Chapter 23 – Finding out From Kon, that's One Family, Children and Brother's Lover Have Been Kidnapped by Aizen (Ichigo's Part) and Finding Out What One's Lover Has Done and Forced to Watch as One's Lover Goes with the Enemy to Protect the One's They Love from Harm (Kenpachi Part)

Ichigo's P.O.V

Something is not right. Usually, Karin or Yuzu, would have answered the door by now, as I stand on the porch – after waking up from last night's lovemaking, I had decided to visit my family and see how they were doing – then feeling trepidation, place a hand on the door knob, turning.

The door swings open to reveal an empty hallway, which makes me step inside and closing the door behind me, walk to the main dining area seeing that they are not in there at all. A muffled thud, makes me look up at the darkened stairs and heart, starting to thud against my ribcage, I grab the baseball bat then head up the stairs, coming to the landing.

I can't breathe, when I see the sight that greets me and see that their scratches on the wall from where someone had been trying to escape, while blood had come from somewhere as I hope that it wasn't Karin's or Yuzu's then muffled thud, sounds again coming from my bedroom.

I head to it, seeing that the door had been kicked, causing it to splinter into two and that laying on the ground was one of Yuzu's clips, which I pick up as the muffled thud, sounds again. It is coming from the closet and going to it, I hold the baseball with one hand as I open the door with my other hand to reveal a fully bandaged Kon, which makes me drop it.

I grab hold of him, placing him on my bed and unwrap the duct tape from around him then he soon hugs me tight to him, bursting straight into tears which makes me shift him up, so he is on my chest.

"Kon, what happened here? Where's Dad, Yuzu and Karin?" I ask him, which makes him pull his head back and he points to a note on my table, which makes me turn fully around then go up to it as I see that it is addressed to me.

I place him down, on the table and opening it fold it out as I begin to read what it says as my hands soon clench tightly, feeling tears form starting to plip onto the paper in large as I place my hand to my mouth. I can't speak at all, because of what it said.

Kurosaki, Ichigo

If you want to save your family or children or Grimmjow and Renji, then come alone to the abandoned Temple.

You know which one I mean. I saw you that day, watched as he took you inside and of course made love to you inside, on that golden blanket.

You think, someone wouldn't notice it. I've been watching you, ever since you came to the Soul Society, when you were raped by that unknown man and of course, becoming pregnant with his children.

You have a choice, come alone or maybe wait until your Lover arrives.

Sosuke, Aizen

"Ichigo, what are…. you going to do? You can't go behind Kenpachi's back." Kon says, to me and grabbing the letter, I grip it tightly in my hands and can feel myself starting to cry, heavily with tears that run down my cheeks in thick rivulets then look at him.

"THEN WHAT TO I DO, KON?" I shout the question at him, making him flinch away from me and unclenching my hands, I place my hands to my sides the answer his question. "I can't lose them again. I can't lose them, like last time and it's the only way to keep him from hurting them any further."

I head out, going down the stairs and wiping away the tears from my eyes, head to the front door then opening it, I step out leaving it wide open behind me. I know what I was doing was wrong.

I shouldn't be going to the Abandoned Temple to meet Aizen, who could try and kill the fourth child growing within me then keep on walking down the street, heading to the area of the crop of trees, in the far distance, where the Abandoned Temple was located, feeling that each step I took that it was taking me, further away from Kenpachi.

Kenpachi's P.O.V:

"KENNNPACHI!?"

A voice shouts, coming from the main front door of Urahara-san's shop, while I talking to Shiro about why would Renji, suddenly disappear and turn my face to see that it was Kon. He is breathless, covered in road dust and looking like he had been covered in duct tape as well then, he comes up to me, handing me a letter which I bend down to take off him.

I open it, starting to read it and soon I'm griping it tightly in my hands, feeling my body start to tremble in shock that Aizen, was already in the Human world. He had managed to get past the defences that Shiro, had placed on the house and Urahara-san's for the shop, while the letter falls out of my hands as my heart, pounds against my ribcage then look down at Kon.

"Kon, where is Ichigo? Tell me, now." I said, which makes him walk out and I follow him as he points up to the crop of trees, where the abandoned Temple was located then grabbing hold of him, place him on his shoulder.

I start to run, causing people into the street to jump out the way and others shout things at me, that I don't pay attention to as I jump over a car's hood that comes screeching to a halt, making the driver shout out his car window as I keep on running, Kon holding on tightly with his paws I reach the empty street that Ichigo's House, was on.

I run past it, not thinking to stop and soon Ikkaku and Yumichika, appear beside me as I keep on running, faster than I have ever run before. My heart is pounding against my ribcage, like it was threatening to escape from my own chest and the blood is boiling in my ears as I reach the steps, speeding up them to get to the top in time

I reach the top step, shifting to my Shinigami form and suddenly, feel a slash of a sword across my cheek which makes me flash-step to one side then see that Aizen, is standing there with Ichigo, being held tightly by him then I rush towards, reaching out towards Ichigo, only to feel a large fist suddenly punch me straight in the gut, knocking the breath out of my lungs.

"Uhhh…gawk!?…." I lift my head up, seeing a large Arrancar is smirking down at me and pulls his fist away, while I bring my sword out then slash at his arm, but he grabs hold of it in his hand.

"Yumi, sort him out." I hear, Aizen saying and suddenly I'm punched in the face, causing Ichigo to struggle in Aizen's grip and try to reach me as I feel through our Bond – Distress, Concern and Fear – while I stumble, backwards.

Blood plips down on the ground, which makes me bring my hand up and wipe it away with the back of my hand as I straighten – still wincing slightly, though – then flash-step, behind them pulling my sword out, stabbing into their back and right through their throat.

I look at Aizen, who still holding Ichigo and bringing my sword out, hold out it in front of me, the blood of the large Arrancar, dropping onto the ground from my sword in slow motion as I feel my Spiritual Pressure rising inside me, whipping out at Aizen, who tenses slightly.

"Let him go, Aizen. NOW." I say, soon shouting the words and suddenly feel movement beside me as suddenly a large hand – which I see out the corner of my eye – grabs the side of my face, soon slamming it down into the ground causing Ikkaku to cry out.

"TACHOUI!?"

I try to move, only to lifted by my hair, which feels like it is being pulled out by the roots then with unknown, brutal strength they fling me, straight at the closed Abandoned Temple doors, which smash at the impact of me going through them. I land on the wooden floor, with sickening- muffled thud and this knocks the breath that I had managed to get out of me then hear their footsteps coming up the steps that lead inside.

"KENPACHIIIIIII!? LET ME GO, AIZEN. KENPACHIIIIII!?" I can hear, Ichigo screaming my name and try to get up, only to suddenly feel a hand grab my throat, cutting off my reply, plus oxygen supply as it tightens so hard that I bring my hands to their wrist trying to pull it off my throat.

"Uhhh…. Stop…Get off…haagh…me." I gasp out, only for them to tighten it so much that my vision blurs in and out of focus so much – why I wonder how is this possible, for this Arrancar to have this kind of strength as it feels like someone had forced me to swallow tiny glass shards – then Aizen, appears bringing Ichigo, inside and around as I weakly turn my face to look at him.

Aizen, snaps his fingers forming a Garganta and holds out his hand to Ichigo, who is trembling with emotion and there is nothing I can't to stop him, from taking my Lover. I try to say something, to stop him, heart furiously pounding against my ribcage – trying to pump oxygen through my body – and blood rushing in my ears.

Kenpachi.

Ichigo…. haagh…. don't do this. It isn't the right decision.

I can't lose them again, Kenpachi. I can't lose them.

ICHIGO?!

Forgive me, I'm sorry, Kenpachi.

I struggle under the grip, managing to get my throat free and coughing weakly, rise on my elbows slightly then his feet appear in front of my vision. Ichigo's hand soon tilts my chin up, which makes me see when my eyes reach his that he is crying with tears, that starting to run heavily down his cheeks.

"Move one inch from that spot, try coming after me to save me and…I…. will never forgive you, Annatar." He says calling me what I had called him, when we had consummated our marriage proposal and pulls his hand away from my chin as I'm harshly pinned to the wooden floor.

"ICHIGO?! ICHIGO?!" I shout, trying to make him stop, watching like it was in slow motion as Aizen, places his hand around Ichigo's waist and leads him inside the Garganta, while I had not noticed that I was no longer being pinned down by the larger Arrancar, until the Garganta, slowly closes on all three of them.

Ichigo, does not turn his head to look back at me and soon it closes with a snap as everything returns to normal, sounds returning after being muffled by the amount of Spiritual pressure that has been in the air. I clench my fists, so tight that it causes them to start to shake and tilt my head backwards, tears forming in my eyes.

I lower it back down, wiping them away with my hand and getting up, wince slightly at the pain of being punched in the gut then head down the steps, while heading to Yumichika and Ikkaku, who is helping him up. He leans against his friend, for support and can see that his chest is rising and falling, heavily under his uniform.

"Tachoui, what do we do know?" He says, which makes me head to the steps and walk down them, seeing in the small area, down below that Ichigo's friends – Chad, Orihime and Ishida – and Shiro, standing with Urahara-san and Yoruichi have appeared then stop in front of them.

"This will be dangerous. Going to where Aizen has taken Ichigo and are you sure, Kenpachi?" Shiro says, to me making me nod in reply as he clicks his fingers, forming straight away a Garganta, which opens like the jaws of a large shark, when it goes to attack its prey.

"Tachoui, your sword." Ikkaku says, holding it out with both hands in front of me and I take it off him then placing my forehead against is, he whispers the words that will all give us courage to save them.

"Even though are path, may be filled with enemies. We will not fall back, we will not be Cowards, who run from a fight. We will stay strong, protecting each-other's backs when one is down and leave no-one behind. We will fight if made to, to the last breath that we have. We will save the ones we love with our Souls and never let any harm them again."

He pulls back, from me and stepping to one side allows me to go up to the opening Garganta as Shiro, stands next to me as the others prepare themselves. The all group of us, step inside and soon the maws of the Garganta snap shut behind us, dousing us in darkness, where no light yet penetrates it.

"Hold on, Ichigo, Renji, Grimmjow and my children. I'm coming for you. I'm coming for you."