Where have I been? I've been scavenging the underworld, of course! Lol I finished school, then I wrote for my other fic and made a one shot called Dreamy Reality. Go check it out! You don't have to though, but it is Grimmichi.

Anyway, I know it took a long time, but I was really trying to figure out how to move the story along without missing anything. And I think I figure it out?

Well you be the judge of that, I won't old you against it though.

Please enjoy!

Again: Sorry for any grammar mistakes

Disclaimer: I don't own these beautiful creatures.

"Make a left," the monotone static voice ordered. The listener complied and made a left, her body being coated in all black spandex, excluding her golden eyes. One person followed behind her, stealthy as to not make a noise. "Up ahead is the door where you'll need the first key," He spoke again like it was an ordinary Thursday. "Roger." The feminine voice whispered, taking out a set of keys, looking for the one labeled one. With a quick motion she put the key in its socket and turned, grateful when she heard a small click, telling her that it opened. She pushed the door open, warry of what could be on the other side. When she deemed it clear she proceeded forward.

"There's a secret door to your right. Press the third tile to the upper left corner. There are two guards coming your way. She quickly did as she was told, like promised, a small passageway opened, the three girls getting inside with the bricks forming back together. "Can you still here me?"

"Yes."

"Then keep forward and make a left at the fork. I have never been through these passages, so I am hoping that Gin did not give us false information."

"Roger that," The busty woman complied as she made her way down, hoping that Gin wasn't a total bastard.

It was a normal Thursday for the Kurosaki residence. Tuesday and Wednesday were days like any other. Spending it with their friends and relaxing on a regular summer day. Ichigo himself could not believe how calm it was. It's as if everything prior to the day never happened and he was just perfectly… giddy, for a lack of a better word. But that giddy feeling is probably due to the teal haired Greek god that was plastered at his side. He was able to leave and have a day off from his current job. His father telling him that he is currently not needed. Grimmjow felt that something was about to happen, but he didn't want to pry into his father's business if he really didn't have to. So instead he took the offer to leave and decided he would spend the day with Ichigo.

Or so he thought.

Nel had heard of him having the day off, so she thought it would be, put in her own words, "A swell Idea," If she and Nnoitra spend the day with Grimmjow and Ichigo, to his annoyance he shut that idea down, but Nel wasn't taking no for an answer. And Ichigo, being the semi-dense boy that he was, didn't get that it was a double date, Grimmjow partly blaming himself since he never clarified that it was a double date, Invited Shiro and Shinji along.

So now it was just a big group sitting on the outside deck of a café around a round table, so that everyone can see each other clearly and it makes it easier to talk to each other.

Ichigo sat there, smiling to himself, thinking that it was just a wonderful day. Happy that the crazy stuff is behind them and wishes it could be this peaceful for a while. He knew that it probably won't be, him now dating a yakuza, his brother dating a yakuza, he himself is the son of a, you guessed it, yakuza. He knew that hardships were slowly creeping his way. He didn't know what it would be, but he surely knew it was going to happen. So until then, he decided that he would just live his life.

And when the time for hardship comes, he will deal with it.

Ichigo was brought out of his thoughts when he heard Nel ask Shinji about Friday night, his smiled growing a bit knowing that it was probably about Shiro's and his birthday.

"I already have all the decorations. It's just a matter of going in that morning to set it all up. It shouldn't take that long though," Shinji grinned, pride seething out of him because he knew he was doing something awesome. "Oh! Do you need help? I can come and give you a hand!" Nel chipped. "Actually yea, if you don't mind," Shinji leaned onto his arm. "It's no problem! Nnoitra will come too, right?" Nel looked up expectantly towards Nnoitra who looked down at her like she grew another head. "The fuck? No," He shut down quickly. Nel tilted her head to the side and smiled towards him, her eyes shutting in what only looked like a loving smile.

But Nnoitra knew better.

"You'll come help out…right?" Nel asked once more. Nnoitra tsked and turned to the side, not giving her an answer but Nel knew that was his way of saying yes.

There were some perks of being the Daughter of Yakuza and Nel learned that at an early age.

Everyone chuckled at the little scene, Shiro talking about how it was going to be a great party, Grimmjow silent when the albino started talking about how he got Ichigo the greatest thing ever. Ichigo retorted saying that it probably wasn't that great which gave Shiro a victory smile, because he knew it was.

Grimmjow stayed silent as they continued talking, his mind thinking about gifts to get Ichigo. And lucky for him, he already knew from a very long time ago what he wanted to get the berry.

"Hey, I just remembered I have something I have to do, so I'll catch you guys later," Grimmjow said as he stood up. "So suddenly?" Nel pouted. "Yea. It's important, so I have to go," Ichigo looked up at him with concern. "Don't worry, it's nothing bad," Grimmjow smirked when he looked down at his lover, the red head blushing for the fact that he was so easy to read. "I'll see you tomorrow then?" Grimmjow bent down and placed a kiss on Ichigo's cheeck. "Yea. I'll text ya," Grimmjow said as he turned around. "See ya losers," Grimmjow smirked as he walked away, Shinji and Shiro yelling at him that he's a bastard and has no class.

"Hey! Let's go to the arcade!" Nel chimed as she stood up. "It's been a while since I've been to one!" Everyone had to agree with Nel, thinking of when the last time they've also been to one was. With a swift motion, they all got up and left the table, the lot of them passing the gate and making their way to the arcade, a pair of light blue analyzing eyes watching them walk down the street.

Aizen looked up when he heard a knock at his door and turned to Tousen, the man who was in charge of telling him if had guest or appointments that were to be met. Tousen had shook his head, his hand holding onto the base of his katana, telling Aizen that he had no clue as to who could be behind the door. Aizen sighed and opened one of his drawers slightly, placing his hand inside as he held onto the base of his gun.

"Come in," His voice spoke smoothly through the summer air. The door clicked open and Aizen sighed at the woman strutting up to his desk, with that pearly white smile he loathed. He removed his hand from his gun closing the drawer once again as he looked up at the woman in distaste.

"And to what do I owe the pleasure. Surely you decided this time not to bring trouble with you?" Aizen spoke up as he started to type away at his computer, finding whatever he found on the screen interesting as he let out a little hum to himself. "Surely you jest! If anyone has trouble following behind them I would say it was you," The blonde stopped right in front of his desk, turning herself around as she sat herself atop it, much too Aizens annoyance. "Hallibel," Aizen was good at hiding his irritation. "Speak your business and be gone," he leaned onto his vacant hand, his other hand clicking the minus button so that whatever was on his screen disappeared.

"We haven't spoken in more than 3 years and this is how you treat me?"

"Well with all due respect. The last time we had an encounter you practically, no, the actual word is you did leave me for dead. If it wasn't for Tousen I might not have gotten out of there alive," Aizen uncharacteristically grumbled. "It couldn't be helped. You know I am not one to lift my finger when it's not needed. If I can prevent myself from fighting, then I will do just that. I am street smart, and that situation called for an immediate evacuation," Hallibel argued as she lifted up her nails to look at them as if she did nothing wrong, and in her book, she didn't.

"Why are you here?" Aizen wanted to change the conversation and by the look Hallibel gave him she was willing to comply. "I've come to make a proposition," She started. "Emory has done something very unforgivable to me," Hallibel turned and placed a finger under Aizens chin making sure he was looking straight at her. "And what better way to get back at him by working with someone he hates with all his being," Hallibel wickedly smiled lovingly. "That is quite the interesting proposition. And tell me, why should I say yes. We've worked together once before and that ended up in flames," Aizen grabbed her hand, removing it from his face. "That was a test run. We were feeling out each other's border. We were both very passionate about our work, so we lost sight of what our teamwork could have been. But if we team up, not only will we have double the force, but we can use each other to gain what we truly want," Hallibel stood up and turned, placing her hands at the edge of the desk and leaning forward. "And I know how much you just love to use people," She smirked, her pink glossed lips reaching her eyes in acknowledgement.

Aizen looked at her disinterested, but he had to admit to himself that Hallibel was right. He did like using people. Especially when they can easily be thrown away. He leaned back in his chair and intertwined his fingers in thought. He didn't take Hallibel for a liar. The times when they did work together she was nothing but truthful, but something didn't sit right with him as he looked at the busty woman in front of him. He sighed to himself, wondering what exactly she was planning and decided the only way to find out was to have her. Of course, he would make sure someone was placed to follow her, but he wouldn't tell her that.

"And how do I know you are not scheming something?" Aizen put his arm on the armrest, laying his head on his fist. "You wound me. I would never do anything that could possibly harm me or my company. And you should know that," Hallibel stood up straight and crossed her arms. "Well surely there must be a way for you to prove your loyalty to me," Hallibel stood there and calculatedly watched Aizen.

She knew it wouldn't be that easy to get on his side, but she was prepared for this. "What if I told you I held some valuable information on how to perfect the Hogyoku?" The woman smirked pleasingly when Aizen gave her and interested look.

"Talk"

::+::

Monday Evening

"You want me to what?" Urahara squinted his eyes at Hallibel, Kaien had just walked back into the room after talking with Gin. He watched as everyone was silent, except for Hallibel and Urahara who looked like they were in a heated conversation. "You need to tell me how to perfect the Hogyoku," she demanded. "And what would you need that information for?"

"Have you all forgotten that you are dealing with Aizen here? The man who will make you show him your loyalty before he brings you to his team. And even then, he keeps an eye on you to make sure that you are not faltering in anyway. I need information. Information that will make not make him think twice of my unloyalty towards him. And the only way to do that is by telling him how to perfect the Hogyoku," She explained.

The room fell silent once again, everyone skeptical but silently agreeing with what Hallibel had to say. Aizen was not a man to mess with, and anyone who betrayed his loyalty…well let's just say there were never seen again. Hallibel being the only exception because her hiding skills were extraordinary. She only comes out when she wants to be found, so in a sense, the fact that she was standing there before everyone was luck playing on their side.

"Why can't we just have Ulquiorra go in and hack his system so that we can get that information?" Soifon asked from Yoruichis side on the wall. Ulquiorra sighed as he shook his head in disapproval. "That is sadly not possible. Aizen had made me create a program that would prevent people from hacking into his personal files, and if by chance someone did manage to get it, it would send their coordination's to him so that he would know where they are and where they are going. I could uninstall the program, but if I were to do that, Aizen would know right away that it was me," Ulquiorra started.

"And I believe that him knowing it was me would be a hindrance to our plan, correct?" he added with sarcasm, it being lost due to his monotone voice.

"Geesh, I'm glad this guy's on our team," Kenpachi chuckled to himself.

"I understand that giving him such information will be dangerous, but I trust that we can bring him down before he finds what to do with it. I have my task in this mission, and that is to get all the documents I can to prove how terrible of a man Aizen is. I've worked with him longer than any of you, so I know more about how he does things. And in order for me to do that, I have to prove to him that I am loyal," the blonde finished. Urahara sighed behind his fan, looking over to Kaien, the man nodding his head in a silent approval. He reached inside his Hakama and pulled out a USB.

"I am currently working on a cure for the Hogyoku so that anyone who was exposed to it can revert back to their original state as if they never once took the drug, and to do that I had no choice but to dig up the original formula. Everything related to the creation of the Hogyoku is in this," the man walked towards Hallibel, staring up at her, the man hating that she was taller than him. Hallibel stuck out her hand and Urahara placed it nicely on her hand. "This will definitely help in your task. But I'm only going to say this once. After you give this to him, you have about 2 hours max to find the information we are looking for. Aizen works quick. And once he gets his hands on this, he will quickly utilize it," Urahara turned back and took his place back next to Yoruichi.

"So please hurry on your task."

::+::

Hallibel leaned up and took out a small black USB from her back pocket. She placed it down and slid it in front of Aizen, the man looking at it quizzically before stretching out his arm to grab it. He turned it in his hand, wondering what was so important about this USB. "In that USB holds all the information used to create the Hogyoku. I know this because Urahara was stupid enough to tell me. So I thought what better way to show you my loyalty than to steal it right from under that idiot's hands," Hallibel smiled triumphantly as she watched how Aizen slowly smiled in a pleasing manner.

"It seems you are more useful than you show," Aizen stood up from his seat, walking around his desk towards the door, Tousen high on his tail. Hallibel turned to watch Aizen as he opened the door. "You have just given me everything I need to take over this cruel pathetic world. Thank you for your services," Aizen smiled as he turned and headed out the door.

"I do not know what you are planning. But know that I have my eyes on you," The blind man threatened as he too, walked out, hurrying after Aizen. Hallibel scoffed, the woman looking around to see if there were any cameras. She took out her phone and quickly sent a text to Ulquiorra, the man quickly returning the text telling her that she can continue her mission. She huffed and strutted over to the desk Aizen was once occupying. She looked through his drawers, the only thing sticking out, a key with the code 0717. She took a picture of all the possible sides and sent it to Ulquiorra.

She closed the drawer once again and clicked on the keyboard bringing the computer to life. "Your strive for power will be the end of you Aizen," She murmured to herself. "Now what do I have to do to find out where you keep your important documents," She said as she clicked around the computer screen, looking for things that seemed relevant. She noticed that all the files name were a simple letter, consisting of two A's, an M, a K, an S and an I. She looked at it for a second and wondered if it could mean something. Knowing Aizen this wasn't on purpose. She started to rearrange the letters so that they came up with some form of word, but nothing made sense.

She stared at the letters once more, remembering the name that Emory said to Gin. She looked at the letters questioningly one more time and rearranged the letters so that it will form a name. "Masaki…," She whispered to herself, a box coming up, telling her that a code was required. Knowing Aizen she felt like the password could be complex, but she knew better. She typed in "Yourking" into the box and as she thought, Aizen was actually quite the simple man. With a victorious smirk she took out another USB she had hidden in her bra and plugged it into the computer dragging all the new files that had appeared on the screen into it, alongside the original files just in case. She ejected the USB, putting it back in her bra and returned the pc screen to the way it was before she had started to mess with it. She heard someone open the door and she quickly hid under the desk.

"Tsk. He's not here," The gruff tone spoke from the door. "Perhaps he is in the lab?" a soft yet groggy tone spoke from the same spot. "This is bad. How the hell are we supposed to tell him that Ulquiorra has gone missing? That kid knows way too much to be walkin' around,"

"It amazes me that we have not noticed until now. Only the heavens would be able to tell us where he has gone. Or perhaps he has been abducted?" Hallibel peeked over the desk, hoping they weren't looking in her direction. She was able to spot out that one of them was Ggio Vega. Someone she knew to be very loyal to Aizen.

"Regardless. The fact the fucker was just able to up and leave is a problem. I keep telling Aizen that we have too many people. He should get rid of some of them. It's too fucking hard to keep track of all a them!" Ggio grunted, scratching at his hair in irritation. "I do agree that there are quite more than needed here. And he even got Kensei to work under him. I believe that something terrible is going to happen soon," The older man, who Hallibel now realized was Barragan, spoke with a sigh. "Shit. This is fucking annoying. Come on. Let's go make sure that no one has seen Ulquiorra one more time before we tell Aizen," Ggio huffed as he walked out of the room. "I fear for the worst," Barragan whispered under his breath as he closed the door and followed after Ggio.

Hallibel slowly got up from underneath the desk, making sure that they were really gone. When she saw it was clear she quickly ran to the door and slowly opened it, peeking in the direction that she could see. When she saw that it was clear she opened it up a bit wider peeking in the other direction. She deemed it safe to leave and made her exit out of the building, hoping that she won't bump into anyone that she deems problematic.

"Fuck this shit!" Shiro yelled as he grudgingly got up from his seat in front of one of those fighting games, Ichigo on the other side watching him with interest. "What's wrong? Getting tired of getting your ass kicked?" Shiro gave his younger sibling a threatening glare. "Come on. You almost had me that time. 24 times the charm?" Ichigo snickered. "I didn't know Itsygo was so evil," Nel whispered to herself in amazement, Nnoitra and Shinji who were beside her, heard her comment. "Ichigo is actually a very competitive gamer and a terrible boaster. But the sad thing is we can't even get mad cause the kid is really good at video games. Especially if it requires kicking somebody's ass," Shinji explained with a sigh when Shiro gave in to Ichigo's teasing and challenged him once again to a battle.

"I'm seeing a whole new side to him. I'm sure Grimmy would love to see this," Nel said taking out her phone. "Don't even bother. The blue cat already knows. He's lost to Ichigo more than he would like to admit," Nnoitra spoke up and sighed when Shiro got up again to curse out his brother. "Maybe he knew we were coming to the arcade and left because he didn't want to be embarrassed," Nel gasped. "I wouldn't blame him," Shinji chuckled.

"Fuck you! Fuck this game! Fuck this arcade! Fuck everything!" Shiro huffed, onlookers feeling bad for the man since they all witness his defeat…now 24 times. "Aww come on. You can't hate the player. I was just doing my part. It's not my fault you suck so bad," Ichigo snaked his arm over Shiro's shoulder, his hand going up to ruffle his ash white hair. "Fuck you!" the albino yelled in irritation as he smacked his arm away, walking off in the process. Ichigo followed him, trying to cheer him up but failing because he was having too much fun teasing him.

"I don't know why he even plays against him. This happens every time," Shinji sighed as he turned around along with Nel and Nnoitra, following after Ichigo and Shiro who was still yelling at his brother to fuck off. "Has Itsygo ever just let him win?" Nel pondered. "Shiro told him never to let him win. He wants to win because he got good," Shinji answered. "I believe in you Shishi!" Nel whispered to herself as she pumped up her hands in front of her.

"If I buy you some ice cream will you forgive me?" Ichigo turned to his older twin brother, now wanting to make the kid happy. "Triple fucking scoops with two different toppings, Kurosaki!" Shiro hmphed as he crossed his arms and pouted in anger. "Anything for you," Ichigo chuckled as he stopped and turned to look at his friends. "Wanna stop for some ice cream?"

"Oh! I want ice cream!" Nel chipped as she ran up to Ichigo and Shiro excitedly, the red head patting her head. "Whatever will get Shiro to shut the hell up," Shinji smirked, his large teeth making a toothy appearance. "Fuck you!" Shiro cried, grabbing for his phone when the contraption started vibrating. He turned it on and saw that it was a message from Gin, his demeanor changing completely. He texted back the fox, getting a strange look from Shinji. "The fuck? Why did he suddenly get so giddy?" Shinji sounded disgusted. "Huh?" Ichigo turned to look at the albino, noticing he was now happier. "Oh, he's probably talking to Gin," Ichigo said like it was normal as he started to walk again, a perfect pace set so that he didn't fall too far behind Shiro but he also didn't leave his friends behind.

"Gin? Who the fuck is Gin?" Shinji questioned, baffled at the name he didn't know. "His boyfriend," Ichigo shrugged nonchalantly. "Shiro has a boyfriend?!" Nel and Shinji both yelled, the small girls interest piqued at this revelation. "Yes?" Ichigo couldn't really understand why they were so shocked. It's normal to have a boyfriend, right?

"You mean to tell me that someone was able to tame, that wild beast?" Shinji pointed at the beast as he looked at Ichigo in astonishment. "Oh," was all Ichigo could say, a small chuckle following him. "I guess you could say that…," Ichigo rubbed the back of his neck in thought. "Well when the fuck are we gonna meet this monster tamer?" Shinji spat in excitement, wanting to know what type of person could make Shiro look like…Shinji turned his head to see that Shiro was now skipping without a care in the world….that. "Hmm…Not sure, but I think we'll be meeting him sooner than you think," Ichigo slyly smirked to no one in particular. Shinji looked at him confused and just sighed knowing that he wasn't going to get a solid answer.

"Wow, I've never seen Shishi like this before. It's amazing," Nel gawked. "Well, Love makes you act differently I guess," everyone agreeing with Ichigo as they continued to head off to the ice cream shop, blue eyes silently calculating them from afar.

Grimmjow walked into what was probably the fifth jewelry store that evening. He had a vision. A vision for a certain type of accessory that for some reason was taking him longer to find than he thought. When he was still in High School he remembered seeing them in a silk black box, thinking that he really wanted to get them for Ichigo, knowing that he would like it. He paraded the store, regretting that he did not buy them back then, or more like couldn't because he suddenly left for Germany.

I should have bought them before I left, so I would at least have them! Grimmjow yelled at himself, realizing that this store too, did not have what he was looking for.

"Sir is there anything I can help you with?" The man at the counter asked. Grimmjow looked at him angrily, the poor man jumping in a fright. Grimmjow had prevented from talking to any of the clerks with his problem due to the fact that he found it really embarrassing for a man to ask for such a thing, but he was tired of visiting so many stores and coming up with nothing. He swallowed his pride and angrily strode over to the guy behind the counter, the clerks' eyes closing in fear, his frame shaking from the thought that that this customer might hit him or something. When nothing happened he slowly opened his eyes and saw that the blue haired customer had his phone held up with something on the screen. He looked up confused at Grimmjow, the man marinating a blush on the bridge of his phone.

"Do you know any stores that carry these?!" He yelled, the man jumping once again as he quickly turned to his computer and started typing away the description of the objects he saw on the man's screen. "It seems that that brand itself has gone out of business sir," The clerk said somberly. "You've gotta be fucking kidding me," Grimmjow spat in disbelief. "It seems so. They went bankrupt two years ago. Most of their Jewelry is long gone," the timid clerk said as he turned the screen of his computer to show Grimmjow. "Shit…What am I going to do. It has to be this…" Grimmjow put his phone back in his pocket and began to turn around but stopped when the clerk spoke out to him once more.

"Um, I'm not sure how important these items are for you. But there is this store in Kitakyushu where you can make custom jewelry, and all the materials are made of stainless steel so that they never rust. I've gotten a few things from there myself and I'm positive if you go and ask them to make those for you they will be able to do it. It's a bit pricey but I promise you it is worth it," The clerk said as he wrote down an address and lifted up the paper. Grimmjow stared at it, grabbing at it and looking at the contents. He turned to look at the clerk, a genuine smile in place. "Thank you," was all he said before he turned around and left the store, the clerk not being to stop himself from thinking that Grimmjows girlfriend was a lucky person.

Grimmjow haled a taxi and told it to go to Tokyo Station, his determination for the perfect gift striding him along.

"The final door is just up ahead," The monotone spoke through the earpiece. "This is where Aizen is hiding them?" Yoruichi asked as she stopped in front of two wooden doors. "If what Kensei and Gin told use then yes. Everyone should be behind there. But that is also where the lab is. Hallibel has told me that once she gave the USB to Aizen he left immediately, so you must trudge with caution. I have never been there, so after you open those doors you are by yourself. Give me the word when you are ready to leave, and I will tell you where the escape passage is," The monotone explained. "I've been doing that this whole time and understood," Yoruichi snickered to herself.

"Yoruichi there is no time, we must hurry. If someone were to come there is only a limited around of space for us to move without being caught," The voice beside her said as she looked up towards the ceiling, thinking of ways to hide in this small hallway and only coming up with two. "Yes, I know Soifon," Yoruichi quickly unlocked the door, inputting the code that Kensei had sent to them, a sad look on her face knowing what those numbers meant. Aizen you bastard, she grunted to herself.

They doors opened up when Yoruichi pressed the enter button, the two girls stepping to the side, using the door as cover in case someone was standing there. Soifon peaked inside, giving Yoruichi the go ahead that it was clear. The both quickly and stealthy made their way inside when the doors started to close.

Yoruichi soaked in the site before her. Rows and rows of jail cells. They walked down them, the people in their cells looking…out of it, for a lack of better word. Yoruichi walked up to one of the cells, noticing that it was one of the people on the missing case files that Ulquiorra had showed them. "I can't believe this…," Yoruichi whispered to herself, the man in front of her looking up quickly, her eyes calculating what he might do next. "Did you….bring me more?" he spoke in a whisper, his voice hoarse from what Yoruichi could only assume from screaming. "More? More of what?" She whispered back. Soifon was beside her, a recorder in her hand as she watched the interaction between the two. He got up and slowly made his way to her. "The Hogyoku. I need more… I need more of it... I can't get enough. I feel free… I want more!" He yelled the last part as he slammed his hands onto the metal bars. Yoruichi stepping away. She quickly slid into a dark corner when she heard voices coming, Soifon following behind her.

"What is all the commotion?" Szayel grunted when he walked out of his office and headed towards the cell that was just occupied. "She's gone. She had it. She didn't give me any,"

"She? We don't have any females on our team. Well…not down here at least," Szayel pondered as to what this test subject was talking about. "The kitty. She didn't give it to me,"

"Now she's a cat? Oh, Aizen is not going like this. We've already lost too many. But I guess since we know how the Hogyoku affects each person individually, another loss is inevitable," Szayel sighed. "Kensei! Come grab him from his cell and bring him to the lab. We can use him for Aizens needs of experimentation," Szayel smiled as he turned to see the white-haired man walk towards him a sour look. "Don't fucking boss me around," Kensei grumbled as he grabbed the keys and headed towards the cell, opening the doors and grabbing the guy by the back of his shirt. "No! NO! I DON'T WANT TO! NOT WITH HIM THERE! HE HURTS ME! HE HURTS ME!" the man struggled against Kenseis grip.

"Oh hush," Szayel hissed as he walked off towards his office again. "If you're lucky, that pain might just go away,"

Kensei looked back when he sensed something, looking at one of the corners in the back. His hazel eyes met that of golden and he nodded as he turned back around and followed Szayel. "Terrible," Soifon whispered to herself as she came out of the shadows, snapping some quick pictures of the cells and what was in it. They both walked towards the office and peaked inside, Soifon taking pictures of what was happening, a frightened scream meeting their ears. "Ulquiorra, get us out," Yoruichi said as she walked away from the archway, Soifon taking a few more pictures before following her.

"Between cells 4 and 5 touch the two tiles in the middle that connect to the cell," he spoke.

Aizen had turned when he heard some ruffling noises and headed towards the archway, stepping out when he saw the empty hall, nothing but cells taking up his vision. "What is wrong Aizen-Dono?" Tousen spoke from inside. "Nothing. Let us continue perfecting our plan for world domination," he smiled as he walked back into the room, the scream from his test subject sounding like music to his ears.

Grimmjow walked in front of what he believed to be one of the prettiest places he's ever seen. The small plaster building was coated in a light orange paint. The roof being this complementary blue. He looked at the piece of paper one more time to make sure this was the right address, the numbers on the side of the building matching up to the ones in his hand. He walked forward, pushing aside the beaded strands there were hanging from the archway. He stood in the what was technically the door way and watched as a small old lady worked around a pot filled with what he thought was some sort of lava.

"I see I have a guest. How may I help you?" the groany, yet smooth voice spoke. "Uh," Grimmjow was brought out of his thoughts and fished for his phone, kneeling down before her and showing her the two accessories one his phone. "Is it possible for you to make this?" Grimmjow asked, a bit worried that the old lady would say no.

"I can make anything, boy." She chuckled when Grimmjow looked at her a bit dumbfounded. "Are these for you and your love one?" Grimmjow nodded. "His birthday is tomorrow, and I knew that I wanted him to have this. But they can't be found anywhere because the distributor went bankrupt. The last jewelry place I went to, the clerk there, he told me about this place and how you'll be able to help me make these," Grimmjow answered as politely as he could. "Hmmm, I see. So my son was the one who sent you here,"

"Son?"

"The only reason I have yet to go out of business is because he sends me customers. He is such a sweet boy. I just wished he stayed and took up this business," She leaned over and put a specialized cradle into the pot, rising it up when she found what she was looking for, a small chain hangs from it. She dropped it carefully in a box of dirt next to her, pouring some water into it. "But yes, to answer your question, I can make those for you. But know that it doesn't come cheap,"

"I am aware of that," Grimmjow watched the steam flow up.

"Do you know the size of his fingers?" The old woman stood up and went behind her to grab some materials, grabbing a measuring tape in the process. "I do," The old woman grabbed his hand to measure his fingers as well. "You must really love this boy," she smiled to herself when she got up again, walking towards the back, Grimmjow blushing in the process. She walked back out and sat across from Grimmjow. "I have all the materials, but since this requires gems and the such it will take me a bit longer," she sighed to herself.

"So when will it be ready by?"

"Sometime late evening of tomorrow?" She rubbed her chin in thought. "You will be able to give it to him before the day is over, I just can't promise you when. Dealing with jewelry is a tedious job. One mistake and I'll have to backtrack a few steps. And I can tell that you really want to make this gift perfect, so I don't want to fail you on this task,"

"I appreciate that Grandma. I guess he wouldn't mind if I'm a little late if it's for a good reason," Grimmjow sighed. "He seems like an understanding one,"

"Yea…he's perfect," Grimmjow rubbed the back of his head when the old lady chuckled. "Well, I should finish this up so that I can go ahead and start on yours," She moved back to the chain and picked it up, grabbing some liquid and a hard sponge as she started to rub at it. "I'll leave you to it then. I'll drop by later to make sure you're still alive," Grimmjow chuckled to himself when she looked at him in distaste. "I'll have you know I have no intentions of dying soon. Not until my son beings me back a wonderful wife and grandchildren," he huffed, shooing Grimmjow out, the man complying with a stifled chuckle.

"Alright. Let's find somewhere to stay for the night," Grimmjow walked off, not noticing the eyes that watched him with distaste.

Ichigo, Shiro and Nel were making their way to the Kurosaki residence. Nels mother, Elizabeth, telling them that she wanted to learn more cooking from Yuzu so she volunteered to watch the little twins while they had their outing. Shinji and Nnoitra had left earlier that day after the ice cream. Nnoitra being called over by Emory and Shinji, going to the club to make sure everything was in order and wanting to set up the easy stuff that only needed one person.

Ichigo walked up the pathway, his keys jingling in his hands but before he could open the door himself, the door swung open and a pair of arms wrapped around Ichigo's waist. "Ichi-nii! Welcome back!" Yuzu smiled as she removed herself to go hug Shiro. "How was the outing?" She smiled, Shiro swooning because she was just too precious. "It was great. Ichigo made me angry but it's all good now since he treated me to some ice cream.

"Beat him in arcade games again?" Karin spoke from the door way, her hands lifting up in a fist. "You know it," Ichigo bumped it in acknowledgement. "Awesome,"

"Not Awesome!" Shiro cried as they all went inside the house, Ichigo closing the door behind them. "Being humiliated is not awesome!" Shiro cried as he went to the couch and sat down. "Welcome home boys. I hope you had a wonderful outing," Elizabeth walked out of the kitchen cleaning her hands with a small rag. "Yuzu and I made dinner if you guys would like to eat something. Oh, where'd Grimmjow go?" She asked as she saw that her son was missing. "He said he suddenly had something important to do and up and left," Nel explained. "That boy. Always wondering around. I'll go give him a call," Elizabeth said as she stepped back into the kitchen.

"So Shiro-nii, Ichi-nii, what would you like to do for your birthday?" Karin chipped up from behind Shiro as she leaned onto the back of the couch. Ichigo sat in the loveseat, Nel sitting down near Shiro, Yuzu between them. "Well, Shinji is throwing us a party but that's not till later in the day tomorrow. So you'll have us for the morning and most of the evening," Ichigo explained. "That's all we need," Yuzu chimed, Shiro rubbing her hair.

"Alright, you lot. Come on and eat. I'm sure you'd all like a nice meal," Elizabeth smiled as she walked back out of the kitchen. "Yay! Food!" Shiro yelled as he made his way towards the kitchen, everyone following after. "Did you hear from Grimmy?" Nel spoke up silently to her mother, the two of them stopping before heading into the kitchen. "Ah, he said he was in Kitakyushu,"

"Kitakyushu?! What the heck is he doing all the way over there?!" She yelled in a whisper. "Said something about how he needed to find something," she shrugged. "Did he say what it was?" Elizabeth shook her head. "He said he should be back later tomorrow before telling me he had to go because something was happening,"

"I hope he'll be able to make it in time for Itsygos' birthday party," Elizabeth tapped Nel on the back as they both made their way into the kitchen, putting on smiles for the Kurosaki children.

"I hope so too dear,"

Grimmjow hung up the phone call with his mother when he saw that there were two goons standing in front of the jewelry store of the old lady, the grandma herself yelling at them to get off her property.

"I've told you once, and I've told you twice. I have no intention of selling my house to you. So begone!" She swung her broom stick towards them. "Listen old lady, yer gonna die soon anyway. So might as well give us the store. We know that kid a yours ain't ever comin' back. We'll put the place to good use, yea?" one of the goons said as he grabbed the broom stick as it swung down towards him.

"He'll come back when he wants to. And when he does, this store, our house, will be here waiting for him!" She snatched the broomstick back from him, her eyes sneered at the men before her. "Peh. Don't make us get rough old hag. Just give us the fucking deed," the other goon slowly walked up to her.

"Is there a problem here, mom?" Grimmjow walked up beside her, the two goons eyeing the man in suspicion. "Mom? Who the fuck are you? You ain't her kid,"

"And who's ta say I ain't? Do you have my birth certificate?" Grimmjow spat. "Who the fuck do ya think yer talkin' to, huh?!" the goon grabbed Grimmjows collar and brought him down, the goon getting more angry at the fact that he was taller than him. "Stop! Leave my son alone! He has done nothing wrong!" The old lady caught on and played along. "Junpei, you mustn't get into fights," she said as she pushed the goon away with her broomstick, the goons looking at Grimmjow in disbelief. "Junpei? This fucker is Junpei? No way!" one goon yelled in disbelief.

"Yea. I'm Junpei. And I'm only going to say this once," He grabbed both of their collars, lifting them off the ground. "If you ever come and bother my mother again, I'll put a bullet through yer head," He whispered in their ears. He let them go and the goons bolted. "You're gonna hear from us again!"

"Wait till we tell the boss! Yer dead, Junpei!" The goons yelled in their haste to escape. Grimmjow stuck out his tongue and gently pushed the old lady inside the house. "You okay, Grandma?"

"Yes, I'm fine. Thank you for helping me," She sat herself down on one of the cushions, Grimmjow sitting in front of her. "What was that about?"

"There are these stupid loan sharks that go around trying to kick people out their houses. Most of the buildings here have already been purchased by them but I refuse to sell my home to them. I've been in this house since I was but a child. And I continued to live here after my parents passed away, and after I had my son Junpei. I refuse to give up a place with such memories," She sighed in an explanation. "They continue to harass me, even sending goons like you've just seen to stir me up and get to me. But I refuse to back down. If they want this house then they are going to have to kill me first," She finished.

"I see. If you'd like, I can help you get rid of them," Grimmjow volunteered. "Surely nothing illegal is what you are planning," the old lady squinted her eyes in suspicion. "You wound me," Grimmjow chuckled. "Well…If you can get them to leave me alone then I'd be in your debt. How about I let you stay here for the trouble?"

"That's be great! Because all the places I went to are booked for the night," Grimmjow grinned. "Then I would be wise to assume that you haven't had dinner yet," she stood up and headed towards the stairs to the side. "Come, the actual house is upstairs,"

"You are a lifesaver, Mom," Grimmjow chuckled.

"I would say the same to you, Junpei,"

The room was quiet. Emory and Isshin staring at the developed pictures in front of them. One in particular was Aizen stabbing a needle into what could only be the eye of the persons he was hunched over for. They had listened to the recordings that Soifon took, hating that Aizen was doing what he was doing.

"So, now that we know he's doing this shit, we can go in and kickass right?" Kenpachi grunted from the couch. "No. We can't just barge in there. We need an exact plan. We don't know what Aizen is planning. And now that he has the full ingredients for the Hogyoku we have to do this diligently so that we get that back too. If it gets in the wrongs hands it's like it never ended," Urahara spoke up from the window. "I agree. First thing we need to do is send this to the police so that they can come up with a search warrant," Byakuya chipped. "Hallibel, before we hand all this over, could you send me a copy of all the files? If they have files on how it affects their blood I feel that it could be useful towards my research," Urahara spoke. "Yes of course. I'll go now and make some copies," Hallibel stood and grabbed the USB, Urahara following behind her as they left the room.

"Once everything is organized we can give this into the chief in command. If all goes well, tomorrow will be the day when everything is over," Emory sighed to himself as he continued to go through the pictures. "I hope so. I can't stand anymore of this," Kaien sighed from across the room. "Where's Gin?" Isshin asked as he took a quick over around the room. "He said Aizen was calling him so he had to go back," Toshiro spat in disgust.

"I see. Hopefully once this is all over, none of us will ever have to hear from Aizen again," He sighed.

"What will you do now brother?"

"Ulquiorra and I are going to figure out what that key is for that Hallibel sent him," Ulquiorra stood up with his laptop in hand when he heard his name, knowing he was now needed. "May I join you?" Kaien asked. "The more brain power the faster you can come to a conclusion. That's what dad always told us right?" Isshin laughed and ruffled his little brothers head. "Yea. You can join us. Let's go Ulquiorra, the faster we figure it out, the faster we can see what that key is hiding," he left the room along with the other two boys, the door closing behind him.

"Are you going to tell him about what Gin said?" Yoruichi spoke up quietly from her seat next to Kenpachi. Emory stayed silent for a second, leaning back in his chair with a sigh. "Not yet…I don't think it's time yet. He already has so much on his plate. I want Aizen to be put in jail so we can interrogate him correctly to figuring out who exactly killed Masaki…"

"I think that is a wise decision…" Yoruichi agreed.

"I just hope that everything will go as planned," Byakuya spoke up in a sigh, everyone agreeing to his statement, hoping that tomorrow really will be the end of Aizen.

Soooo, Watcha think? This was a fun chapter to write because everyone is doing their own thing, whether very peaceful or actiony someone is doing something. Plus I feel like this was a very good build up.

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Anyway, I really hope you guys enjoyed this chapter and I'll try not to make you wait so long on the next one.

Until then.

Ciaosu~!