Me: well thanx 4 all the reviews 4 the last chapter, now i hope u enjoy this 1! now we no what wrong with Ulqui and how Ichi reacts. poor Grimmy gonna get tortured a lot by these two. o, also, i forgot who it was but sum1 has been pointing out the way i spelled the names and i just went back 2 the manga 2 recheck. thank u 4 pointing out the name spelling 2 me. i'l start writing the names write now.
and sum1 asked me as 2 how Ulquiorra got hurt so easily and y no 1 is fighting, it's becuz of Ulqui's condition, it weakens him a bit since a majority of his energy is going 2 the baby (yes, every1, Ulquiorra is preggers) and there is no fiting between them becuz Ichi don't wanna fite his friends. Arrancar mpreg will b explained in this chapter. If Grimmjow had his way from the beginning, then yeah, there would be fiting.
Disclaimer: no, i do not own Bleach. wish i did, but i don't.
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Ulquiorra's eyes grew wide as he saw the blood leak from his injury. Ichigo quickly grabbed him when the orange-haired arrancar saw that the pale Espada was in too much of a shock to continue on. He saw the growing blood stain on the clothing Ulquiorra wore before his teeth clenched and his hands curled into fist, careful not to hurt the Cuatro Espada.
"Ichigo?" Grimmjow called. "Ichigo, let me take him before you snap him in half."
Ichigo wasn't aware of how hard he was holding the pale arrancar until Grimmjow spoke. He didn't even notice when Nnoitra and Szayel came over as fast as they could. "Get him to Los Noches and heal him up," the Arrancar Prince lowly said, handing Ulquiorra over to the Sexta Espada. "I need to teach the shinigami a lesson." Grimmjow took Ulquiorra before Ichigo suddenly turned around and shot towards the shinigami.
With a low sigh, Grimmjow was about to sonido to the gargantuan, but Ulquiorra's quiet voice made him pause for a moment. "You need to stop him, Grimmjow," he managed to whisper, even though his shock. "He'll regret it later on."
Grimmjow rolled his eyes before handing the pale Espada over to Nnoitra. "Heal him up and try to snap him out of his shock," he said, looking at Szayel. "I'm gonna go stop Ichigo before he does something he will really regret." The two nodded before opening a new gargantuan, the old one was already closed, and heading into Hueco Mundo as Grimmjow turned to look at Ichigo fighting against the shinigami with his zanpaktou that appeared whenever he needed it, though it looked as though he was mostly going after the large chested woman. The others were trying to stop him from killing her. "Damn it," the Sexta swore bfore heading down.
Ichigo swung Zangetsu towards Matsumoto, who easily dodged the large blade. Renji threw Zabimaru towards the orange-haired teen, but Ichigo brought up hs blade and blocked the attack while dodging it so the other fangs of the zanpaktou didn't hit him. "Cero!" he exclaimed as a red ball formed into his hand and shot towards the red-headed fukutaichou. Renji barely dodged it. Hitsugaya headed towards him next, his bankai activated since he knew taking Ichigo down would not be easy.
He aimed his blade at Ichigo's shoulder so he wouldn't be able to use his arm that easily and it might give them a bit of an advantage, but Ichigo moved to the side and swung Zangetsu at the small taichou. Yumichika quickly appeared when he saw the blade going towards Hitsugaya's head and struck Zangetsu, making Ichigo lose aim and barely graze the ice wings on the taichou's back. Ichigo glared towards Yumichika before delivering a swift kick to the shinigami's stomach, making his opponent lose his breath for a small moment long enough for Ichigo to deliver a swift strike to Yumichika's back, knocking the fifth seat to the ground.
Ikkaku, seeing his long-time companion going down, charged at Ichigo with the head of his staff aimed at Ichigo's side. The arrancar dodged and elbowed Ikkaku in the face before kicking him in the side. Hitsugaya aimed another attack, but a white and blue blur grabbed Ichigo before the attack could hit, showing a safe distance awat to be Grimmjow, now holding a struggling Ichigo.
"Let me go, Grimmjow!" he yelled at his dominant lover. "I demand you let me go right now!"
"Keep fighting and you'll do something you'll regret," Grimmjow pointed out, saying words similar to Ulquiorra's. "Now as much as I would love to join in on the fighting, Ulquiorra needs us right now and we can't stay here fighting like this."
Ichigo stilled once Grimmjow said those words, knowing they were true. "Fine," he sighed before Grimmjow released him. He looked towards the Shinigami that were tensed up, expecting another attack. Ichigo merely raised Zangetsu and pointed towards them. "Next time you attack someone close to me, and I don't care the reason, I won't go easy on you," he warned as Grimmjow opened a gargantuan and stepped inside. Zangetsu disappeared from Ichigo's hand as he followed after the Sexta Espada. As it started to close, he added a few more words. "You may be my friends, but I will still fight against you if I'm provoked." Then it closed shut.
The Arrancar Prince looked up at Grimmjow before nodding his head and the two tookm off towards the medical room where they knew Szayel had Ulquiorra. Ichigo was still in a foul mood and Grimmjow knew anything could set him off. He wouldn't be surprised if they got into an argument within the next ten minutes.
Once in the medical room, Ulquiorra was already placed onto the metal table in the middle of the room. The pale arrancar refused to lay down. He stayed sitting up, his knees pulled to his chest, one hand on his still bleeding wound and the other on his stomach.
Curious by the position, Ichigo looked up at Grimmjow. "Do you have any idea why he went into a shock like this?" he asked.
"That is his thing to tell, Ichi," Grimmjow replied with a sigh and shrug of his shoulders while Szayel managed to get Ulquiorra to uncover his stomach and wound long enough to check him. "If we can get him out of his shock, and if he feels like it, he'll tell you. If Szayel doesn't spill first." A small glare was directed at him by the pink-haired Octava.
"Just tell me why he's like this," Ichigo growled. "You know. I know you do! Just tell me, Grimmjow!"
"If he wants you to know, he'll tell you, goddamn it!" Grimmjow yelled back at him. Less than three minutes and the argument had already shown its ugly face. "Stop trying to pry some fucking information out of me!"
"Why does it seem like when it concerns Ulquiorra, they are always fighting each other?" Szayel asked as he ran his slightly glowing hand over Ulquiorra's wound, slowly healing it.
Nnoitra shrugged uncaringly. "Hell if I know," he replied. "They're both dominants to Ulquiorra and when one knows information that the other doesn't, then they start this shit up."
Szayel sighed with a roll of his eyes as Ulquiorra's injury sealed shut. Ulquiorra still wasn't moving nor showing any sign of life. He placed his still glowing hand over Ulquiorra's midsection, looking up into the green eyes to make sure that what he was doing wouldn't bring Ulquiorra out of his shock in a negative way. Ulquiorra glanced at him and blinked once, his fingertips on the skin of his stomach. Szayel nodded slightly before spreading his energy through the other arrancar's stomach, searching for something.
Both Ichigo and Grimmjow went silent, waiting for what Szayel had to say. It felt like hours had passed, yet time stood still. It lasted only a few seconds until Szayel removed his hand with a comforting smile and made Ulquiorra look at him. "Ulquiorra?" he softly called, hoping the Cuatro Espada could still hear him through his shock. "Ulquiorra? It's fine. It's still there. It's fine. It's still with you. It's perfectly fine."
Ichigo was still confused, but whatever Szayel was talking about and repeating over and over again seemed to have been working. It was slowly bringing Ulquiorra out of his shock. "Fine?" he repeated in a quiet tone.
"It's perfectly fine," Szayel assured with a small smile. "Actually, I should say they are fine."
"They?!" three voices repeated in unison, one highly confused. Szayel held up two fingers.
"Alright, obviously everyone but me knows what's going on!" Ichigo exclaimed with a complaining tone.
"Ulquiorra's thing to say," Szayel chirped, copying Grimmjow from earlier. "But before you start interrogating him," he continued in a serious manner as Ichigo crossed his arms over his chest with a huff, "I suggest letting him rest for a little while. He's been having a hard time sleeping and I'm sure he could use a rest after his little scare."
"Alright," Ichigo sighed. "Need help getting to the room, Ulqui?" he asked the pale arrancar.
"I'll be fine," Ulquiorra replied. It was so like him to go through a scare of some sort until he felt better and acted like it never even happened. Ichigo rolled his eyes slightly as he helped Ulquiorra get to the bedroom. Grimmjow was right behind them.
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Hitsugaya was not a happy captain. The day was just took full of things he truly did not want to report to the soutaichou, but unfortunately had no choice but to. He could just imagine Yamamoto's reaction, along with the rest of the captains and everyone else that at least liked Ichigo. Heck, the Shinigami and everyone else in Karakura were upset about it. A few didn't even want to talk about it.
Everyone was gathered in Orihime's room where the large television was stationed. Yumichika had a bruise on his back where Ichigo struck him while Ikkaku supported a shiner and a scowl. Everyone else was either talking about what happened or whatever Aizen could have possibly done to get Ichigo to work for him.
No one wanted to turn him into the soutaichou of the Seiritei, but they had no choic but to report it and do the best they could to defend Ichigo from the execution that Yamamoto would order on the sopt once he is told. With a low sigh, Hitsugaya paid attention to the large TV's static screen beore it cleared up and showed the soutaichou.
"Report, Hitsugaya-taichou," Yamamoto said in a calm manner.
"Sir," Hitsugaya greeted. "About an hour ago, Kurosaki Ichigo collapsed after coughing up blood. When we took him to his father, Kurosaki Isshin, who is a Shinigami that left Seiritei to be with Ichigo's mother, we were forced to separate Ichigo from his body. What we saw was not what we were expecting to see."
"What is it?" the elderly shinigami asked.
Hitsugaya inhaled deeply, closing his eyes as he tilted his head down. "Kurosaki Ichigo is an Arrancar," he simply said, plain and simple.
Yamamoto was quiet for a moment, his eyes closing slowly. He gripped his staff tightly, as if internally battling with what he should and should not do about the situation. "What do you know about this?" he asked.
"Renji," Hitsugaya called, thinking Renji would handle it better than he could. He just didn't feel like he could keep himself together over this. Not like he normally could.
"Yes, sir," Renji replied with a nod of his head, understanding what the small taichou wanted him to do. "When we took Ichigo to his father and separated his body and spirit, we saw that he was a fully developed Arrancar. We interrogated the mod-soul Kon for information before Ichigo gained consciousness. He told us that he's had an inner Hollow this entire time and lost control over it, forcing him to turn into a Hollow powerful enough to already be ready to turn into an Arrancar. Aizen had found him shortly after his tranformation and changed him into an Arrancar. Ichigo calls himself the Arrancar Prince."
Yamamoto's eyes snapped open in surprise, but Renji kept going. "He told us that would not fight us unless we give him no choice and that Aizen has no control over him. Barely a moment later, Espadas Four and Six came in and Ichigo left with them. We tried to stop them but we the Fourth Espada was injured, Ichigo turned and attacked us. Espada Six caught him befoe he could cause any damage further than a bruise. They escaped through a gargantuan before we could catch them."
Once again, the soutaichou was silent, thinking over the report. "The Arrancar Prince?" he asked before all the shinigami nodded. Yamamoto let out a low hum. "There has not been an Arrancar Prince born for the past three centuries, since the last major war between Heuco Mundo and the Seireitei. It seems that every time an Arrancar Royalty shows up, another war is happening.
"Aizen must have turned Ichigo knowing that that he would be the next Arrancar Prince, and hoped Kurosaki would take his side in this war. But unlike the rest of the Arrancar and Hollows, no one can truly command the Arrancar Prince. Once he chooses his side, he stays by that side."
"He's practically said that Aizen doesn't control him and he won't fight us," Rukia pointed out. "What could that mean, soutaichou?"
"It could mean that he is either nuetral or will fight for us if we ask him to break away from Aizen," Yamamoto replied. "It could also mean that he will fight for Aizen, just not against Soul Society. One cannot truly know. Keep an eye on him. Try and find a way into Hueco Mundo if he does not return within three days and talk him into fighting for our side. If he agrees, Soul society will leave him be. If he refuses, we have no choic but to remove him."
"Understood, sir!" the shinigami in the room said in unison before the screen turned to static.
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"So Ichigo was revealed?" Aizen asked, looking over to the smiling Gin, who nodded his head.
"Yep!" Gin chirped. "He also attacked them when Ulquiorra was hurt!"
Aizen's eyes widened slightly. "Did he now? And how is Ulquiorra, Szayel?" He turned his gaze to the pink-haired Octava.
"I healed his injury," Szayel replied. "And as it turns out, Ulquiorra is carrying two. Ichigo still has no idea, but he will most likely be told when Ulquiorra wakes up from his needed rest."
"How is it Ulquiorra was injured so easily?" Tousen asked, knowing Aizen would not ask and Gin would dance around the words.
"Well," Szayel began with a sigh. "As you know, as long as they are Hollow or Shinigami, any male can become pregnant. With Shinigami, their power is not affected by the pregnancy very much. They are a little slower in movements, but that's about it. With Hollows, the child develops quickly so it does not burden the carrier for very long. A Hollow actually becomes stronger during pregnancy so that they are able to bring a new life into the world and their spiritual pressure is so chaotic that both the Hollow and babe will stay stronger.
"However, pregnant Arrancar are a different story. We Arrancar can channel our energy better than a simple Hollow. But while a male Arrancar is carrying, the spiritual energy we possess is mostly going towards the child and the area it develops in. Our skin is hard like rock, but when carrying, we do weaken because of a majority of our energy going towards the child to make sure it does develop quickly, as well as healthy and strong. The more spiritual energy the carrier and sire possess, the stronger the child. But the babe needs the energy of its carrier. It will require the energy of its sire at times, but it is mostly the carrier's it needs.
"And with Ulquiorra carrying two, using twice as much energy than needed for one child, he has weakened quite a bit. More than three-fourths of his spiritual energy and power is going to the twins inside of him right now. Right now, Ichigo and Grimmjow are his only means of defense until the twins are born."
"Does Ulquiorra know of this?" Aizen spoke once Szayel went silent.
"Yes, I have spoken to him about that," the Espada replied. "When he first found out about his pregnancy, I informed him of the consequences. He did not seem to care, but at least told Grimmjow so he would know that he needs him for protection. It would be best to put Ulquiorra on paperwork and out of the feild until he has full power once again."
"How long would it take?" Gin asked this time, going over to Aizen's side.
"The pregnancy should be no longer than three months," Szayel stated, going through the calculations in his head. "And because he is the Cuatro Espada, once the twins are born, it should take a couple more months until he has all his power back. Until then, the children will be feeding off his power and when they deem his energy to be too low, they will start seeking out the energy of their sire."
"Ichigo should be informed of this as well," Tousen stated.
"As soon as Ulquiorra tells him about the twins, I'll be sure to inform him of everything else if his Hollow half doesn't beat me to it," Szayel chuckled lightly.
"I do not want Ichigo leaving Las Noches during all of this," Aizen said in a calm, but stern, tone. "Not only does he have a pregnant mate to look after, but now that the Shinigami know about him, it would not be wise to let him leave since they would try to capture him and execute him."
"Is that what you think?" someone asked before the four looked over to see Ichigo leaning against the wall.
"How long have you been there, Ichigo?" Gin asked in a confused tone, tilting his head to the side as his grin turned into a straight line.
"Long enough," Ichigo replied with a shrug of his shoulders. "Saves you from repeating, right, Szayel?" The acknowledged Arrancar just rubbed the back of his head nervously. "So that is what everyone but me knows about?"
"Yep!" Gin repleid with the grin back on his face. "Ulquiorra wanted to tell you himself, but just didn't know how. So we all kept it a secret until you could hear it from him."
"He was also afraid that you would tell him to get rid of it," Szayel added.
Ichigo went wide-eyed. "Get rid of it?" he repeated in shock. "Why would I tell him that? I love kids! Unless they're annoying the hell out of me." The pink-haired Arrancar snickered slightly as Gin chuckled into Aizen's shoulder. "What?"
"That's what most kids do, Ichigo!" Szayel exclaimed through his snickering. Gin nodded in agreement with his normal grin on his face.
Ichigo just sighed slightly. "If that's what you think," he said with a shrug of his shoulders. "I'm gonna go check on Ulquiorra now. See ya later!" With a small wave, he turned and walked out.
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Me: well that's the end 4 this chapter. does this count as a cliffy? cuz with the last 2 chappys being cliffhangers, i tried not 2 make this 1...i believe i failed...o well. review! ^^ plz?