Chapter Eight - Tsuki no Hana (moon flower)

Grimmjow practically dragged Ichigo down the hall, because Ichigo had completly passed out five minutes ago. He peeked around the corner before he ran, dragging Ichigo, down the long hall.

He would be glad to finally get out of this place. God knows where he would go, or what he would do. But Los Noches had begun to piss him off a long time ago, and all he wanted was out.

He rounded another corner, forgetting to look before he went around, and stopped in his tracks.

Nnoitra Jiruga leaned against the wall, casually. He opened his eyes and looked around to see who had just made that noise. Those eyes went wide when he saw Grimmjow.

"What the..." Nnoitra scoffed. "What the fuck are you two doing out?"

Grimmjow glared at him before continuing to run past him. Nnoitra used Sonido to get in front of him before pushing him back.

"How did you get out?" He demanded.

"I don't know." Grimmjow shrugged. "Why don't you go back there and look?"

"What..." Nnoitra glanced down the hall, as if he could see it. "What did you do?"

"Do you sense pinky anywhere, Spoon-Head?" Grimmjow said.

Nnoitra's eyes went wide and Grimmjow took that chance to kick the Espada in the chest. With Ichigo weighing him down, he couldn't fight. So he chose to run instead.

He ran past Nnoitra as he slowly rose to his feet. He went as fast as he could, using Sonido every five or so seconds. But it wasn't fast enough since he was supporting the weight of two, not just one.

He fell back when Ulquiorra and Yammy suddenly blocked his way.

Ulquiorra wasted no time, gripping Ichigo's ripped Shinigami uniform and dragging hims towards the throne room as Yammy plucked up Grimmjow and followed.

"Damn it, you fat bastard, let go of me!" Grimmjow demanded.

They dropped the two of them in front of Aizen. He sighed when he saw the two of them.

"How did this happen?" Aizen demanded of Ulquiorra.

"I'm not sure, Aizen-sama." Ulquiorra said flatly.

"Grimmjow, why don't you tell us?" Aizen asked.

Grimmjow sneered at him. "Or not."

Aizen nodded towards Tosen, who walked up and put his sword to Ichigo's throat. Grimmjow swallowed hard.

"You think I care?" Grimmjow stood up, looking down on Ichigo.

"Oh, yes, you do." Aizen smiled motioned to Tosen.

Tosen brought his sword down and cut a huge bleeding gash into Ichigo's chest.

Grimmjow's eyes went wide and he launched himself at Tosen. He kicked the dark skinned man in the face before dropping down beside Ichigo. He found many blades at his neck when he reached for the Shinigami. And then Aizen made a signal and they all backed off.

Grimmjow grabbed Ichigo before taking his jacket off and pressing it against his cut.

"Fine." Grimmjow grumbled as Ichigo stirred in his arms. "It was Szayel. He came in and started taunting Ichigo. Ichigo threw him through the bars and I took the key from him. And we left."

"Hmm." Aizen hummed. "Was he dead?"

"No." Grimmjow muttered as Ichigo's bleeding slowed.

"Tia, will you go take care of that for me?" He looked over at the blond female Espada and she nodded.

"Yes, Aizen-sama."

And then she was off.

Aizen looked back down at Grimmjow and Ichigo. "Well, then. I guess it's no use keeping you in containment anymore."

Grimmjow gritted his teeth.

"Kill them." Aizen ordered.

Grimmjow jumped up, leaving Ichigo on the ground, as he drew his Zanpaktou.

"Touch him and you die." He growled.

All the Espada in the room advanced on him, except for Starrk who was asleep as usual. He tried to cover all his defenses, but they were too powerful, and too many.

And then the North of the tower exploded.

Comments, anyone?:

Cliffy cliffy cliffhanger!! : wtf? did someone RANDOMLY blow up a wall. Or is maybe Szayel coming after them with one of his retarded traps he loves to brag about???? or maybe, JUST MAYBE, it's an illusion Aizen created??? neh??? you shall never know...