Hello everyone, it's been a while but I am back. I actually never left, but it's been a while since I updated a IR story. I was writing for Happiness, but I got stuck there. And so I decided to write a couple of oneshots that are unrelated to Happiness, but to get some inspiration again. So this is a oneshot that I wrote, based on the 1997 Bollywood movie Koyla. Because of some topics in this story (like an attempted suicide and attempted rape), I selected that it is M-rated. I actually wanted to write this in oneshot, but this story will have one or two updates. Also, I suck at writing action scenes, so please bear with that along with my grammatical errors. If any of you have any tips for me to write action scenes, please do tell.

This story takes place in an alternate universe, which is like Soul Society, but without any powers. I also want to point out that the normal text takes place in present time, the bold cursive ones are IR flashbacks and the cursive ones are just flashbacks.

I hope that you guys enjoy it, please leave a review behind.

Author's note: I don't own Bleach or Koyla

''Are you going there right now?''

''Of course I am! You know that I must do this. Someone has to tell him what has happened and you cannot leave now. Also it is time for him to come back.'' She answered.

He sighed ''You are right. Who would have thought that the situation escalated that big?''

''Well, I kept telling you two that we needed to bring him back. But you both kept refusing. We all knew what that man is capable of.''

''It is true that we did not thought that it would be that bad so soon.'' Seeing her frown, he narrowed his eyes. ''Why do I get the idea that you know something that I don't.''

''I heard some rumors while I was in town.''

''What is it?''

''I'm not sure if it's the truth, but…''

''Just tell me what it is.'' he said impatiently.

''I heard rumors going on that he ran away with the fiancé of that horrifying creature. That's why he was that wounded when I found him.''

''You are telling me that our godson ran away with Aizen's fiancé?! Who on earth is his fiancé?''

''Her name is Kuchiki Rukia.'

''Kuchiki Rukia... You mean of the Kuchiki clan? Aizen is even older than Byakuya, what the hell was Byakuya thinking?!''

''The arrangement happened while Byakuya was away. Actually, he still is. You know that the clan elders have not liked the girl as she is Hisana's daughter. As what I heard, she fainted during the wedding ceremony and Aizen insisted in taking her to his home.''

''And that is where she and Ichigo met?''

She shrugged ''I guess, that seems logical to me.''

Just then they heard a painful moan and both hurried back inside. They saw him struggling while he kept mumbling very painfully ''Rukia, no. Rukia, Rukia, run Rukia. RUKIA!'' he yelled while sitting straight up with his eyes open. He gasped as he was searching for his breath.

''Kisuke, I am going now. I will be back soon.'' she said while walking away without waiting for any response.

''Be careful, Yoruichi.'' he said while never leaving his eyes off the orange haired boy who had a lot of wounds and scars on his body. When he saw that the boy was breathing normally, he walked closer towards him.

''You are awake.''

''W-where am I?'' the orange haired male asked quietly.

''You are safe here in the mountains, far from town.''

''How did I get here?''

''My friend found you in the water. She told me that she saw you floating and carried you here. It seems like you found your voice again, please tell me that you knew that you were not born a mute.''

The boy nodded while he looked at him ''I knew that, but that does not change the fact that I was not able to speak for so many years. I only remember that someone was forcing me to eat hot coals and that was how I lost my voice.'' he thought for a while and continued. ''Listen, thank you and your friend for your help. But I need to go back. I need to save Rukia. She is…''

''In danger, I know.'' the blonde man finished the sentence for him and Ichigo frowned. ''If you know, then why are we sitting here?'' he tried to stand up, but groaned as he felt the pain in his body.''

''You are not fully healed yet. How do you want to fight Aizen when you are this weak?''

''I don't have time, she is in danger, she…''

''Knowing Aizen he has brought her to the brothel.''

''And you think that I am going to wait patiently till I am healed, while she is going through hell there?!'' Ichigo asked him angrily.

Urahara Kisuke had to laugh. ''Do you think that you can fight him now within the state that you are now in?'' Ichigo looked at the stretchers that both of his legs were in. The blonde man continued ''I know that you want to fight him, but take my advice and wait for the help that will come.''

'Help?''

He nodded ''You are not the only one who wants to fight him.''

''You too?''

He snickered 'I think that I have the first right to do so.''

''I get it, I will not fight him yet. But I need to save Rukia now. She will die there!''

''You don't need to worry about her. Let me finish!'' he said when he saw that the orange haired man was going to disagree. ''There is already someone there who will help her. So for now, don't worry about her and focus on your healing. When you will be healed, I will train you.''

He wanted to ask who the one was that was helping her, but knew that the man would not answer. ''Why are you helping me?''

''Because I am human first and your godfather second.''

He still remembered the first time he met her, officially. She hated him, always turning to the other side not to look at him and always refused to eat the food that he brought her. He did not understand why she did that. Of course he knew that people were always scared of his scowling, but whenever he saw her he made sure that he gave her a smile. He did not know why he did that, maybe because she was his boss's wife or maybe because she was like a fresh breath of air in the mansion or maybe because he wanted to see her smile. The wedding was cancelled because she fainted before the wedding ceremony could have started and she was refusing to be near his boss. He did not understand that too. Sure, he knew that there was an age gap, but according to the elders of her clan she agreed with this wedding. Still, he saw it as his mission to entertain her and make her smile. Because her sadness did not do him well. He was longing to make her smile, to not make her look at him with an angry look.

At the moment he was sitting with Renji outside. Renji was talking about something that happened to him during the day, but Ichigo was thinking of a new way to make her smile. Just as he heard something, he looked towards the shed where the noise came from. He looked at Renji who was still talking, but then again he heard the noise. Deciding to check it, he walked towards the shed and his eyes grew wide in shock as he saw the scene in front of him.

His boss's fiance was standing on a stool, with in front of her a rope on the ceiling. He saw what she was going to do and ran to pick her up and kicked the chair away. He carried her on his shoulder and endured her punches.

''LEAVE ME, I SAID LEAVE ME!'' she yelled at him while punching him. Her punches did not hurt him as much as the thought of what she was going to do.

''WHY DO YOU WANT ME TO SUFFER? WAS IT NOT ENOUGH FOR YOU TO FOOL ME? AND NOW YOU ARE FORCING ME TO LIVE MY LIFE HERE!'' she continued. He placed her on the ground and did not know what to do. He reached for her head with his hand to pat her, but she slapped it away.

''Why did you had to fool me? If it were not for you, this all would not have happened.'' she continued softly. ''WHY ARE YOU NOT SAYING ANYTHING?! YOU OWE ME AN EXPLANATION, YOU HEAR ME! EXPLAIN!''

Ichigo did not understand what she was talking about. Apparently he was not the only one. Renji had followed his friend when he saw him running in the shed and he had cut the rope while Ichigo had picked her from the chair.

''I am sorry, but even if he wanted too, he cannot explain.'' Renji answered her for his friend. She frowned at him and he continued. ''Ichigo is mute, he cannot speak.'' she looked at Ichigo with her eyes wide in shock and he looked away while scratching his neck.

''But could you tell us what you are blaming Ichigo for? He did not do anything.''

She raised an eyebrow and stood up. ''Did you know that I was promised that I was going to marry him.'' she pointed towards Ichigo.

Ichigo turned towards her in shock and she continued. ''My clan showed me a portrait of him and asked me if I wanted to marry him. They told me stories about how he is very dependable, is from a good house and fights well. I knew that I had to get married and I liked his picture. The last time they had tried to match me with someone it was your boss and I disagreed because he is old and everything. So I agreed to the wedding. But during the wedding ceremony I saw that it was not him, but your boss that I was going to marry.''

''And that's why you fainted.'' Renji finished and she nodded. ''I am sorry for what happened to you, but you cannot blame Ichigo for that. He did not know about what happened. Aizen had us all fooled that this was something consensual. Trust me, Ichigo would have never let them fool you.''

Ichigo signed something to Renji and he had to chuckle. ''What did he say?'' Rukia asked.

''He signed that he even did not know that there is a portrait of him.''

She looked towards the orange haired one and felt guilty. Giving him a small smile ''I am sorry for blaming you of all of this as you even did not know about it.''

Ichigo signed something and Renji translated. ''It's okay, you didn't know. But don't worry, I will be here for you to protect you.''

''I would like that.''

''Don't you think that you are hurrying the healing process too much?'' his so-called godfather asked him.

Ichigo scoffed ''I have no time to rest. I must go there.''

''And I already told you that she is safe with the help from there.''

''Oh really? You mean the back-up about whom you don't want to tell me who it is? How can I trust you?''

''Surely, you can trust your own godfather?''

Ichigo narrowed his eyes at the blonde man in front of him ''How can I be sure that you are my godfather? I have never seen you before, why else would I grew up there?'' he said the last word with a lot of bitterness.

Urahara Kisuke sighed ''You may not remember me, but I remember you; Kurosaki Ichigo, son of Kurosaki Isshin and Kurosaki Masaki. You were little when I was forced to leave the town, but I still kept being updated of your growth.''

''Forced?''

He gave his godson a bitter smile ''I was the first victim of Aizen's tyranny. And I knew that I would not survive it then as everyone believed that he was good. I even warned your father about it, but even he got fooled.''

''How did he force you to leave?''

''I was the head of a research company. There were and still are a lot of things I love doing research about. But with those researches come experiments. And I met Aizen when something had gone wrong with one of my experiments. But that was the thing, I could not remember that particular experiment. And when I was looking for more information, I realized that he set me up. The people of the town already thought that I was crazy and that research would destroy me more. So I left the town before he could do something. I remember that you were a little boy then, always happy to see me. Not this scowling face that is in front of me now.'' he joked.

Ichigo grumbled while his godfather continued. ''But I guess that being raised by Aizen has that effect on a person.

Ichigo scoffed. ''If I had known his true character back then, I would have stayed away from him.''

''But then you would not have met her, would you?''

Ichigo thought about it and gave a small smile. ''Yeah, then I would not have met her.''

After the misunderstanding was cleared, they became good friends of each other. He would go to town and bring her her favorite food, he would play his harmonica for her and sometimes she would sing along. She would tell him stories about herself and Renji learned her the sign language so she could understand what Ichigo was saying. As Rukia refused to leave her room to stay away from Aizen, both the males would climb into her room and entertain her. Luckily she had a little balcony from where she could see them outside. And sometimes Ichigo would take her with him to the garden when he knew that Aizen was out for business. The downside of Aizen being out was that there would be more security by the gates. That is what made it impossible for them to let Rukia escape.

Speaking of Aizen, Ichigo was shocked to hear what his boss had done. But it also made him see his true character. He saw now beyond the fake smile, he understood his indirect messages and just could not help but see the true evilness in him.

He was just leaving from Rukia's room as he had brought her her favorite snack, shiritama dango, when he heard a voice speak.

''You really should be careful, Kurosaki.''

Ichigo frowned at the familiar voice and turned towards the source of it. Grimmjow Jaegerjaquez came out of the shadows with his arms crossed in front of his chest.

''But I have to say that you really surprised me to see that you would help someone against Aizen,'' he smirked ''Meanwhile he keeps bragging about how loyal you are as a dog.''

''You don't know what you are talking about.'' Ichigo signed to him.

Grimmjow scoffed. ''I don't know? Hmm, maybe you are right and I don't know what I am talking about. Here I was thinking how you are protecting Aizen's future bride from him as you keep on hanging out with her. And even staying in her room, while he still did not get the chance to go there.'' He let out another scoff. ''Of course he is delusional that she will invite him eventually willingly.''

Ichigo closed his eyes. Rukia told him about when she arrived she was shocked to see where she was and begged Aizen to let her leave the mansion. But Aizen challenged her that she would stay in the mansion and eventually would beg Aizen to come into her room as she would be desperate for him. When Ichigo heard this, he just wanted to throw up.

''Shall I tell our boss that he is delusional as his loyal dog already has been into his mistress's room a couple of times. That's all it takes for him to see who you truly are.'' Grimmjow's voice brought him back to the present. He glared at him and walked towards him to grab him by his collar.

''Easy easy there. I will not say anything yet. I am just telling you that you better be careful.'' Grimmjow told him while smirking.

Ichigo released his hold on him and walked away in anger.

''You are a frightening kid.'' Urahara told him.

Ichigo scoffed ''Out of all the things I ever heard, this is something new. Do tell.''

Urahara smiled. ''You really did heal quickly, too quickly in my opinion. And your power is raw. But…''

''But?''

''It will not be enough to defeat him.''

''Then what do you suggest?''

''For the next ten days, you must allow me to train you.''

Ichigo scoffed. ''No offense, but how is an old man like you going to train me?''

Urahara smirked beneath his hat. ''You are right. After all I am just a mere, honest, handsome, perverted businessman.''

Just as Ichigo was going to reply, he saw a hint of silver coming towards him. Quickly he rolled towards the other side and saw how nearly he had missed Urahara's sword. That sword had been hidden inside his cane, Ichigo never saw it coming.

''Oiye! What the hell are you doing?''

Urahara shrugged. ''You still don't understand. What I am trying to say is that they will kill you. Could you win? If you fought them as you are now?''

Ichigo looked down and Urahara continued ''At your current level of ability, you wouldn't stand a chance to Aizen and his man. You are weak. For you to venture into enemy territory now would be suicide. You want to save Kuchiki-san? Don't make me laugh. Don't use her as an excuse to kill yourself.''

''So what you are telling me is that with your training I will be able to defeat him and save her? Because if that is so, I want you, no I need you to train me'' Ichigo told him.

''Of course. If you wish to save Kuchiki-san with your whole heart, then you have at least at your disposal a power stronger than iron. The power of love is stronger than steel.'' Urahara told him as he threw a sword towards him. ''But if your resolve is half-hearted, forget it. For the next ten days, I'm going to put you through the wringer.''

''Fine. Let's do this.''

As much as he wanted to ignore Grimmjow's treat, he could not. He knew that Grimmjow was right, if Aizen ever found out about his friendship with Rukia, he would punish Ichigo by removing her from him. And he knew that she would not be protected then. He kept thinking what he should do about the situation. If Aizen did not have his guards, he could already have sneak her out of the house. He asked Renji, but his friend also did not know what to do.

It had been three days since he had seen Rukia. He told Renji to go without him, while he would keep guard.

''You know, she keeps asking about you. Just go to her already.'' Renji told him.

''It's too dangerous.'' he signed to his friend.

Renji sighed ''Dangerous?! Everywhere here is too dangerous for her. As long as she is in this mansion, she will always be in danger. Ignore Grimmjow, he is not here tonight, so just go to her.''

Seeing how his friend kept thinking, he continued. ''She misses you.''

Ichigo looked up and Renji nodded. ''She misses you. You should see how disappointed she looks when she sees that you are not there to see her. It makes me feel bad about myself.''

Ichigo smiled at his friend's joke.

''Just go to her, I will keep guard.''

Ichigo agreed and climbed up unto her balcony. Looking through the window, he saw her staring into nothing, while she was sitting on her bed. He could not help but think how pretty she was in her simple black kimono. When she had arrived at the mansion, she kept wearing her wedding kimono for a week. After the night that the misunderstanding had been cleared, she changed into a light blue one. He remembered how happy he was to see her into something else. She had shrugged and told him that eventually she had to change, even if she was going to stay in her room.

Tonight she was wearing a light pink one with white flowers on it. He knocked on the window and she looked up. She jumped when she heard the knocking and turned towards the window. He smiled and gave her a little wave. Standing up she immediately opened the window and pulled him inside, which surprised him.

''Where have you been? You know, I thought that I had done something wrong. Renji did not know what to tell me and I…''

He sank unto his knees and looked to the ground. Her eyes widened in surprise.

''Ichigo, what's wrong?''

Then he signed her what happened after the last time that he had seen her. Hearing this, Rukia gave him a bitter smile.

''Renji is right. This mansion is dangerous. But not only for me, but also for the two of you.''

He looked at her in surprise, he did not expect her to say that. She shrugged. ''I have heard how Aizen fostered you after your parents died. If I did not know his true character, I really would have believed that he cares about you. But because of what happened, I cannot help but think that you are a tool to him.''

Ichigo nodded. She placed her hand on his shoulder and squeezed it. ''Don't worry too much about me, Ichigo. We are all in danger here. But as long as I have my friends here, I will feel save.''

He gave her a smile. Both were looking to the moon now. Suddenly Rukia felt something cold placed on her neck. Looking down she saw that it was Ichigo's necklace. It was of silver material. She looked confused to Ichigo.

''This was my mother's necklace. She would wear it every time as my father had given it to her as a gift. There was a hanger on it, but that got lost. After she died, I took it and now I am giving it to you.'' he signed to her.

She gasped ''Ichigo, no. This was your mother's. I cannot take this.'' she tried to give it back to him, but he shook his head.

''No, I want you to take it. That way you will always feel that I am by your side. I am sure my mother would have wanted it for you to take it.''

She blushed when he signed that. He was implying that as a daughter-in-law his mother would have given it to her. Ichigo realized what he just did and scratched his head. She had to laugh when she saw that he also was blushing.

''Thank you, Ichigo. I will cherish this. But I do not have anything to give to you.''

He shook his head. ''You do not have to give me anything. Your friendship is enough for me.''

They walked towards the mirror and he put the necklace on her, while she was watching in the mirror. She could not help but think how their life would have been if that lie of her marriage would have been true. How would their life be if she had married him? Little did she know that he was thinking the same thing as he was looking at her in the mirror. He could not help but wonder if her friendship really was enough for him.

As Ichigo was being trained by Urahara, he did not know that far into the town, by one of the most famous brothels, Kuchiki Rukia was praying that he was still alive. She could not help but look at the chain in her hand. It was the same chain that he had given her. After they had been found and Ichigo being stabbed and thrown into the water by Aizen and his man, they brought her to the brothel where she was currently staying, but not before they cut her hair with a knife. She cried and begged Aizen to let her go, but he refused by telling her that as she refused him to take her, he would let other people take her. To him that was a fair punishment as she ran away with his most loyal servant. As he locked the door when he walked away, she could not help but cry.

The sound of knocking returned her to reality. She quickly ran towards the door and checked the locks again. Leaning against the door, she pushed her weight against it so that the door would not open. The knocking became harder until she heard a gasp.

''I TOLD YOU ALL TO LEAVE HER ALONE! IT SEEMS LIKE YOU ALL WANT TO DIE. TELL ME, SHOULD I STABB YOU ALL?''

Rukia sighed out of relief. She was grateful that no one has touched her while she has been staying here for a month. A month since Aizen's man pushed Ichigo into the water, stabbed and hurt. A month since she met Neliel Tu Odelschwanck.

Flashback

When the door opened, Rukia stopped crying and ran to hide herself under the bed. She did not want to stay here and go through the hell that was awaiting her. Hearing the door lock, she bit her tongue so she could not make any noise. But there was something weird. The feet that were in front of her, were feminine anddressed in nice female clothes. Just then she saw a hand reach out to her.

''Come on out. You do not have to be afraid of me. Trust me.'' there was something about the voice that soothed her and she peeked from under the bed. Kneeling in front of the bed was a green haired woman who was beautiful. Her hair was long, she had a nice figure which was covered with a white kimono and she had a red birthmark on her forehead that added to her beauty. The woman smiled at her.

''Come.''

Rukia crawled from under the bed, not knowing what to say.

''I am Neliel Tu Odelshwanck, but you can just call me Nel. You do not have to introduce yourself, because unfortunately I know who you are.''

That was all it took for Rukia to start crying again. Nel hugged her while comforting her.

After a while she stopped crying and told Nel everything that happened to her after she and Ichigo had ran away. Nel just gave her a small smile.

''You are very lucky, Rukia.'' Rukia looked up in surprise.

''You know, I was always trying to get Ichigo's attention when I stayed in Aizen's mansion.'' Seeing Rukia's expression change at that last part, Nel chuckled.

''Before I was sent here, I would stay at Aizen's mansion. I was his little plaything, but I always tried to get Ichigo's attention.'' She saw Rukia giving a jealous expression and she laughed.''Don't worry. I made it clear to him that I liked him, but he never gave me his attention. He would ran away whenever he saw me.''

''But why did you let Aizen do those things to you if you were not interested in him?''

Nel shrugged ''To survive. I am an orphan and I used to beg on the streets until Aizen noticed me. I knew what he wanted, but to survive I agreed to it. What made me notice Ichigo was his innocence. He would be so loyal to Aizen and did not know his true character. He thought that I did not mind Aizen with me.''

Rukia nodded ''He did not know that I was fooled to marry Aizen.''

Nel nodded ''I know, I also knew about you two befriending each other. You have no idea how much I prayed that you would be kept away from all of this.''

Rukia looked surprised and frowned. ''How did you know?''

Nel smiled ''Because just like how Ichigo has protected you, I have someone else protecting me. He hated that he could not protect me from Aizen there, but when he got to hear that I was staying here, he has been protecting me ever since. And he kept me updated. That's why I need to tell you something.''

Rukia blinked and Nel continued. ''Don't lose hope. I will help you.''

End flashback

It had been a strange day. Rukia was sitting on the bed while staring into nothingness. She was wondering if her father already knew that the clan elders had fooled her, if he was back into town and what he would do if he heard about what happened. Just then the door was being opened by force. She stood up immediately and glared at the person that entered the room.

''What is the meaning of this?''

''The meaning of this is that a man is coming into his fiancé's room to meet her. I have to say, you look so lovely today that I cannot help but think that you knew that I was going to come.''

She scoffed ''Fiancé, what fiancé?! Don't forget that I was being told that my fiancé would not be someone as disgusting as you.''

His calm demeanor changed for a bit, but he quickly composed himself calmly.

''Oh, that's right.'' he said while walking more closer to her. ''You were thinking that you were going to marry that dog.'' leaning into her, he caressed her chin and she looked away. ''But why do I have the idea that you are still thinking that?''

Her eyes grew wide in surprise and he leaned back. ''What did you think? That I would not know what was happening beneath my roof?''

''I have no idea what you are talking about.'' she muttered.

He chuckled ''I am talking about that dog hanging around you, staying here with you in your room. Meanwhile you keep denying me.''

''He is not a dog. He is more human and more men than you are.''

Aizen raised an eyebrow. ''Really?! It looks like you know what you are talking about? But you don't know me; shall I show you?''

He pushed her on the bed and fell on top of her. Holding her hands while she was struggling to free herself, while screaming for help.

''You can yell al that you want. No one will hear you.'' he told her. But what he did not know is that Ichigo was quickly done with the task that he had given to him in town, because he had a wrong feeling. Walking into the mansion, he heard Rukia yell and he ran to her room. As he saw what Aizen was going to do, he ran and pushed Aizen away. Ichigo pulled Rukia to him and hid her behind him.

Aizen took a second to realize what happened and chuckled. ''Ah, if that is not my most loyal servant Ichigo. Or should I say was ex-loyal servant.''

Ichigo was happy that he had his sword with him when he went into town as he knew that Aizen would not be one of mercy.

''It seems like your relationship is deeper than I thought. It's funny how I did not notice you wearing his necklace.'' Aizen said while looking at the plain silver necklace that was around her neck, before he attacked Ichigo with his sword. Ichigo quickly pushed Rukia away and defended himself with his sword.

As this kept going on, Rukia looked around for something to help Ichigo. She spotted a heavy vase and grabbed it. Waiting for an opening, she hit Aizen's head with the vase.

Aizen lost consciousness and Ichigo took Rukia's hand to pull her with him.

Running quickly to the servant's quarters, he gave Rukia a black shihakusho to change into, just like his own. While she was changing, he was looking for a ribbon. When she came out in the black clothes, he quickly tied her hair to give her a more masculine look and they ran towards the exit. That was not as easy as there were still two guards outside. He pulled out his sword and quickly hit them both unconscious with it. Finally both of them ran away.

Grimmjow Jaegerjaquez was shaking his head as he saw the mansion in front of him. Unbelievable what all could happen in the few days that he was on leave. He had warned Kurosaki to be careful, but he could also not blame him for not trusting him. Grimmjow had actually given Ichigo a lot of reasons not to trust him. But he had to do that. Aizen was not easy to be fooled.

But he was also happy that this hell was going to be over soon. When it would be over, he would take her with him to the mountains. Taking a deep breath, he entered the mansion. Just with his luck, the first person he saw was Nnoitra Jirga. Grimmjow despised the man. In his opinion Nnoitra was a kiss ass to Aizen and was not to be trusted.

''Grimmjow, you are back. How was your leave?''

''Apparently not so eventful like this mansion.'' he shrugged.

''Oh, so you know what happened?''

''Walking through town makes you catch some rumors.''

Nnoitra's grin grew. ''That's right, that's right. Hey, if you know everything, than you must also know that the girl is in the brothel.''

''I figured that out.''

''You know, when I brought her there, I heard another interesting rumor.''

''Good for you.'' Grimmjow said as he walked away until Nnoitra said something that made him stand still.

''Apparently our beloved Neliel is booked by someone who keeps giving more money than is being asked for. The hostess even told me that the highest bidder forbade her to give Neliel to someone else.''

''And?''

''And? I thought that it was interesting to hear that, but I heard something else that was even more interesting.''

''Nnoitra, I am having a hard time to understand why you are telling me this all.'' he told him in a cold voice.

But before Nnoitra could say something, they were interrupted by a third voice.

''Grimmjow, go and see Aizen-sama. He has been waiting for you.'' Ichimaru Gin told him. Grimmjow nodded and walked towards Aizen's office.

Gin turned around and was about to walk away, but Nnoitra stopped him.

''Why did you had to do that?''

''Do what?'' he asked confused.

''I was about to get him, but you stopped me.''

Gin walked towards Nnoitra and gave him a cold smile. '' You think too highly about yourself. If you want to get someone, than you take the right opportunity. Besides the man was registered as Pantera, not as Grimmjow.''

Nnoitra scoffed and walked away while muttering that he pretty well knew who Pantera was.

Ichigo was panting. He knew that Urahara was not weak, but he did not know until now. But that gave him confidence to defeat Aizen.

''Your sword exhibits only fear.'' Urahara told him. ''And when you try to protect someone, you fear letting them die. And that's not it. What you need in battle is not fear. Nothing will come of that.''

Ichigo slowly processed this and held his sword to defend himself as Urahara attacked him again. This time Ichigo attacked him back and the action made Urahara's hat fall on the ground.

Urahara smiled. ''See, you have got it… resolve.''

Ichigo smirked ''It seems so.''

Both swords clashed against each other. ''When you counter, you don't let them cut you.'' Urahara said. For the second time they both clashed their swords against each other. ''When you protect someone, you don't let them die.'' he continued.

He was going to defend himself against Ichigo again, but Ichigo got him which made Urahara lose his hat.

''When you attack… you kill.'' he said while smiling when he closed his eyes.

''Isn't that right, my dear friend?''

''It looks like I arrived at the right time.'' The voice sounded a bit similar to Ichigo and he turned towards the man who made his presence known by standing into the light. Ichigo's eyes grew wide in shock. The man gave him a somber look.

''It's been a long time, Ichigo.''

''Oya-ji?''

The two of them could have escaped if Nnoitra did not pass them one street nearby the mansion. Nnoitra was confused who the small boy was that was walking with the orange dog. He did not remember that there had been a new servant and he knew all of the servants. Confused he walked into the mansion where he heard Aizen yell to others to get his horse ready and for some of the stronger guards to prepare for something.

When he heard what happened, he told Aizen where he had seen them and quickly ran towards his horse to go back to where they were.

Ichigo had already noticed Nnoitra passing them and tried to act cooly. When he saw that Nnoitra was gone, he grabbed Rukia's hand and ran with her. He did not know where to run, but everywhere far from that mansion should have been good. As he noticed that Rukia was getting out of breath he picked her up to run. But then they heard the horses and they did not need to look back to see who it was. They already knew. Quickening his pace he ran, until they arrived at a cliff.

''Yare yare, Aizen-sama. I always told you not to trust that orange mute.'' Nnoitra said.

''Yes, you did. I owe you an apology for not believing you. Ichigo come here, we need a score to settle.''

Ichigo glared at Aizen and shook his head. He looked for a way out. Seeing that there was only one option, he grabbed Rukia's hand and squeezed it. Aizen was losing his cool demeanor by seeing their interaction and jumped of his horse to attack him. Rukia understood what Ichigo was saying with his hand and squeezed his hand in reply.

Do you trust me?

I trust you.

He waited for Aizen to arrive near him and walked backwards with Rukia. It looked like he fell from the cliff with her in the water.

Aizen and his man could only see the two bodies that were drifting with the water. But both were not moving.

''I want to see their bodies before I will believe that they are gone.'' Aizen muttered and his man nodded.

''You can keep staring all that you want, but that is not going to change what you are seeing?'' Kurosaki Isshin told his son.

Ichigo scoffed. ''You mean that my father is still alive while I kept thinking that he was dead?''

''I can understand that you are angry at me. But don't think that it was easy for me! Did you think that I was happy to hear that the person who killed my wife, tried to kill me was raising up my son?''

''Why did you not come back?''

''Because it would be too dangerous for you. Aizen thought that you were no danger to him. If he found out that I was still alive, he would have killed you and while he did not kill me, he had weakened me a lot. When he nearly killed me, I ended up in a coma. I woke up nine months later and by then he had put you under his roof. So I needed time to train and for you to realise who he was. But Kisuke and I knew that it was a matter of time before you found out his true nature. We just kept waiting for the right moment.''

Ichigo turned towards Urahara. ''Is he the help that you are talking about?''

Urahara smirked. ''Yes, amongst all the others. The help for your beloved is someone else. Aizen made the mistake to make so many enemies.''

Ichigo frowned. ''When are you going to tell me who the other ones are that are going to help?''

''When it's time.''

And that's the ending of the first chapter. I hope that you guys liked it. For this I have used a lot of Urahara's lines when he was training Ichigo for Soul Society. Please let me know what you guys think of it.