Kai sat on the roof of the safe house kicking his feet while humming. "Gah, what the hell?!" Soon Ichigo stomps up to the roof with a red face and his usual scowl. He was holding down the skirt of his dress. "Who do you think put us here?"

"That pervert Yoroi!" Kai chuckles. "You always think it's him." Kai said looking up to the sky. "I know it's him." Ichigo yelled. "No underwear?" Kai guessed. "I think Grimm_kun would enjoy the view, don't you think, Dad?"

"Ya damn right I would." Kai laughed and Ichigo let out a string of usual curses they all grew immune to. I must say, I'm glad I finally get to see how you look in such a cute dress. The blonde is a nice touch, too. Let's play a game when we get ya out." While Ichigo and Grimmjow had their usual one sided conversation, Kai called out to his mate. "Ulqui's there, too?" It was quiet for a few moments. "Yes."

"We're in danger, aren't we?"

"Why ask a question you already know?" Kai looked at his hands in sadness. "I guess my trusting nature got us in trouble." It was quiet. "It makes for good balance." Kai tilted his head in confusion. "Opposites attract, Kai." Kai's smile returns. "We'll find a way to get you out, but you must stay alert. There's a slim chance that I might lose you." Kai frowned. "In order for that to not happen, you must protect yourself and don't get cut. Some of these programs are dangerous." Kai nodded. "Okay, enough of this." A familiar voice interrupted. "Grimmjow? Grimmjow!" There was no answer as Ichigo yelled his name and the same result for Kai.

"Now we can have some fun."

xXx

"Grimmjow?" He heard his mate call for him sounding almost desperate. They watched the house shake. "Shit!" Kai and Ichigo jump down and run off in a random direction. "They're running blind, Akira! Do something!" Grimmjow yelled and soon all of the screens went black. "Dammit, we lost visual." Akira began working furiously to get visual and communication back. Then the large monitor turned white. "You do it?" Akira shook his head no. Soon Yoroi appeared on the screen. "Hiya. How is everyone?" He waved and Akira stands on his feet. "You idiot! What do you think you're doing?!" Yoroi shrugged. "Having fun." He answered. "If you think you're going to use Book of the End, you're insane." Yoroi waved the man off.

"I used that a few days ago. It didn't work." Akira smiled on the inside. "Your bonds are stronger than I thought. At first, I was really pissed. I was pissed at Nao for cowering out and choosing not to go after Kai. Pretty pissed that technique didn't work. I even made a deal with Shukuro Tsukishima." He rested his cheek on his fist. "What deal?"

"If he taught me his technique, I'd set him free. Now he's roaming around free. Probably gonna go after Akira for revenge."

"Listen you stupid, fucker-" Yoroi waved his finger. "Ah. Ah. Ah." A screen to the right flickered on. There was Ichigo and Kai walking through the forest and sopping by a river. Yoroi snapped his fingers and the whole scene changed. The sky turned black and the sun disappeared. The one clear river water began to run a deep red. The trees became withered and alive. They reached for Ichigo and Kai, but they dodged and ran off. "I have control over everything. I can make it good and I can make it bad. I can make them happy or I can make sure that you'll never be able to touch them again. I can kill them and bring them back like I did Nao." Yoroi answered. "You mean scare him into submission." Stark corrected. "So Nao's with you? That's good to know." Stark narrowed his eyes at Yoroi. "Don't piss me off and I won't interfere with this little memory game. In fact, I'm going to let one of you go in and help them. You have three minutes to choose." Both screens go blank. "Stark should go." Both Akira and Ulquiorra speak in unison.

xXx

Ichigo and Kai stopped running to catch their breath. "What's going on, Ichi. I never thought dad was the type to make such gruesome games." Ichigo looked around to see they were in a clearing surrounded by trees. "Are you two lost?" Said a voice from behind. "Maybe, we can help. We're lost, too." They turn around to see two young men a little younger than them. The first had skin slightly darker than Ichigo, shoulder length sandy blonde hair and beautiful clear blue eyes. He wore a blue mesh shirt, with blue jeans and a blue jacket around his waist. He had a tribal tattoo on his left arm. The one next to him was Ichigo's height but had more muscle mass with short brown hair and violet eyes. He had on no shirt and wore a pair of ripped jeans.

"What do you want? Ichigo asked. The blonde chuckled. "You seem lost, so I thought we'd come help you out. I'm Hansel and this is Gretel." The blonde said pointing to himself and the large man. Ichigo and Kai look at each other then to where the strangers were, but they were gone. "Huh?" Kai feels his skirt ruffle, but there was no wind. "So you're not girls." Kai could feel something rub against his inner thigh. He looked down to see Hansel under his skirt. "Pretty cute for a guy." Kai jumped away from the blonde while holding down his skirt. "Please don't do that."

"Hey, what the-" Kai turned to see Gretel holding Ichigo against a tree by his throat. "Why not? I'm curious." Hansel moved closer to Kai and the raven backed away. Then he hears a loud scream, so he turns to see a dagger embedded in Ichigo's shoulder. "Ichigo!" Kai runs over to Ichigo to help, but something wraps around his waist. He was pulled against someone's chest.

"Little Red!" Some dark voice echoed through the thick forest. "Dammit!" Kai looked to Ichigo, who tried to pull himself off the tree. Suddenly, everything went black.