Ikkaku tried to stand up, but the fight with the arrancar had been too much. He felt a gentle arm around his shoulder, and glanced to his right. Yumichika was supporting him. He felt his consciousness fading away, and looked forward to see, in his swimming vision, the figure of the brat who just had to stick around during his battle.
He woke up to the sound of Keigo and Yumichika talking on Keigo's phone. "The Quincy did what?" Yumichika and Keigo hung up their phones.
"Kurosaki's been kidnapped," Keigo explained wearily. "That Chizuru got something strange into Ishida's head."