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Chapter 29: Escape
Kaien continued to pace his room, not able to hide the nervous feelings crawling across his skin. It had been at least three days since he had seen Ichigo, and leaving the human in that state had left him restless. He heard a soft tapping on the door and he stiffined slightly. "Who's there?"
"Come now, vampire; you know who it is."
Aizen...goodie goodie...Kaien thought and sighed. "Come in then. It's not like I can stop you." Aizen opened the door with his usal, calm yet emotionless smile.
"You sound rather bitter, Kaien Shiba. Something bothering you?"
"You know I did this for Rukia and our child, that's it. It could've been the leader of the Immortals himself and I wouldn't have surrendered the Mortal." Kaien hissed, showing off his fangs. Aizen simply chuckled, making Kaien shiver. This man's truly emotionless...
"My my, all of this for what? You're supposed brother's 'lover'? All rather odd." He shook his head. "Ah yes, the real reason I came here." Aizen motioned towards the door and Tousen walked in, a huge trash bag over his shoulders. "We have a...chore for you. Take out the trash. We are no longer in need of it." Tousen tossed the bag and it hit the ground with a sickening thud. Kaien froze as he caught the scent.
No...no it can't... He quickly tore the bag open to see the orange head fall out limply, staring up at him with dead eyes. No...nonononono!
"Now what will you're brother think hmm?" Aizen chuckled as he left the room, leaving Kaien alone in his despair. He carefully lifted the human up, trying to find a heartbeat. He was granted with one, but it was so faint...he wasn't sure how long he had left.
What can I do?
"Kaien..." He looked up to see Gin place a blanket on the unnaturally cold teen and point towards the window. "Go now. I've called The Thirteen Courts and mentioned nothing of you or Ichigo. Go now!" Kaien merley nodded and hurriedly jumped out the window. Landing gracefully on his feet, he dashed off to his apartment, and the one person he felt could help the teen.
Rukia hummed to herself quietly as she fixed some food and rubbed her stomach. I'm glad we're safe...she thought quietly. But what about Kaien? She knew he had to deliver something to those traitors in order to free her, but what, she didn't know. She felt the child kick and she sighed. Yeah, I miss him too dear one...
"Rukia!" She turned around quickly to see Kaien panting heavily. She wouild have been relieved to see him, if not for the Mortal lying limply in his arms, wrapped up in an old blanket.
"Kaien? What-"
"Rukia...you need to heal him...quickly..." He panted. Rukia nodded and rushed to the living room. Kaien placed Ichigo gently on the couch and watched as Rukia raised her hands and they began to glow a pale blue.
"Kaien, who is this?" She asked quietly as she concentrated on his wounds.
"This is Ichigo...Shiro's lover." He mumbled, trying hard not to look at the human. Rukia stared at him and could instantly see what had transpired.
"Kaien, please tell me he wasn't-"
"He was...I couldn't find a way out of it..." He whispered, gripping his hands tightly. "I tried...I honestly-"
"It's done Kaien." She said adamantly. "In all honesty, I feel Shiro would have done the same to me if our positions were switched." Kaien nodded and remained silent after that. After an eternity, Rukia sighed in defeat. "I can't help him..." Kaien's head shot up and his green eyes wewre filled with shock.
"What?"
"He's...lost the will to go on. I can't heal him Kaien." She whispered. "Kaien...I'm so sorry...but its too late."
"No, I refuse to believe that!" He almost shouted. Ichigo couldn't die! Not like this! "There has to be something!"
"Kaien...he could be Turned." Kaien froze. That was true...but Ichigo had to live. Quickly as he could, he scooped Ichigo up and held him close. He could smell death clinging to the teen; he had to hurry.
"Shiro...he must do it." He said before vanishing in front of Rukia. She bowed her head and prayed for them both.
If there's a god...please help them...
Kaien raced to Shiro's house, praying no one saw him. The last thing he wanted was to be found...especially by Shirosaki. He slowly lowered the orange head onto his brother's doorstep and kicked the door. Running as fast as he could, he was almost a safe distance away when a huge blue blur shot out and pinned him to a wall. "Ngh..."
"You...you..." He looked up to see Grimmjow, half-wolf form, snarling at him. When Grimmjow was like this, his mind was part animal, only capable of saying simple words, and he still held his human posture.
"Gri-Grimmjow...lemme explain..." Kaien gasped for breath.
"No, we don't even want to hear it." Kaien shivered at the violent voice and turned to see Ulquiorra walking towards him, green eyes burning with hatred. "Where is he?"
"Where...Ichigo?"
"I...I left him-"
"ICHIGO!" All heads snapped to the direction of Shiro's house and Kaien bowed his head.
This couldn't get any worse...Please forgive me...Grimmjow snarled violently and increased the grip on his neck. Kaien struggled feebly, the weak feeling from not feeding taking its toll. "P...please...l-let me talk..."
"We're past that now..."
"Past..." Grimmjow growled in repeat.
"I'm...I'm telling the truth. I will...l-lemme speak!" Kaien managed to free his neck, coughing and sputtering as he kneeled on the ground. He looked up at his captors, remaning on his knees. "I'm begging you...let me speak in front of Renji; you'll see that I'm not lying." Ulquiorra gave it some thought before nodding. Grimmjow gripped Kaien's wrists and dragged him to the house.
Shiro was sitting in his room, gazing outside. He had almost lost the will to continue looking for Ichigo. He wanted to hold the orange head so badly...That was when he had heard the door being kicked. He had walked down slowly, having lost all energy and not having fed for almost three weeks. But the closer he had gotten...the stronger a disgusting scent had hit his nose. Death...He rushed to the door and the moment he had opened it, he screamed. "ICHIGO!" Ichigo's body was extreamly pale, his eyes staring, empty of almost all life. His hair was a mess, missing chunks of his hair. He was wrapped in a tattered blanket and Shiro fell to his knees. "No...nononono please..." He swiftly picked Ichigo up and held his ear to his chest. It was faint...but he could hear a heartbeat.
"S...Sh..." He looked at Ichigo and almost cried as the Mortal struggled to speak.
"I'm here Ichigo...I'm here..." He whispered, running swiftly inside and up to his room. He knew what he had to do...but he wasn't keen on it. It would be painful and Ichigo had suffered enough. But if he didn't Turn the human...he would die. "I'm here..." He leaned in close and sunk his fangs into his neck, shivering as Ichigo remained still. As soon as Ichigo's blood hit his mouth he injected his venom into his veins, but something was...off. That's when he felt it; a chocking sensation in his body, accompanied by his body suddenly heating up. Wh...what's going on?
Chapter 29 end
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