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"Because of the recent events that have still unfolded with the horrific incident that happened at Naruki City that claimed 5,000 lives at the hands of the Carnage killer. As of right now, it is still unknown as to how all of this happened, and the police seem to have no clue as how this came to be. The city has now been forbidden to step foot on without authorized permission. However, oddly enough some survivors have claimed that Spider-Man was with them when he got them out alive—"

Ichigo only watched the morning news in his room, with a female reporter remarking about the genocide on that city and the lives that were brutally taken away at the hands of Carnage. 'Still talking about that huh... Wait, what am I saying? Of course they would still be talking about that. A fucking genocide occurred! Who wouldn't be talking about that?'

He frowned, again with guilt striking down at him. 'How could they not talk about this? I can't imagine how many have lost their friends, their family, their lovers, in that city…and for some people who did survive, they've been probably scarred for life by this. Those people that died... I should have taken every blow that Carnage gave them. I should have stopped him sooner.' Yes. He was very well aware that this came out of nowhere, and that maybe no one could have possibility predicted this happening, but even than… 'I wish I've done so much more than what I already did before. Though doing it alone would have been idiotic, considering I would have been no match at all...but at least he's been finally stopped before he could do any more harm.'

Ichigo then shook his head. 'Agh! What is going on with me?! I think I really need to get these thoughts out of my head! I've been getting too many bad thoughts lately... And it's time to push that negativity at the back of your head right now. Come on, Ichigo... You can do this. Just keep up the act a little longer, and just hang in there. You can do this.' he tried to reassure himself.

Ichigo turned off the TV in his room before he went to the halls and got to the kitchen. 'Karin and Yuzu are still sleeping right now. They don't really have to go to school since their class has a day off now. Though what to do...? Maybe cook some breakfast again? Oh wait, maybe I should clean up the house first, just so Yuzu doesn't have to do it herself since it's supposed to be her day off.'

For some reason, the cleaning part reminded him of the bed sheets he had to clean yesterday from the stain that he and Matsumoto had shared on his bed. Thankfully he cleaned it in time for his sisters not able to notice anything at all. Though thinking about what he did with the busty lieutenant kinda had him grew a small smile…

But all of that diminished when he felt multiple Spiritual Pressures coming from outside. "What the... Spiritual Pressures?!" he exclaimed in shock. 'Is that the Arrancars?! Hold on, I think I'm sensing someone familiar... But hang on a minute, this doesn't make sense! It's too early for them to attack us!' he couldn't understand. They weren't supposed to attack until another month and a half, so why now? 'I'll have to ask when I get there. Right now the others are gonna need my help!' he thought as he started running to his room so he could get his badge.

"Hey! There's some pretty good Spiritual Pressures down there! Think we should start with them?" Yammy asked with a grin loaded on his face, as he stepped out of the Garganta with another Espada and two Arrancars beside him. He cocked his head downwards, seeing several Soul Reapers below him on the ground as they seemed to be on some forest.

"Take a good long look, Yammy. Those are Soul Reapers down there." an Arrancar known as Luppi answered bluntly, as he crouched down next to his companion. "Though I do wonder what they're doing here... Perhaps they're reinforcements that were sent by the Soul Society like Mr sixth here told us?" he looked over to Grimmjow, who seemed as though he wasn't paying attention to anything that was going happens. "Isn't that right?" he asked rhetorically while having an arrogant smile.

Grimmjow ignored this at hand. "The guy that I'm looking to kill...isn't even down there at all." he said with a scowl shown on his face. Not bothering to even look at the Soul Reapers below him, nor wanting to stay with his allies, he proceeded to leap away from them as he only wanted to search for one opponent only…

"Grimmjow, wait!" Yammy tried to call out but it was already too late for that. "Damn! That idiot! What is he even doing?!"

"Let him do what he wants. If he wants to die with just one arm, let him be." Luppi remarked nonchalantly, not caring whether his Espada companion would die. 'Though I suppose it would good for my sake if he did die. Can't even stand that guy. If he did die, it would give me higher chances of myself becoming an Espada.' the Arrancar thought.

Ichigo looked as though he was flying with how far he was jumping. He had to get where the others were as fast as possible in order for him to help out in the battlefield, and get the questions he wanted answered. 'Come on! I have to be faster!' he then widened his eyes when he felt a powerful Spirit Energy coming directly ever he was right now. It made him stop moving. 'Now what gives? There's another one that's heading right towards me. But who?'

"Ichigo!"

"Rukia?" Ichigo turned his heed to see the midget Soul Reaper behind him with a Flash Step. "You know anything that's going on here?" he asked her.

Rukia shook her head in denial. "Unfortunately, no. I still don't understand why the Espadas would attack this early. The Hogyoku isn't supposed to awaken till the end of Winter."

Ichigo started to think quickly. 'If this Spiritual Pressure that keeps getting closer... And if this is who I think it is...then I have to get Rukia away from here, fast. Her stubbornness would make this difficult.' he than widened his eyes when he pondered about a certain possibility that may happen. 'Wait a minute…'

"You feel that?" Rukia drew her hand towards the hilt of her sealed sword. She had a sweat coming out of her temple. "This Spiritual Pressure keeps getting closer, and its very strong as well. Think we would be able to handle him by ourselves?" she got next to Ichigo's side now.

"I'll handle whoever is coming here. You need to get to my school right now." Ichigo said, as he drew his Zanpakuto and the bandages started to come off.

"What?" Rukia looked at her friend with a confused look. She didn't understand why he would tell her something like this. "Why on earth would you want me to be at your school at a time like this?"

"Listen to me: Orihime should be there right about now, and I if I'm correct, she would want to help as well. I don't want her to get involved in something like this like the last time. So I need you to get to my school so you can protect her just in case. I can handle the strongest Spiritual Pressure by myself."

Rukia hesitated. "But hold on, Ichigo. Wouldn't it be better if we took care of this one together?"

Ichigo's whole body than glowed with spiritual power, with the blue energy showing strongly that had Rukia be shocked at how much power he was holding up. "Let me make this perfectly clear right now... I do not, in any way, want you to stay with me right now."

"You have to let me help you!"

Ichigo scoffed at this. "To do what? So you can stand there and get a hole in your stomach again? Tch, I don't think so. If you're gonna say you want to stop me from doing something reckless or stupid, I think you should think about your own actions first."

Rukia still wanted to refute but the strength and shear pressure in Ichigo's energy told her otherwise. "Fine then...if that's what you truly want..." she then made a Flash Step and started to get away, turning her directing to Ichigo's school like he told her.

Ichigo sighed as he closed his eyes. "Finally. I thought she would never leave." he opened them again only to see who it was in front of him.

"Hey! It's been a while hasn't it, Soul Reaper? I've been looking for you!" Grimmjow exclaimed, having a wide grin in doing so, now seeing the familiar redhead he had been eager to get a rematch.

"I thought I recognized the Spiritual Pressure that seemed pretty familiar...should have known it would be you, Grimmjow." Ichigo remarked. "It has taken me some time, but I did manage to get stronger since our last battle."

Grimmjow still kept up his smirk. "Really? That so? Well I'm glad to hear that, cause you're not the only one who's gotten stronger!"

'Can't say he's lying...his power is bigger than it was before.' Ichigo thought. "Though I don't understand... Why now?"

"Hm?" Grimmjow's smirk disappeared, instead he looked confused by what he meant.

"Why attack now? This early I mean. You're not really supposed to fight till another month and a half, correct? So, why now?" Ichigo asked him.

Grimmjow merely shrugged. "I can only say that I was ordered, that's all you're gonna know."

"Uh-huh…" Ichigo thought he wouldn't be able to get any more out of him like this. Though there was still something that confused him. "Though what happen to that arm yours?" he asked, noticing the lack of a left arm with only the white Arrancar cloth floating by itself.

"Oh, that thing? I got rid of it. Cause I'm only gonna need one arm to kill you!" Grimmjow exclaimed, reclaiming his smirk again.

"Is that so…?" Ichigo than flashed a small smirk of his own before he clenched his sword tighter. "If that really is the case, than you made a mistake coming here like this!" he put his left hand to his right wrist while the bandages started wrapping around his right arm all while he pointed his large sword in front of his opponent. "Bankai!" black energy with a red outline completely wrapped around Ichigo's whole body before a black sword was swiped, cutting half the energy that wrapped around him as he cleared it away from him. 'I cannot take any risks to fight in my Shikai. If I do, I might get killed in the process since Grimmjow has gotten stronger from our first meeting. I'd say I was lucky that ended so well at my tables. He was still significantly stronger than I was in my Bankai, and the only reason I even pushed him back so much was because I had to attack him as quickly as possible without leaving him any room to charge his attacks. I would be willing to bet that he wasn't putting much, or if at all any effort to really fight me.' Ichigo thought. 'Luck was on my side. But this time... I don't think I need it. I can't explain it, but I feel so much more powerful right now.'

"Bankai again, huh? Well good too see you're not holding back." Grimmjow commented. "Otherwise, you would just die faster!"

"Fine...but you asked for it." Ichigo took only step forward before using Flash Step to speed up his movement. Grimmjow widened his eyes in shock before using his only arm to pull his sword out. He barely managed to raise it above his head for Ichigo's sword to strike against his.

Grimmjow was struggling to push through Ichigo's black sword. The sheer strength made it buckle under the weight, with Grimmjow only struggling to stay on the defensive so he couldn't get pushed back. However Ichigo was clearly having the edge, as he kept forcefully pushing his blade forward. "Getsuga…" Grimmjow widened his eyes when Ichigo started speaking his technique's name. "...Tensho!"

The black and red fanged attack was unleashed from the blade, and it directly hit Grimmjow at point blank range. Ichigo could hear Grimmjow yelling out as the Espada got sent flying back before he used his energy to forcefully stop himself with planting his feet firmly on the air they were standing on. 'What the hell? I didn't think the Getsuga would be that powerful…' Ichigo thought to himself.

Grimmjow's left side of the face was now bleeding, and he was also panting as well from the pain he was feeling. He looked over at Ichigo, who was only just standing infront of him without a scratch but he did have a surprised look on his face. "What the hell... It's only been a month and a half! You weren't this powerful the first time we met! What the fuck did you do to yourself?!"

"Honestly... I really don't know. I think I'm just as surprised as you are." Ichigo answered. 'Did my training with the Vizards improve this much? I don't get it, I was mostly trying to keep the timing of my mask.' he thought. "Though I can't really complain…" he then horizontally swipes his sword, and unleashed a smaller Getsuga at Grimmjow.

Grimmjow saw the speed that was approaching him, and he could only put his sword in front of himself to block it. He managed to do so, but in doing that he was starting to get pushed back. Ichigo managed to take a Flash Step and got behind Grimmjow. He saw him turn his head in surprise. Ichigo took no motion of this as he charged another Getsuga Tensho and fired a larger one at point blank range against Grimmjow. He couldn't possibly block or even dodge, just let it hit him at point blank range as the two Getsugas sandwiched him between.

This created a large smoke because of this. Grimmjow could be seen falling down from the sky. There was some smoke coming out of him as well. He was struggling to keep his eyes open, but even so he could see the dust getting cleared as Ichigo was flying down towards. Grimmjow started gritting his teeth as he put his sword back to its sheath and aimed his arm at Ichigo. His hand started to glow a bright red energy in the form of a ball. "Take...this!" he said, as he had fired a Cero at the Substitute.

Ichigo widened his eyes when he saw the bright beam firing at him. "A Cero!" he stated with some surprised shifted in his tone. He put his sword with both his hands as the attack came in contact against his blade. Ichigo grit his teeth as he was trying to stop the beam. Ichigo could feel that the Cero was somewhat pushing him back. "Hyaaaaaaagh!" However it still wasn't able to stop him as he had made a battle cry by putting power to his sword, which had completely nullified the Cero blast.

Rukia was running on her feet as fast as she could as she had to get to Ichigo's school. When she did make it, she was surprised to see bodies all around here. "What the...what happened here?" she asked to herself in confusion before she went ahead to check on to make sure if they were dead or not.

"Rukia?!"

The small Reaper turned her head around to see Orihime running toward her. "Orihime." she simply said.

"Are they really…" the auburn haired girl was hesitating to finish her sentence, in fear for the worst.

"I just checked, they're only just unconscious. And there aren't any physical wounds that happened as well, so I'm not sure what made them pass out."

Orihime was a bit relieved to hear that no one died. But it still didn't really answer what caused all of this to happen...well that answer would be questioned when she felt a heavy Spiritual force weighing down on her and Rukia. "I think...we just got our answer." Orihime said, looking towards her school rooftop as she could sense this was the person that may have caused this.

"We have to head over there, now." Rukia got up and she leaped from the ground to head to the roof. Orihime on the other hand had used her Rikka powers underneath her feet in the form of her shield so she could lift herself there.

She thought she might be able to jump all the way there but she didn't wanna risk her fall back down. She managed to make it above before she let her shield disappear and letting her feet land on the roof. When she did, her eyes widened in shock when she saw Ulquiorra was the one that stood in front of her.

'No way...it's the one from before!' Orihime thought, remembering the previous encounter they had on the park.

"Who are you?!" Rukia demanded before she drew her sword.

Ulquiorra's cold and emotionless eyes looked over at Orihime. He could already tell from her body language that she was tense, and on guard from him. His eyes shifted over to Rukia's, and it nearly made him want to scoff from this. "Only one, Soul Reaper? I must admit, the Soul Society's incompetence never ceases to amaze me."

'I can't understand...why is he here? More so, what is he doing here? I thought he was supposed to have a battle? It's why he came here, didn't he?' Orihime thought, trying to figure out what could he want.

"It's not exactly in my nature to make this much attention. But I did have to figure something out to draw yours." Ulquiorra remarked, gazing his attention towards Orihime. "I came here to talk."

Rukia did not take this so kindly. "That still doesn't answer my question! Who are you?!".

Ulquiorra didn't bother to look at her. Instead his only answer was that he released his energy, producing his Spiritual Pressure that targeted specifically at Rukia. The effect was nearly instantaneous with the Soul Reaper already flat down on the ground. She gagged as the air on her lungs were gone. She couldn't breath at all right now. Her face clenched itself with a twisting combination of shock, fear, eyes that were nearly lifeless, and her mouth hanged open, trying to gasp as if she was a fish that was stuck on the surface with no water fo find whatsoever.

"Rukia, no!" Orihime used her Soten Kisshun ability to already put the healing barrier around her friend. She proceeded an attempt to give a glare to the Espada who was not bothered by this one bit. "Stop it! You said you only wanted to talk!"

"That's right. I wanted to talk because I have something important to tell you." Ulquiorra replied to her, his face not changing any expression, nor so the empty tone of his voice. "Come with me...little girl."

Orihime inhaled a sharp breath by this exclamation. "Don't speak." he started walking to her. His tone still didn't change, but the atmosphere around did, "Yes is all I want to hear." it became more intimidating and Orihime could feel it. "If you say anything other than that, she will die." he pointed to Rukia.

Orihime clenched her hands to her fists. "Why should I come with you?"

Ulquiorra stopped his walk, and he stared at the girl dead in the eye. "Perhaps I didn't make myself clear enough…" he focused his Spiritual Pressure onto Orihime so he could make her fall on the ground as well. He used the same amount he used against Rukia. However she surprisingly still stood her ground, and while it was obvious that her knees were shaking, she still managed to stand up albeit with her back bending forward slightly. This made the Espada a bit impressed by her resistance. "Oh? You're still standing? Well now, it seems you've gotten stronger since our first meeting…" he stopped his Spiritual Pressure onto the teenage girl. "However..." he focused it back on Rukia, more so to the shield itself as it started to make a crack.

Orihime gasped. "Don't think for a second you have any chance…" her shield started to form more cracks.

"Stop it! If my shield breaks apart, you're gonna kill her!" Orihime pleaded. 'What do I do?!' she tried to think of something, anything to do here. She couldn't dare to attack him, as his power was leagues above hers, and could kill her easily if he really wanted to.

"And that's what's going to happen if you don't comply."

Orihime formed a sweat on her forehead. She had to stay calm, and not show her panic she felt in herself. 'I can't let someone die again because of me!' she thought. "Why do you want me to come with you?"

"I was sent here by Lord Aizen." Orihime quirked her eyes in confusion. "For whatever reason, he wants your power. I was ordered to capture you, unharmed. Make no mistake; this is not a negotiation. This is an order. So, I'll only say this one more time...come with me, little girl."

Orihime let her hands get loose, as she hangs her head in defeat. "Fine... I'll do what you want."

Ulquiorra was now close to her. He then gave her an odd bracelet to her hand. Orihime looked at it in confusion. "Take this. And do not remove it. While wearing it, you will be surrounded by a special Spiritual barrier that will allow you to be invisible, and only us Arrancars will be able to see and sense your presence. You will also be able to phase through any object within your world. And for whatever reason may come, do not remove it."

"...I understand…" Orihime simply said, only looking at the bracelet in her hands.

A Garganta was then opened up behind Ulquiorra. "You have 12 hours till we meet again. During that time, you are permitted to say goodbye to one person, and one personally alone." Orihime widened her eyes by this. "Moreover, if that person finds out what you've done, you will be considered in violation of your orders. We will meet again in midnight at a designated area. Finish whatever business you have left till than." he walked away from her as he stepped inside the Garganta. "Do not forget, you can only say goodbye to one person." he finished his last sentence before the portal closed itself up.

Orihime looked over at Rukia. Her shield was now repaired, but the girl was completely unconscious at this point. 'She should have gotten back up already, or at least regain her consciousness…I don't think I'll be able to heal her like this. She doesn't have injuries, but the damage must have already been done from the inside. I think the reason my healing takes longer sometimes is the amount of damage my opponent received onto others…'

'Wait a minute…' Ichigo vertically blocked Grimmjow's sword with his own as he raised it above his head while it moved to left. The two of them were now on the street as their battle had been dragged there. '...If I remember correctly...the Combat Pass was supposed to seal my power, right?' Ichigo pushed Grimmjow away, and he charged towards him with his blade raised, making a battle cry as he swung his sword to cut off Grimmjow's head to which the later twisted his sword to block the incoming blow. 'If that really is the case...than does that means that when the badge was cut during my training...than all my power that was suppressed must have returned back to me without realizing it!' he thought. 'That can explain how I'm winning so easily! I feel five times more powerful than before!'

"Nnngh…!" Grimmjow got sent back as he became overwhelmed, having himself rolling on the ground backwards before lied there on his front body. Grimmjow tried to move his head upward, giving Ichigo a death glare while he grit his teeth. "D-Damn you, you son of a bitch!"

Ichigo proceeded to look Grimmjow's sword that he held within his hand. He looked at it for a few seconds before he looked back at Grimmjow again, who had managed to fully get up again, albeit in a wounded and bloody phase he was through. "This isn't over! Not by a long shot!" the blue haired Espada yelled over.

Ichigo took a sigh. "I hate it to break it to ya, Grimmjow... But you haven't exactly been doing so well in this battle. It's kinda unfair really... I mean, you had arm missing and I'm at my best condition. It's almost too bad that I gotta kill you..." he hardened his resolve, with the sword being held vertically while it was next to his head. Black and red energy were than wrapped around the blade. "...I'm sure if that if we were both at our best... I would get a good fight out of you. But unfortunately, this is where you die, Grimmjow!"

Ichigo leaped off the ground and charged at Grimmjow with the Getsuga enhanced weapon in his hands. This was it. This strike should be the last one and the Espada would be dead. Grimmjow did not take this kindly whatsoever. "Dumbass...you really think this is gonna stop me?!" the Arrancar swinged his sword from behind and it started glowing brightly with power. "Grind—"

In that brief instant, the words became cut off as another figure showed himself between the two. There was a loud clang heard from all when the black energy became split in half, directing it away from Grimmjow. The two were shocked when they saw Ulquiorra as the energy dissipated. "Wait... It's you again!" Ichigo exclaimed, with his eyes that grew widely, looking over the green ones.

Ulquiorra had drew his sword from his sheath, and managed to block Tensa Zangetsu's fatal strike with ease, while he had his other hand hold Grimmjow's wrist. Ichigo was staring at Ulquiorra's sword, and Ulquiorra clocked his head behind to look at Grimmjow. "The mission is over." he simply said before he casually swinged his sword, pushing Ichigo away from them.

A black ripple showed itself from the sky. Ichigo was shocked to see a bright yellow beacon of light striking down at them in a mere second, completely surrounding them before it lifted them up. "Negacion…" Ichigo simply said to himself while looking at the two levitated Espadas.

Ulquiorra shifted his eyes down at Ichigo. He could see some of the black particles lingering around him. 'It appears that he has gotten stronger as well. Yes. Very much different from our first meeting. But is this really the best he could do at this current level? Nevertheless, it's over. You have no means to fight anymore. The sun has already set in our hands. The day is ours.' he thought.

Ichigo could do nothing but watch as the two of them only got closer and closer to the portal till it completely closed itself from the sky, making it visible no more. He should be glad that they were gone. He did technically win even though they ran off... Only a fool would think that! How could he possibly even think about victory at this moment when the words were still ringing in the young man's head.

"What did he mean by that…? What did he mean the mission was over? What mission?" He asked himself from those questions, but he couldn't get any answers from something he just heard.

He was going to look ahead and go where the others were and ask them if hopefully if some idiot with a big mouth told them what the mission was. "Maybe the others could know what the hell they were talking about..." he said, before he did a Flash Step to get to the others.

...But all he got was just empty silence as his answer.

Alright! Bout time it's finished up! Though I gotta say, I'm a bit surprised with his short this was. To be honest, I wanted to make this much longer like usual but I thought I should end it right there. Since it seemed more fitting. I could have done the other battles from the Soul Reapers...but I kinda found it unnecesary cause all of that went pretty much the same way like in canon. Nothing really changed.

Also I really wanna clear something up:

You guys remember in my first shitty fight with Ichigo and Grimmjow as it looked as though Ichigo was winning quite easily? Well… turns out because I didn't know about scaling back than, I was completely wrong at what I was doing.

See, it turns out that Ichigo was supposed to be more on par on with Grimmjow since now when I think about it, it should have made more sense. Grimmjow was still far stronger despite Ichigo's power boost he gained.

I may or may not edit this out but the amount of glitches that happen in my editing just drive me fucking insane. So in this I hope I explained well enough excuses to make it believable as to how Ichigo gained the upper hand the first time.

But yeah I hope all of you enjoyed like usual, and hopefully the next chapter comes out soon as well!