Onward to Kurotsuchi's Lab
Ichigo's P.O.V
Chad and I are still in the Seireitei. It's the next day and Renji, Rukia, and even Hiroji came into the room where I slept last night. Captain Unohana allowed me to stay in one of the hospital rooms. "It's time to go to Captain Kurotsuchi." Renji said.
"No way," I said. "I just got up. Can't it wait till later?"
"We don't know how much later you'll be here with us." Captain Unohana said.
"Captain, did you follow us here?" Renji asked.
"I decided to come because I knew that Ichigo would make a fuss about going." Captain Unohana said.
I am standing up in front of Renji. "There's no way I'm going!" I protested.
Captain Unohana lifts her hand and points her index and middle finger up at Ichigo. "Bakudō # 1. Sai" Captain Unohana said.
"Come on." I told her as I hit the floor with my hands behind my back. "I was able to break out of this spell when I first met Rukia."
"Yes, that is what I heard but have you ever tried breaking free from that Bakudō spell from a Captain?" Captain Unohana asked.
"Nice work captain." Renji said.
"Don't sound like you are on her side." I said.
"I'm not." Renji crossed his arms. "But you do need to go to Captain Kurotsuchi's to see what's going on and you are being stubborn."
"That basically means that you are on her side." I said again.
"Sooner or later one of us may have to go to the captain but I rather have him figure out what's wrong so we don't have to go and before this gets worse." Renji said.
"So you are on her side." I said once more. "You rather have Captain Kurotsuchi experiment on me than you."
"Well, the reishi hasn't affected us yet and you didn't hear me." Renji said. "I also said before this gets worse."
"Let's stop this fighting and get going." Captain Unohana said. "Renji would you mind carrying him?"
"I guess not." Renji replied.
We all went over to the Research and Development building. Chad is following along as well. I swear, all of these guys want me to get experimented on.
We go in the room where Captain Kurotsuchi is in. I'm being carried over Renji's shoulder. Captain Unohana explained the situation to him. "You came to the right place." Captain Kurotsuchi said.
"Where should I put Ichigo, captain?" Renji asked.
"There's a bed over in the next room." Captain Kurotsuchi answered. "Follow me."
"Shouldn't we ask the Head Captain first?" I question. "Before all of this experimenting is started."
"You may set him there." Captain Kurotsuchi said.
Renji put me on the bed and I break free from the binding spell. Renji steps away from the bed so that he doesn't get in the captain's way. "I'm not going through with this." I told the captain.
"Stubborn as always." Captain Kurotsuchi said. "This won't hurt a bit."
"That's what you always say." I told him.
"I just need to take a few blood samples." Kurotsuchi said. "On the arm that Zangetsu's on preferably ."
"Ichigo, don't you want to find out a way to stop this?" Rukia asked. I just stare at her. "We need to find out a way and we need his help."
"Can't Hiroji here find out a way?" I ask. "It is his Zanpaku-to after all."
"But it is a mixture of reishi too." Hiroji said. "Even I wouldn't know what to do."
Captain Kurotsuchi clamps my legs to the bed. There are rings now over my ankles. Kurotsuchi takes my wrists and pins them on the table then after a few seconds metal rings circle around them to. Kurotsuchi is now getting some needles. "Hey," I said. "Warn me before you force me down." I stare at Kurotsuchi now and take a big gulp since I see those needles.
Kurotsuchi puts a needle through the arm Zangetsu's taking over after he rolls up the sleeve. Just underneath the metal. I turn my head so I don't glare at him. The needle was out of my arm before I knew it. "I just needed one sample." Kurotsuchi said.
"Then why did you bring all of those other needles?" I ask.
"To see your reaction of course." Kurotsuchi responded.
I get unclamped from the bed and see that there's no blood. "When will we get the results?" Captain Unohana asked.
"It shouldn't take too long." Kurotsuchi anwered.
"Do you even know what you're looking for?" I ask as I stand up.
"I'll know when I see it." Kurotsuchi replied as he put the blood sample on the screen. "It may take a while to figure this out so feel free to roam the area."
We take his advice. "I thought he said shortly." I complained as we start heading out the building and into the air.
"He does move quite fast." Captain Unohana said.
"Maybe he should have taken a sample of Hiroji's Zanpaku-to." Renji said.
"A sample?" Hiroji asked.
"Maybe just a chip of your Zanpaku-to to know what Kurotsuchi's looking for." Renji said.
"I guess I can give him a chip when he calls us back." Hiroji said.
"I just hope he can find something so I don't need another test." I said.
"Hopefully," Rukia said.
"Yeah," Chad added.