effortlessly, he lifted his leg and let it collide with her stomach. As soon as the air fled from her lungs, Menoly fell to the floor and lost consciousness.

"Menoly!" Loly shouted.

She hurriedly aimed her gun over her shoulder but before she could fire, Grimmjow had let the same foot he had kicked Menoly with meet the side of her head.

The small girl was sent flying across the room. When she stopped, she sat up with all the energy she could gather. When Grimmjow started laughing and talking to her, she realized that she couldn't really hear out of her left ear. She brought her hands up to it and squinted at the pain.

With her right, however, she could hear exactly what the man was saying, "Hahahahaha! You can dish the shit out but not take it! How shitty is that?"

She furiously looked at him, then to Inoue. Before she fell out, she heard one last taunt, "…Get over your fucking self…"

Inoue gasped when Loly's consciousness slipped away. She then looked up to the snickering Grimmjow who was still unknowingly holding his bullet wound. She then realized that Loly had brought her downfall upon herself. She must have known how out of hand Grimmjow could be so when she first fired at him she was probably expecting the worst possible outcome when she did. At least no one had died though.

"I…I don't know how to thank-"

"You can save it for now. I wasn't really doing this for you specifically. I did it because I can't stand these asses and for Kurosaki's sake."

At the mention of Ichigo's name, Inoue remembered why she had tried so hard to escape before all of this happened.

"Jaegerjaques-kun!" she called, getting off the floor while holding her aching sides, "Kurosaki-kun is in danger! Someone is trying to kill him!"

As soon as he heard that, Grimmjow's eyebrows shot downward in a "V" formation.

"What was that?" he responded.

"It's true! They said someone named Luppi is after him right now and he might already be…!"

Grimmjow felt his anger reaching its peak with Luppi. If he laid even a finger on Kurosaki…!

"Dammnit all to hell!" he shouted.

When he turned to leave, he became aware of two things: his wound was throbbing with pain now and he needed to take Inoue with him.

He spun around and told the girl to follow close behind him. Both of them hurried into the elevator and made their way down to the floor Ichigo's room was on.

"Aizen-sama. Will you really shoot him? I thought you wanted Jaegerjaques to do the deed." Tousen said when he saw the gun emerge in his boss's hand.

"I'll let Grimmjow finish him off. But ever since I met this urchin, I've wanted to put him in his place." The man said coldly.

Ichigo gritted his teeth, "Grimmjow wouldn't-"

"Shut your stupid little mouth! You don't know Grimmjow like I do! You don't know what he'd do!" Luppi interrupted.

"What the hell are you talking about? You're not and never will be Grimmjow's boyfriend! I've had enough of you and your crazy delusions!" the boy shouted right back at him.

Aizen, having no desire whatsoever to listen to the two quarrel any longer, raised his gun and directed it at Luppi.

"Aizen-taichou, let me handle that one." Gin said from behind the man.

Aizen squinted when he felt something hard pressing against his back. It was so solid he could even feel it through his coat.

"Gin! What are you doing?" Tousen shouted.

Acting before Tousen could intercept, Gin pulled the trigger and fired a single bullet into Aizen's back.

"Gin…!" Aizen said before dropping his gun.

The man fell to his knees and panted. He could hardly breathe and his vision was blurring. He couldn't tell if it was from anger or from the bullet wound. Gasping heavily, Aizen turned his head to look over his shoulders at the one who had just betrayed him.

Suddenly, a shot rang out and Gin himself staggered on his feet. Tousen had shot him and was now taking aim again.

"I won't allow you to kill Aizen-sama!" he declared.

"Goddamnit I should have taken you out first Touesn!" looking up to the ceiling, he shouted, "This was not what I signed up for!"

"What the hell…is going on…?" Ichigo asked as he watched the events unfold before his very eyes.

While everyone was distracted, Luppi scurried over to his gun and pointed it at Tousen. He fired two bullets which caused the man to scream out in pain. When Tousen hit the ground, Luppi pointed his gun at Gin.

"I guess I'll have to kill everyone in this room before I can get back to my original plan."

Aizen coughed as a blood trail exited from the corner of his mouth. But even in his weakened state, he quickly drew another gun from under his coat and aimed it at Luppi. This successfully distracted the boy long enough which gave Gin the opening he needed. He fired his gun and, again, shot Luppi's gun out of his hand. Then he used his remaining strength to pull out a taser and use it on Aizen.

When said man hit the floor, Ichigo slowly looked up at Gin questionably.

"Am I next?" he asked.

"Are you next? If I killed you, I would certainly fail my mission." the man responded.

"Can't this thing go any faster? Shit! I've got someone to save!" Grimmjow shouted angrily.

He and Inoue were near the fiftieth floor now but his patience had run out the moment the doors had closed.

"Kurosaki-kun…" Inoue quietly commented.

Grimmjow looked over at her and got a good look at the shape she was in. Her hair was unusually untidy, her arms were red along the sides, she had a few red marks on her face, and there were faint shoe prints on her shirt.

"What the hell did they do to her?" he thought.

Inoue caught him gazing at her and blushed, "I-I'm fine! Don't worry about me! Tatsuki-chan and I have gotten into worse shape than this!" she assured him.

Just then, the bluenette felt a wave of pain surging from his wound. He doubled over and grasped it with his hand.

"Jaegerjaques-kun!" Inoue cried.

She bent down, ignoring her own pain, and put her hands on his arms. When she tried to move them, he pushed her away.

"Get away from me!" he shouted.

Without any effort, Inoue saw the trail of blood making its way down his fingers. He was in pain. He needed a doctor. It's too bad she had no medical experience or she could have been of more help to him.

She looked at the spot on the left door where the dent was. After inspecting it closer, it actually appeared as though Grimmjow had punched it. Gray eyes turned back to the hands covering the leaking bullethole.

Indeed, the man's knuckles were terribly bruised. Was he really that desperate to get into the room earlier? Ichigo had always told them about how impatient Grimmjow got sometimes.

"Jaegerjaques-kun, we need to get you to a-"

"Kurosaki is in danger! I'm not leaving this place without him!"

*DING*

Both Grimmjow and Inoue were relieved that they had reached the proper floor, but just as the doors opened, Yammy appeared.

"Well would you look at this. Two injured mice on the run in the cat's nest…I can't remember if Aizen said it wasn't okay to kill either of you…"

"Mission?" Ichigo asked.

"That's usually what federal agents receive. Especially the undercover kind. I certainly wouldn't get paid for all this trouble either." Gin responded.

"You're a-"

"Gin! I always suspected you were secretly working against me!" Aizen said vehemently.

"My gun…" Luppi whined.

"I was placed undercover in this case since I have the most self control. I also met Aizen a long time ago so it was no surprise he would let me work under him. But, so far I've only been able to secure one third of my charge…" the silver haired man admitted.

"What do you mean by that?" Ichigo asked.

"Well, Urahara told me to make sure you, Inoue, and Jaegerjaques make it out of here alive. I was also told to keep that deranged boy there and his two accomplices alive as well. But you and your party were at the highest priority level."

"But…why? I mean, I'm glad you're helping us, but why help some random people like this?"

"Because it was thanks to you and Jaegerjaques that I was able to obtain some of the files of my own from Aizen's private but not so private project. If it weren't for that one's jealousy," Gin said, pointing to Luppi, "I never would have gotten this far. Think of it as a don't bite the hand that feeds you kind of deal."

"I'm not really sure that saying fits-"

"Anyway, there's still more work to be done."

Remembering why he had been stuck in this office for in the first place, Ichigo stood and made for the door.

"Where are you heading?" Gin asked.

"Inoue's in danger. I can't sit around wasting time."

"Oh, you shouldn't fret over that. The girl should be fine. I got to Grimmjow earlier and told him to go keep an eye on the elevator. If someone unauthorized went up, he was instructed to alert me. He hasn't contacted me, so I assume she's okay for the time being."

Suddenly, Ichigo remembered something.

"If I remember this correctly, I heard Aizen say you took care of Stark's body. Did you at least give him a proper burial?"

"Hah, right. About that…"

"AAAAUGH!" Grimmjow shouted out in agony as Yammy pressed the weight of his body onto the foot he had pressed into the smaller man's side.

"Stop it! You're hurting him!" Inoue shouted.

Grimmjow and Inoue were utterly trapped inside the elevator by the Yammy's oversized body. When the doors opened, he cornered them and forced Grimmjow to the ground with his foot. That was currently the situation they were in.

"Jaegerjaques-kun!" Inoue shouted.

"Shut it before I rip you in half! Stupid twit!" Yammy shouted.

"Y-yammy! You fucking…prick!"

"I wonder if I should report you two to Aizen or just kill you and say you attacked me…"

Just then, a vase fell from the table in the hallway. It immediately drew all three sets of eyes to it.

"Huh? What the hell are you doing here?" Yammy asked.

"Seeing as I'm no longer an employee anymore, I guess I don't need to clean this up…" Stark said nonchalantly.

Yammy's eye was then drawn to the item the man was holding, "What have you got there in your hand?" he asked.

Stark's eyes momentarily flashed. He then remembered that he was carrying a gun. Looking down to it, he sighed, "I was really hoping I wouldn't need to use this…but if you don't stop what you're doing, I will."

"What happened? Gin was it…? What did you do with Stark's body?" Ichigo asked anxiously.

"I'm getting to it! Man, you kids these days are so impatient…" Gin responded, looking down at Aizen's backside ready to reveal how he had outsmarted him.

Ichigo threw him a funny look. Kids? He didn't even look that much older than him.

"You see, I already knew about Tousen's hidden camera. And I also knew that Stark was helping Grimmjow be able to see you while he was supposed to be incarcerated. That's when I realized he would be found out…"

Flashback

"What did you just say?" Stark asked.

"You're going to be killed tomorrow night." Gin repeated himself agitatedly.

"W-what? Why? How do you know this?"

"I slave away under Aizen throughout most of the day. How else would I know this?" he asked before carrying on, "He's going to kill you because Tousen was able to get footage of you helping Grimmjow late one night. Or was that two…?"

"I-Impossible! I altered all the footage from the surveillance room!" the bruenette said, raising his voice.

"Tousen is a very cautious and suspicios guy. The only reason he's not on to me is because I never give him a chance to get near me, trail me, or know anything about me. He knows because he planted an extra camera in one of the plants in the corner of the lobby. So every night you came out of the bunkers with Grimmjow, he caught on tape."

"Shit... I'm done for..." Stark lamented.

"Not if you listen to me and do exactly as I say."

With the other's full attention, Gin explained how they would let Aizen believe he killed Stark. The whole time though, the murder will have been a fake.

Gin was able to obtain a bulletproof vest from Urahara and blood packs from Ryuken's hospital. The last thing he needed was familiar knowledge of Aizen's habits. After spending a good bit of time working with him, Gin had learned one thing: Aizen only went for a head shot when he was in danger of losing money.

Any other time, he went for the torso.

Last night when Stark had been called in and shot, it was a setup. That's why he volunteered to take care of the cleaning job. Had he left it to Zommari, he would have instantly realized that Stark was merely playing opossum. That, in turn, ran the slightest possibility of his own cover being blown before he was ready.

After Aizen left last night, he carried Stark into Ichigo's room, despite the man's protests, and hid him in the bathroom.

Then earlier, after he got Grimmjow to leave the room, he came back and brought Stark to Urahara's. It was imperative that innocents and people aiding in this case were kept safe. That being said, where he was now and what he was doing was unknown to him.

End Flashback

"So, Stark is alive?" Ichigo asked.

"Very much so."

"Gin! I'll have your head for this!" Aizen said from his weakened state on the floor.

"All I needed to do today was make sure none of you kids died. After that, there'll just be a clean up here and we should finally be done with this mess. I really have to thank you, Kurosaki. I never would have come this far without you and your friends."

Ichigo sighed heavily. It felt as if ten billion pounds had now been lifted from his shoulders. Inoue and Grimmjow were okay, and Stark was alive. Now all he needed to do was find them and get out of this hell hole.

That would be easier said than done though. His attention was drawn to the kneeling man on the floor when he suddenly fell forward.

"You'll NEVER convict me!" Aizen said, losing his composure.

"Oh?" Gin asked.

"That's right! You'll never get close to cracking the encryptions on those files!"

"You may be right. That is indeed a problem…" Gin said, bringing his hand to his chin.

"Actually, even without the files, we have all the evidence we need to convict you." Urahara said as he entered the room seriously, "Isn't that right, Kurosaki-san?"

Ichigo was shocked. How did this guy know about his evidence?

"Since you won't be endangering his life by revealing you and Ishida's plan, why don't you drop the curtain on Aizen?" he asked.

When Ichigo hesitated, Urahara assured him everything was okay.

Without any logic as to why he trusted this man, Ichigo decided to shatter Aizen's whole world with this revelation. Taking a deep breath, he began speaking.

Were you expecting the undercover agent to be Gin? Or did I make it too obvious? Guess I didn't stray from the series with that one (even though he wasn't secretly working for the SS but for pure love/revenge) lol.

Stick around for the conclusive chapter(s) won't you?