A/N: Yay another chapter finally. Hope you enjoy. Also please leave a review when you can so I know what's good and bad.

As the spar continued, Grimmjow just realized that the collar he put on the strawberry was still on. 'Wait a minute. He's still this powerful even with the collar on?' Ichigo had noticed that Grimmjow had a dumbfounded looked on his face and was staring at him.

"Hey, everything alright in that tiny head of yours?" Ichigo shouted across the way to Grimmjow.

"Yeah" Grimmjow shouted back to the strawberry. "Not really" he mumbled under his breath. 'Shit this is bad. If he realizes that it's still on and with this much power, he could become a problem.'

Ichigo had absolutely no idea what the hell was wrong with his captor. Yo King. Now it was Ichigos turn to be startled. His hollow, how could be forget about him?

'Now you decided to speak up after all this time? Where the hell have you been?' Ichigo shouted at his other half.

Never mind that. Have you noticed anything funny yet? The way Shiro said that made Ichigo begin to wonder what his hallow was talking about.

'Notice what?' He could just feel Shiro face palm at his question. 'Come on, tell me.'

The collar King. Haven't you noticed that you still have lots of spirit energy even though it's still on you?

"Hey, you're right."

"What are you righting about over there Shinigami?" Grimmjow was staring at him with a confused look. Grimmjow had noticed something was off with the strawberry after he had stopped moving. And now Ichigo was flexing his hand. 'Shit. Did he figure it out already?' As he was processing this thought of whether or not Ichigo had indeed figured this out, Ichigo had begun powering up. "Son of a bitch, he did."

"You know Grimmjow, staying here was nice and all but it appears that I must be going." Ichigo reached up and broke the collar in half. Both pieces falling to the ground with a thud. He raised his arm so it was aimed straight out from him middle with the sword pointing at Grimmjow. Taking a breath in Ichigo began to shout, "Ban…." But then he suddenly fell face first into the ground, passed out with a new golden collar around his neck.

"Wa?" was all Grimmjow could muster after the random power up and collapse of the substitute Shinigami.

"What would you have done if he had broken out Sexta?" Ulquiorra was standing behind the fallen Shinigami, his eyes trained on Ichigo.

"Ulquiorra, what the hell are you doing here!?" Grimmjow shouted at the cuarta espada now standing in the room.

"Stopping you from losing your captive. Lord Aizen wouldn't be pleased if the substitute Shinigami escaped. Not only that, but Lord Aizen's plan will fall apart. Watch what you do." With that said Ulquiorra turned around and began to leave the arena, not once glancing back.

"Man I despise that guy." Grimmjow casually walked over the fallen Shinigami and hoisted him over his shoulder. "I should probably put is sword away first. Don't want that lost or mister know it all will have another fit." Grimmjow dropped Ichigo and picked up his sword.

"You might want to put that in a new place Sexta. He might come back for it." Grimmjow whirled around.

"I thought you left." Ulquiorra stopped for a moment to glace at him but continued on his way pass the arena and down the hall, not giving an answer. "Tsk." Grimmjow thought for a moment about where to put Ichigo's sword. 'My room might work.' He walked over to where he had dropped Ichigo and picked him back up. After retrieving both Ichigo and the sword, Grimmjow left the arena and started the long journey back to Ichigo's room. After dropping Ichigo off in his designated room he walked to his own.

"Okay, now where to put it." Grimmjow walked around and looked for the best place to hide Ichigo's monster of a sword. Like seriously, how the fuck does he carry that heavy thing around everywhere? And how has he not broken his back or something. Deciding to hide it in his closet he shoved it into the back and closed the door. Right after the two doors clicked together there was a loud bang and the whole closet shook. "Oh, for fucks sake!" Grimmjow shouted.

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Ichigo woke up on his bed sometime later with a splitting headache. "Oh man my head." He sat up and put his hand on his head. Looking around, he noticed that he was back in his room and with no zangetsu.

Hey King, can you hear me? The voice was very faint and Ichigo couldn't tell if he heard it or not. King!

"Shiro, is that you? What's wrong with you, I can't really hear you."

Looks like they put something new on us and it's blocking me off. It already cut off the old man and I don't know exactly how much time we have. You have to get out King..th…I.. Shiro's voice faded away and Ichigo couldn't hear the last part of what Shiro said.

"Shiro, I can't understand what you're saying." After a moment of silence and hearing nothing, Ichigo called out again. "Hey, Shiro! Why are you not answering?" All Ichigo got for an answer was more silence, not even a peep from his hollow half. "Damn, it must be shutting him off." Ichigo walked into the bathroom, that was connected to his room, and stood in front of the mirror. He started pulling at the item around his neck, trying to see if it could come apart. But as time went on, Ichigo realized that his efforts were futile and that pulling on the damn thing wouldn't work which resulted in only make his neck bright red. He turned his head from side to side, looking to see if there was a key slot or any form of taking it off that he could trying picking. Unfortunately, there was no key slot or anything like it as far as he could tell. It was just a solid golden band that wrapped around his neck with a blue gem on the front.

"I wonder what that is." Ichigo brought his hand up and touched the jewel. It was smooth to the touch and shone in the light. "Wait a minute, does it mean that…." Ichigo heard a soft knock on his door. Forgetting about the jewel he exited the bathroom and headed to his door. Opening his door, he was shocked to see Orihime on other side.

"Ichigo." Orihime said with a smile. "May I come in?"

"Um yeah, you can come in." Ichigo steeped to the left to let her in and looked around behind her to see who brought her to his room but, saw no one. Escorting her into his room he couldn't help feeling like he should be cautious. Like his instincts were on high alert but couldn't see a reason why now. It was Orihime, one of his best friends that was in the same predicament as him. But then again, they were in Las Noches, Aizen's fortress.

"Orihime, how have you been? Have they been treating you okay? Are you hurt at all?" Ichigo began to ramble off questions on her wellbeing, not once taking a breath till he was about to collapse from the lack of air. He had been so worried about her since she had disappeared.

"Ichigo I'm doing fine, and they haven't been hurting me." Orihime had rushed to say in hopes that Ichigo would calm down. "No, really I'm okay. What about you? You look a little pale." She raised a hand and reached out to touch his face. It felt a little cold to the touch which made her instantly being to worry for her friend and out of the bottom of her vison she saw the golden band around his neck. It was humming with powerful energy that made her feel uneasy. She could tell it was doing something to Ichigo but what? "Ichigo what's this band around your neck?"

"I honestly have no idea. I thought I almost figured it out, but I can't say for sure now. I just woke up with it on today. All I know is that it is somehow blocking my powers and I feel very weak right now." Ichigo walked over to the couch and sat down with a thud and placed in head in between his hands. "Orihime, I'm sorry. I'm sorry that I couldn't save you and get you out of here. All I've done is get myself caught and put into a room with a band around my neck that restricts my powers. I've trapped both of us in this hell hole and I'm deeply sorry." The last of the sentence came out in a whisper that was barely heard.

Orihime walked over to him and sat next to him, placing a hand on his shoulder. She knew what it felt like to be trapped in this prison with little communication from other people. To feel powerless and be at the mercy of beings that could kill you with one swipe and not give a damn. She has seen it happen in the hallways of Las Noches countless times when Ulquiorra took her to different rooms for either meetings with Aizen or simply to eat. She knew that Ichigo isn't used to feeling weak or helpless and this is a new experience for him.

"Ichigo, I know you will find a way out of this and get us out of here. Whether that time comes sooner or later I have faith in you." Orihime's eyes shown with a light that when Ichigo looked into them gave him a new sense of motivation.

She was right. Feeling sorry for himself wasn't going to fix this problem. Him getting off his ass and doing what he has always done was going to get them out of here. "Thank you Orihime."

It was then that the door opened reveling Grimmjow and Ulquiorra. They both entered the room and turned towards the two on the couch.

"Alright you two, times up time to separate ya." Grimmjow said while moving closer to Ichigo. Both espada's knew that Ichigo was going to put up a fight after not seeing her for almost a month.

Ulquiorra glanced at Orihime on the couch. He saw how she moved closer to Ichigo as protection. How foolish. That Shinigami has little to no power anymore. "Women, your hour has passed. It is now time to leave. You can either come willingly or by force. Either way, you will be leaving this room."

Orihime knew better than to fight. She's been here long enough to know when to follow orders. As she got up off the couch that was when Grimmjow moved in and grabbed Ichigo to keep him from reaching Orihime. "Orihime! You can't take her!" Ichigo shouted and started thrashing around in Grimmjow's grip trying to get out.

"Whoaaaaa calm down, who said anything about taking her? As far as I can see, she's leaving on her own free will." Grimmjow stated as he watched Ulquiorra and Orihime leaving the room while still holding onto the Shinigami.

Upon hearing that statement Ichigo stopped struggling and looked. Why wasn't she fighting? Why was she letting herself be taken away and dragged to her cold room?

Grimmjow leaned down to the Shinigami's ear and said in a low voice, "Ahh there you go. Ya see, when you're obedient nothing bad happens to ya. She knows her place here in Las Noches and when to follow orders. Unlike you who still has a thing or two to learn." Leaning back up Grimmjow touched the gem on the collar and sent a pulse of power into the gem which caused Ichigo to fall unconscious.