Hey everyone, I'm so sorry that it's been taking me so long to update this story, but I've been busy with school work, and my other personal business. I'll try to make it to all of you in a way, but please don't get mad with me, blame my school for a lot of homework, and our project launcher. Anyway I hope you all like this chapter because it will have some fluffiness with Grimmjow and Mint and this chapter will have a point of view from Rukia and Ichigo. I guess I can make it up to you guy with this chapter. So please enjoy and review in the end.

Chapter 25

"Rukia… I just hope you're all right"

When I realized everything that has happened to Rukia I began to cry. I began to run out the door and tugged on Grimmjow's jacket when I caught up to him. As he turned around I took my hands of his jacket.

"Stay with me, just for tonight. I can't stand hurting my friends… Please"

He looked at me with a calm look that I've never seen before and nodded at my request. We walked back to my room in silence. When we entered my room we sat down in the couch and keep our silence, for a minute.

"Grimmjow… if we get out of this mess… I want to make sure we stay together, and that my friends will understand our situation, were in"

"I can promise you that we'll stay together, and we will still be together even if we die. So don't worry about anything"

"I know, but I feel bad for Rukia… I hurt her badly. I can't live with my self if I know I killed her"

"I guess she was your friend…"

"Yeah, she helped my out will I was in the soul society. We began really close like sisters"

I began to cry as I remembered every thing we us to do together. Grimmjow sat there feeling bad about him self, but then he held me close to him. I continued to cry in a low sob, as I had my face buried in his chest.

"It's going to be okay, Mint"

I didn't answer him, from all the sobs I began to let out. He continued to say things to comfort me, and after a while I stopped crying. I the crying made me fall asleep in his arms. When he notices I was asleep he carried me to my bed so we could sleep in each other's arms. Soon after he lay on the bed as he continued to hold me, he fell asleep as well.

As we sleep, I began to have a dream. But this was a message dream, to see if Ichigo would get it as well.

Mint's Dreams

"Ichigo! Haha Ichigo!"

I appear in front of Ichigo in my four year old state. His face showed a smile on it, but it disappeared by a scream for help.

"Ichigo!"

I was kneeling as I stretched my hand towards him. I was in my Nine year old state, and I can see him begin to run towards me. He stops as soon another voice called out.

"I'm sorry Ichigo…"

He slowly turns to face the fifteen year old me. I turn around began to walk way from him. I can hear him running towards me again but I showed him what could happen in the future. I watched carefully as the images continue to show him the future. Then all my versions of my past self reappear in front of him again.

"Ichigo, you see… you need to save us before it's to late…"

We said together, and disappeared along the breeze.

End of Dream

I opened my eyes to see Grimmjow hugging me, but the dram made me cry again. As I continue to cry Grimmjow wakes up and sees me crying.

"Did you have a nightmare?"

I shock my head and buried my face in his chest, and he rooks me to sleep again as he began to struck my hair. I go back to sleep but I continued to cry until I had no strength to cry again.

Rukia P.O.V.

I can still remember the fight, but everything when blank when she let me go. But who was that girl… Wait was that Mint? If she was Mint, then that's why she let go of me, but why did she do it. I saw Ichigo walk past me to head to his room, so I followed him.

"Ichigo, can we talk?"

"I'm not in the mood to talk right know"

"But Ichigo it's important"

"What can be so important, than get those Arrancars out of the way?"

"It's about you sister," I said in a whisper.

When he heard me say that he turned back to face me, and told me to come in. I stood leaning by the closet, as he sat on his bed. There was a silence but then he began to speak.

"So what about Mint you want to talk about?"

"I'm not sure but I thing she was with that Arrancar we faced"

"How do you know it was her?"

"When you were off fighting, I saw a woman jump off from a building, and walked towards me. She began to choke me but I remember her talking to her self, then she let go off me…"

"Wait Mint wouldn't choke anyone she knows"

"Yeah I know, but she let go of me, I saw her have a shocked face as if she realized what she just did, and right before I blacked out, I heard her as my gigai to get some where safe"

When I told him that he hanged his head for a moment, but then he looked up to me. He had a sad but concerned look in his face. Then he spoke out.

"Thanks for telling me that, but can you leave… I want to be alone right now"

I left the room without another word, and then I walked towards the living room.

Ichigo P.O.V.

"No… that could never be Mint… I know it…" I said out loud.

"…Um… thinking about this would get me any where. I just need to sleep on it"

I got under my covers and began to doze off, but I continued to think of her. Thinking of her made me doze into a dream, that I would of expected the least.

Ichigo's Dream

"Ichigo! Haha Ichigo!"

There stood a four year old Mint, standing in front of me. Her smile gave a warmth to my heart, it just got every worries I had out of my mind.

"Ichigo!"

Screamed out a nine year old Mint, kneeling on the right of me, but she was crying. Her face showed fear, and sadness, she stretched her hand towards me as if she was pleading for help. I began to ran towards her, but was stopped by another voice.

"I'm sorry Ichigo…"

There stood a fifteen year old Mint, looking frightened and sad. Her eyes hiding behind her bangs, and tears running down her face, and the she finally looks up to me, but turns around begins to walk away. I begin to run towards her, but then they all disappeared. Instead I saw a type of vision, of Mint and that Arrancar standing in front of me, with Aizen lying on the floor.

Then a new image came, that showed me and Mint getting ready to attach. As we headed towards each other, Mint stopped at mid air, and gets stabbed my sword. From that image came all the different aged Mints back, in front of me, all together.

"Ichigo, you see… you need to save us before it's to late…"

They said right before fading away by a light breeze.

End of Dream

"Mint!" I screamed out as I sat in my bed.

"It was just a dream… but, Mint… was you trying to tell me to save you?" I thought before everyone came running to my room.

"What's wrong Ichigo?" asked Yuzu in her calm but sleepy voice.

My dad stood behind them and said, "Did you have that dream again Ichigo?"

"No… it was a different one. Don't worry about me just go back to sleep, I'll be fine"

With that everyone left except for Rukia. Rukia closed the door behind hind her and walked towards me.

"Did you have a nightmare about Mint?"

"Yeah, but was a message as well… but I don't get what she wants"

"What happened?"

I Rukia sat next to me as I told her what happened in my dream. She thought about what my dream meant, and then it popped top her.

"Maybe she was telling you to safe her, because this maybe the last chance you could save her, because you couldn't save her the other times she was in trouble"

"Yeah… maybe"

Well I hope you liked this chapter. I'm sorry again, for the long wait. I will try to update soon, but I would like to see more reviews the next time I update this story. Please review, and thanks for all my readers that continue to read my story.

Karin-chan