Hello and welcome back guys! Sorry this is a day or two late - the chapter was fighting me and wanted to end earlier, but I wrangled it into submission :) Note: I have apparently assigned a look to Chase (I read over my notes to make sure I was on track) and I was wondering if ya'll want me to put what she looks like in the story for you all. Tell me what you think in your reviews!

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ADDITIONAL NOTE! So, I went to the wiki to look up some additional things for the upcoming chapters, and found it interesting that Ogichi is actually Zangetsu, which kind of boggles me? But that's what i get for stop watching after the Arrancar arc (look, it pissed me off they killed off an entire group of characters that i love, sue me) - I decided to include it because it could be interesting, but I'm not sure what it could entail for future chapters. If ya'll like it, I'll keep it. If not, I'll remove it from the chapter and we'll act like it never happened :)

Anyways, enjoy!

Kitty-Kat

Chapter 25

Her head throbbed with pain, making it the first thing she felt upon waking up. It took Chase a few minutes, but she was able to open her eyes without wanting to puke. Her hands and legs were bound with rough rope, her hands shoved into some weird glove thing that disabled the use of her most useful appendages. Chase's mouth was sore, the corners of her lips rubbing a bit against the cloth that wrapped around her head, muffling her voice.

She was alone, thankfully, though she could hear some muttering nearby. She could hear the rumble of the engine, she could feel each pothole and uneven pavement as the van she was stuck drove at what seemed to be a steady 50 or 60 miles an hour to somewhere unknown.

This was very much not good.

She shuffled over closer to the partition window, straining to hear the voices, stupidly hoping she could recognize whoever was stupid enough to kidnap her, harm her.

"Alright, turn left here, and then the instructions say to drop her off at the dead tree."

"Fucking weird, man."

"Hey, we don't make the rules, we just get paid."

Great, that was absolutely zero information that was helpful. Sighing, she set her sights to the actual vehicle she was stuck in.

The metal was a rusted blue, showing obviously in some spots as if the place was scrubbed a lot. There were obvious places where seats once used to be – the holes drilled with nails decorated the floor, though the nails themselves were missing. The obvious compartments of drink holders were still there – everything else seemed to be stripped clean.

Chase could see where the doors were, though there was no obvious way to open them from her side.

She grunted in frustration.

Whoever these people were, they knew what they were doing.

Good for them, she grumbled in her head. Bad news for her, very bad news.

The van slowed down, brakes squeaking just a bit as the tires fought with what sounded like gravel and rocks. A dirt road then, something out of the way.

Chase scrambled to think about where she was as the passenger and driver doors opened and slammed closed. She could hear soft footsteps crunch in the gravel, and then the doors swung open before her.

She flinched, growling at the light that stabbed her sight.

"Shit, she's awake." A hand grabbed her bound ankles, dragging her forward into the light from the darkness of the van. Chase struggled in vain, but with her limbs bound, she couldn't get much movement to harm something important enough for her to get away.

"Yeah, not for long."

Pain exploded in her head.

"So what are we going to do? We can't just run out there zanpacktos a blazing and hope for the best!" Ichigo scowled, hating to be the one to logic his hollow close to a calm state, because Ogichi was not at all calm.

He was furious, borderline bloodthirsty really. Him and Grimmjow were, the both of them growling and prowling like caged animals. Gin was silent, but his anger was evident in the way he held himself on the couch, on his face was graced with a frown that seemed to send shivers down everyone's spines.

"The police that have been strolling here should have noticed something..."

"And if they haven't?" Sui-Feng crossed her arms. "What are we going to do then?"

"We can't just wait around to find out." Jushirou commented, contemplating a plan of action. "We will have to go out and find her. We do know we have to be careful because humans can see us. Any plans for that?"

"We can use our reiatsu to conceal ourselves." Gin said quietly. "We can also follow her reiatsu, though Ogichi will have ta lead."

"Why will my hollow have to lead the chase?"

"Because we're mates." And that seemed to be the only explanation for anything concerning the four of them. Ichigo scowled, wanting him to elaborate more on the concept, but there just didn't seem to be anything to elaborate on. Which was irritating, but not the focus of what was going on right then and there, so it was understandable.

"Wait, can we even summon our zanpacktos?" That got blank stares at everyone around. It had just occurred to them that they haven't even tried up to this point – they had no reason to do so, since they were safe here in Chase's home and there hadn't been a threat of a fight since they first came to this world as cats.

Besides that, everyone absolutely knew none of the cats could summon their zanpacktos as they currently had no reiatsu. Most everyone was displeased at hearing this news.

As was expected, of course.

Grimmjow stood and stretched. "I'll try." He closed his eyes, concentrating on his reiatsu, trying to find Pantera through the weird space he was in. In his mind's eye, he could see Las Noches spread before him, the desert painted dark so it almost matched the night sky. The desert landscape went on for miles and miles, dotted with trees and what looked like bones decorating the floor. In the distance, he could see the fortress rising, but it was far off, not important.

"Master..." He could hear Pantera speak to him, her voice a rumble of purrs and growls, but she did not appear. "You are far away…"

"Come to me..." Grimmjow beckoned with an aura of blood lust and anger. He was not going to let whoever did this to his single female mate walk away alive. "Come to us..."

"As you wish..."

Grimmjow opened his eyes and grinned with a feral grace. His hand was wrapped around Pantera, whose blade was singing softly. She still sounded so far away from him, but she was here, and he could cause destruction, which was good enough for him at the moment.

He hefted the blade until it sat on his shoulder. Despite the jeans and colorful tank he wore, Grimmjow still looked dangerous, that aura of murder slowly encompassing his movements. He was no longer the lazily content cat that occupied Chase's residence for the past two weeks – he was now the dangerous monster the rest of the world knew him to be.

"Well, that answers that." With a bit of patience, zanpacktos appeared for everybody else, Jushirou smiling in relief especially when his own appeared.

They didn't realize the gap in their soul until their zanpacktos had returned. It was like a piece of their soul had clicked into place, a missing puzzle piece forever returned. None of them, espada and shinigami alike, did not want to experience that again.

Only one problem.

"Why the fuck can't I summon my zanpackto!?" Ichigo was frustrated, growling as he reached for his reiatsu to get Zangetsu, but it kept dancing out of his reach, as if toying with him. Ogichi stood by him, amused as he watched his King get more and more frustrated.

"Ya need me ta get Zan here." Ichigo frowned even further at that. Ogichi grinned further, leaning into Ichigo's face. "Because I am Zangetsu."

Ichigo could only sputter, then growl. "This is way too much at one time."

"Wait, hold on." Sui-Feng stood up at this, looking about as shocked as most everyone else in the room. "How is he both hollow and zanpackto?"

Ogichi (Zangetsu) shrugged. "Well, blame it on Mum. When yer half-Quincy and half-Shinigami, weird shit happens."

Everyone looked at Ichigo for an explanation. He scowled, spreading his hands to show that he didn't know anything about this. "Then who the hell is the old man?!"

Ogichi raised a brow. "He's the Quincy in ya. Powerful guy..." It seemed like he had begrudging respect for the man. "Howevah, because of how I look, he's usually the one to take over, as yer well aware."

"Oh for fuck's sake."

LOL, Chase getting into trouble is a definite norm by this point. Sorry guys! Hope ya'll enjoyed that :)

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thebeastinsideusall - yeah, sorry about that, lol. They're going to be upset with her, but more angry with who kidnapped her. This is fuuuuuun (LOL)

Thank you guys! Tell me what ya'll think :)

Tiryn