Disclaimer: Sadly, I do NOT own Bleach or any of its characters.

AN: This story starts a little slow. It takes a few chapters to define the settings before it gets up to speed.
I am not a native English speaker, so forgive me for any mistakes I might have overlooked.
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M/M (Ichigo/Uryu)

Warning: Graphic depictions of violence, Rape/Non-con. There will be dark subjects in this story.


Chapter 1: The capture

The wind set up on the old graveyard on the outskirts of one of the oldest parts of Karakura town. A lone figure wearing black Shihakusho robes was standing on a round patch of gras, framed by different kinds of graves. His name was Kurosaki Ichigo, a substitute Shinigami. The teen had a big sword on his back and looked cautiously around him. There had been more attacks by Hollows recently which worried him. He'd counted 5 different creatures so far. Three of them were trying to close in on him, while the other 2 were waiting on the outskirts of the graveyard, as if they were testing him. Waiting to see what he could do before joining the others.

Patiently, Ichigo waited until the Hollows swarmed in a circle around him, then, with bravado, took his Zanpakuto in hand and slashed in a circular shape around himself, doing damage to all of them. The smallest of the creatures charged him, so Ichigo jumped up, turned the sword in his hand up and slashed the Hollow in half. The monster screamed while falling apart into dust before disappearing.

His senses picked up danger and he jumped out of the way of a cero being fired. One of the other two creatures howled and tried to crush him with its giant feet. Ichigo smirked and quickly dashed underneath the thing, making it look for him like a dumbass, while he had time to jump up behind it and slash it in the back. He proceeded to cut of its head while it turned around, howling. The creature disappeared and he knew another soul had been saved and was going to Soul Society. It made him smile a little, as this was the part of his "job" he liked the most.

Ichigo jumped out of the way of the Hollow in front of him and landed with his feet on top of one of the gravestones. Unfortunately, the stone had become brittle over time and it cracked under the pressure. The substitute cursed as his feet slipped and he toppled over backwards while the Hollow lifted one of his claws, ready to strike. As quickly as he could he jumped back up to face the monster in front of him, when suddenly an arrow of light screeched past him and struck the creature square in the head. The orange-haired teen didn't have to look behind him to know who'd fired that arrow.

"Dammit, Ishida!" he shouted "I was doing fine. You didn't have to butt in."

"Well, sorry I couldn't restrain myself when I saw you falling flat on your ass, Kurosaki." The Quincy mocked him. Just what he needed right now.

"Don't be a snarky bastard!" He yelled. "Might as well get over here."

"You really need to work on your spiritual pressure sensing ability, Kurosaki." Uryu said, while jumping down from a tree branch and quickly firing another few arrows at the other Hollows.

The Substitute was busy with the last remaining Hollow, when suddenly it's 2 acolytes whom had been standing still on the outskirts so far, decided it was time to play along.

"Yeah, yeah." Ichigo quickly disposed of the large Hollow in front of him, before turning around to Uryu. "How long have you been watching me this time?"

"Right about from the start, I guess. You're always bragging about how you can handle these things by yourself, so…" The other teen jumped and landed next to him. His spirit bow Ginrei Kojaku in hand. They were standing back to back, while the 2 creatures circled around them. "There's something weird about these Hollows, though."

"Yeah, I've noticed too." Ichigo said. The Hollows started to make a weird noise, almost like singing, while they kept circling them. Uryu quickly shot a few arrows into one of them. It screeched and turned into dust. The other one kept singing all the while Ichigo attacked it. Suddenly, more Hollows appeared around the graveyard. Small ones, big ones and extremely ugly ones. "Shit! I didn't know they could call for others!"

"This is the first time I've witnessed something like this." The Quincy said, while counting the enemies. "Told you they were acting weird, maybe we should…" He didn't get to finish that sentence because Ichigo was already charging the ones in front of him and made Uryu sigh. There were so many of them that the Substitute didn't want to waste any time.

"Getsuga Tenshou!" He shouted. The Hollows in his direct line of fire all turned into dust. Meanwhile, the archer was shooting down every creature within his reach, making use of his Quincy speed. Some of the remaining Hollows started singing again. "Crap! They're calling for backup again."

"Dammit!" Uryu said when he saw how a pack of Hollows joined the remaining ones again. "You didn't accidently crush a lure when you fell on your butt did you?"

"Why the hell would I keep things like that near my ass?" Ichigo shouted. "And no, of course not, you moron!" He slashed Zangetsu left and right, more screeching followed and Hollows turned into dust. Ichigo wiped the sweat from his brow, when he heard the uncanny song of some of the remaining Hollows and showed his teeth.

"They keep doing that!" Uryu yelled at him. "You must have done something to trigger this! I have never seen this before!" He jumped on top of a gravestone, guarding the Substitute's back while shooting arrows as fast as he could.

"I didn't do anything, you idiot!" Ichigo shouted back, while circling a group of Hollows and shouting "Getsuga Tenshou!" again. More singing sounded and the substitute was getting pissed off. "Fucking hell!" He yelled. "How long are they gonna keep that up!"

"Probably until we can't fight anymore!" Uryu shouted back. "That's the only strategy I can make of this. Keep your guard op, Kurosaki!"

"Can't you use Sprenger or something?" He yelled at the archer.

"Impossible!" The raven-haired teen yelled back. "There are just too many of them and I need some time to set the trap."

"Good thing you're so useful, Ishida!" He quipped.

"I can always leave you to it if you don't appreciate my help."

Both teens kept it up, jumping, shooting and slashing. Destroying Hollows and turning them into dust. With the uncanny song of the creatures as their only reward. Time was ticking away and the Shinigami Substitute and the Quincy were slowly but surely getting tired.

"Fuck!" Ichigo panted after finishing yet another giant Hollow, leaning onto one of the gravestones.

A new threat presented itself to the teen already, but was shot down by an arrow. Uryu wiped the sweat from his brow, while panting as well. The song echoed again and both teens shared a worried look. The Quincy then nodded at him and jumped back up onto one of the gravestones. They didn't have another choice but to fight anyway.

"Why isn't anybody else coming to help us? We've been at it for such a long time, something is definitely wrong here." Uryu said while shooting his arrows around.

"You're right." Ichigo agreed. And he didn't agree with the other boy very often. "There's no way Rukia or Chad wouldn't have felt our spiritual pressure by now." He yelled and slashed an opponent in half.

One of the Hollows tried to slash the archer with his giant claws, but he managed to do a backflip in the air and landed next to Ichigo again, after which he shot the creature and made it dissolve.

"I don't sense anything out of the ordinary." Uryu said while leaning onto one of the gravestones for support. "But my gut tells me this is a trap. Maybe we should just leave." Ichigo scoffed.

"Why would it be a trap, you moron?" But when he heard the strange noise the Hollows were making again, he went: "Oh…"

Suddenly a shrill sound filled Ichigo's ears and he felt a sharp pain in his shoulder. A dart was sticking out.

"Shit." He felt his head spin. He didn't know if it was poison or tranquillizer, but it was working fast. "Ishida… get away…" He managed to say before crumpling into a heap on the floor, paralyzed.

"Kurosaki!" He heard Uryu yell before he felt a hand pressed to his cheek. "Stay with me! I'm getting us outta here!" The Quincy fired a few more arrows and shot true before grabbing Ichigo's shoulders. "Hang on! I'm going to use Hirenkyaku to get us to safety!" Then, abruptly, Uryu grunted and Ichigo knew it was too late. Uryu must have been shot with a dart too. He felt the other teen fall down next to him while stammering: "K-kurosaki…"

Both teens lay panting next to each other on the grass, unable to do anything else, when a Garganta opened up not far from them. They watched in bewildermentas a few Arrancars stepped out of it, marching straight towards them. They were dressed in the usual white uniforms and judging from the white masks they all wore, Ichigo concluded they couldn't be Espada's.

Uryu had been right after all. It had been a trap. Ichigo cursed inwardly, as he had been foolish enough to fall for it. Favoring his pride and skill to take the Hollows down, instead of trying to escape as the Quincy had proposed.

"Good. There's two of them, like the master had instructed." Ichigo heard one of them say. Probably the leader of the pack. "Take them both to-"

"But, the master wanted Shinigami!" Another one said, while lifting up Uryu's face with his weapon. "He didn't say anything about Quincies. What should we-"

"Just shut up and take him, too. The master had said there would be two specimens, so we have to take both."

"But, he's not a Shinigami." The Arrancar repeated, shrugging. The leader grabbed the backtalker by his collar and sneered:

"We'll follow the master's orders. Or he'll be very pissed. Are you up to facing his wrath?" Ichigo saw how the leader successfully succeeded in making himself clear to the others, as they didn't argue anymore.

"Kurosaki… we have to… escape…" He heard the Quincy mumble with a strained voice and felt him reaching for him.

"Shut yer trap!" One of them yelled at Uryu and gave him a smack on the back of his head. The Substitute heard him moan before he went completely silent. The Arrancar must've knocked him out cold.

"Fuck…" Ichigo cursed. "What do… you want…" He trailed off. His body refused to work and his thoughts became incohesive. The leader of the pack approached him and grabbed him by the front of his Shihakusho.

"Personally, I don't wanna waste my breath on filthy Shinigami and the like, but whatever the master wants, he'll get." The Arrancar chuckled. "And, knowing my master, you'll probably be in for a bit of fun. The Quincy scum, too." He laughed before smacking Ichigo with his weapon.

The world turned dark around him and Ichigo had to surrender to oblivion…