Chapter: Lab Rats
Shalan's Hoot: Hey everybody! I've got a new chapter here for you and several things are going to happen (I get the feeling this is gonna be another one of those long chapters XDDD) Anyways… yeah… it's gonna be a crazy joy ride from here… hope you all enjoy.
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Ichigo paced the office, the kidnapping had instead turned into a murder, the murder of a high priority target for the Mafia. But apparently the scientist hadn't worked for the government as initially respected; instead he had worked for Souske Aizen… Xero Enterprises.
"This is shit!" Ichigo threw the report down on the table and Kisuke laughed. He saw sitting in Ichigo's hotel room, a manuscript in his lap.
"You're just upset that you didn't get to screw your girlfriend again…"
"THAT TOO!" he threw his pen and it sunk into the wall. "What the shit are they doing?" He flicked the lighter on and lit up a cigarette.
"I thought you quit," Kisuke raised an eyebrow.
"Awe… shut it…" He puffed on the little tobacco filled shaft and leaned on one of the chairs. "Hearts… what's important about the human hearts?"
"Isn't this interesting, a jack of all trades and an exmarine gone cop discussing the human heart over a cup of coffee…" Kisuke scoffed sarcastically and sipped from the coffee mug.
"You are by far the stupidest person I have ever met…"
"Stupidest isn't a word!" Kisuke laughed and Ichigo flicked his cigarette at him and lit another. "You have got to calm down!" Kisuke watched him go through another cigarette in five seconds flat.
"I am calm…" Ichigo growled and picked up the file again. Kisuke laughed a little and leaned back more.
"Sure you are… and my name is Souske Aizen!" He chuckled and Ichigo suddenly stared at him.
"I love you!" Ichigo's face lit up.
"Well… I don't necessarily swing that way and I'm sure that your future wife you be rather angry…"
"I DON'T MEAN THAT! KISUKE! YOU FIGURED IT OUT!" He clapped his hands together.
"What? You can transmute things by clapping your hands now a la Edward Elric(1)?"
"That's just a TV show!" Ichigo laughed. "AIZEN! Aizen is the connection between everything that's happened!" He was almost jumping.
"You're supposed to be Sherlock Holmes right?" Urahara was obviously not paying attention.
"What?"
"Does that make me Watson?" He looked over at Ichigo.
"You, my friend, are completely hopeless…"
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Rukia laughed a little as she spoke with one of the maids. The maid immediately disappeared though as Rukia heard footsteps behind her. "Souske…" She smiled up at him. He looked down at her with a half smile.
"What are you doing today?" He sat down beside her. She smiled again and motioned to her book.
"I was reading but I caught Yuki and she and I talked for a while…" Her fingers turned the next page in the book.
"Ah… I see…" He laughed slightly. "Did you hear about one of the scientists?" She nodded, boy did she… she had seen Ichigo on the TV and had stared intently at him for about two hours while he spoke at the press conference. His voice still sent tingles down her spine.
"Yes I did… it's a sad thing that…" She patted him on the leg and he nodded.
"Yes it is…"
"So what in the world are you going to do with one of your best scientists out?" She blinked up at him and the business man shrugged.
"I have no idea what's going to happen now… the scientists that we have now… they're doing fine without him… I feel sorry for his family… should we go to the funeral?"
"Yeah… let's…" She nodded and Aizen turned her cheek, kissing her tenderly. She hated it, it made her sick but she couldn't say no…
"I have to go back to work for a while… you're free to leave the house you know… you don't have to stay here…" He grinned.
"I know… but it's not so noisy here…" She nodded to him and Aizen stood, walking off.
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"Is she warming up to you?" Byakuya asked over the phone and heard an affirmative over the line and he chuckled. "That's good… I'm sorry to hear about your scientist…"
"Yes… that was rather unfortunate…"
"Hey! Aizen!" "Mr. Van Horne"'s voice came through the door. Gin poked his head in and Aizen waved at him to shut up.
"I hope you find another replacement soon…"
"I'm sure I will… anyways… I have a few more things left to do… so I shall take my leave… I'll speak with you later," Aizen hung up and looked over at Gin.
"I got something for you!" Ichimaru almost skipped into the room as he shut the door.
"I haven't seen you this excited since the Red Socks won the series…" He blinked as Ichimaru threw a file onto Aizen's desk.
"I found your diamonds…"
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Ichigo walked casually towards the glass sliding doors that hid the lab from him. He walked up and placed his hand on the pad.
"Now I've put your handprint into the system, you're the replacement for the scientist that died earlier and you're there to check the place over, once its done with… you scram… the funeral will only last so long…"
Ichigo walked down the bridge after the doors slid open. He nodded to the scientists as he passed.
"There's a camera in the jacket button…" he heard Kisuke's voice in his ear and he smiled lightly. "All you have to do is punch the button in the sleeved and it'll take it, its directly uplinked to my computer so don't worry. And please don't talk back to me unless I ask you a direct question… otherwise… you'll look insane…" Ichigo scoffed and walked off, he looked down at the people working below him in awe… but the items they were working on were not what he expected. They were the hearts of human beings.
'The King of Hearts…' Ichigo took a picture and continued walking, he stepped past another part of the lab and clicked another picture. But it was only when he heard voices that he stopped.
"WHAT DO YOU MEAN HE HAS THEM?!" Aizen shouted at Gin.
"I MEAN THAT THE DETECTIVE HAS A RING MADE OF THE CONFLICT DIAMONDS! That's all we would need… we could keep the company running by getting the funding we need while at the same time make ourselves filthy rich… then they would be ready in time… and we could easily wipe them out…"
"So what you're saying is that the man that my wife was seeing…"
"Had the diamonds… which means that they're right under your nose… all you have to do is get the information as to where he is…"
"I can't do that Ichimaru… Kurosaki is sharper than you think… how else would he have figured out what I was doing by cutting out all those hearts… how else would he have gotten that rat into our midst… how else would he have figured out that if he stayed close to Kuchiki that I wouldn't be able to kill anyone… except him… but even that has been deemed impossible…"
"Sir… do you want me to have Kurotsuchi do it?" Gin folded his arms and Aizen pursed his lips.
"I can't do anything until I get the information out of her… even if I have to beat it out…" Aizen stood up and Ichigo fell back, turning tail and running… but he was slow, a tad slower than he had been anyways and Aizen caught sight of him.
"THAT RAT'S IN HERE!" He pulled out a gun and snarled, emptying the entire clip at Ichigo. The detective jumped off the side of the railing, a bullet ripping through his arm. He clenched his teeth as he landed on one of the tables.
"GET OUTTA THERE!" He heard Kisuke's voice. "AND BE CAREFUL!"
"OH YEAH URAHARA! CAUSE THAT'S THE ONE THING I FORGOT TO DO WHILE ENTERING A VIPER'S NEST OF ENEMIES… WAS BE CAREFUL!" He shouted as he pulled out the two guns. "BACK OFF!" He kicked one of the guards in the face and jumped over him. He fired at the glass door, emptying the clips and he slammed his shoulder through the already weakened Plexiglas. "FUCK! THE NEXT TIME YOU ASK ME TO DO THIS URAHARA I'M GOING TO KILL YOU!" he pulled off the long white jacket and jumped into the car that was waiting for him. "GO! GO!" He refilled the clips and Urahara drove letting out a shout as he did.
"WAAAHOOOOOO! I LOVE MY LIFE!" Kisuke laughed hysterically as he drove away. Ichigo looked over at him with a death glare.
"I hate you…" he leaned his head back against the chair with a grimace, he fingered the hole in his arm. "Fuck…" he breathed.
"We'll get you fixed up, first however, we have to go save your lovely bride… if Aizen hasn't gotten there first…"
"Whattya mean?" Ichigo looked over and Kisuke grinned evilly…
"He can drive straight through… we have to go around… which means I have to drive faster… doesn't it?" He grinned and Ichigo nodded sarcastically and reached down, pulling up the little red strobe light. "That's good… I like that idea…" He set it up outside the window on the hood of the car and turned it on. "Now I can go as hella fast as I want!" He gunned the car down the street and Ichigo held on for dear life.
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"RUKIA!" She turned as she heard her name. Aizen stormed up and grabbed her by the front of her shirt. "WHY DIDN'T YOU TELL ME?" He slammed her back into the wall and her eyes widened in pain as she heard a snap.
"Tell you what?" She panted, with each breath she was in severe pain and Aizen just shook her again.
"He has the diamonds… the conflict diamonds that I could be using right now…" she had never seen this side of him before. But as he punched across her face she felt her old personality which she had lovingly nicknamed 'confrontational' and she shouted back.
"I DON'T EVEN KNOW WHAT THAT IS!" She shouted back and he slapped her across the face.
"DON'T TALK BACK TO ME! YOU'RE MY WIFE! YOU DO NOT TALK BACK TO ME!" He threw her down then picked her back up again.
"You don't own me…" her voice was low and deadly but as his lips met hers she cringed.
"I will teach you to disobey me." (Now personally I don't really know the effectiveness of this phrase… but… whatever) His lips were harsh against hers as he ripped her blouse open, buttons flying all over the place. He ripped off her bra and kissed her breasts and she felt tears well up in her eyes as he kissed her again, his hands pulling her jeans down easily then he was suddenly lifted by the back of his jacket and flipped around. The man behind him slammed the brunette into the wall and ran his fist into Aizen's face. Rukia slid down the wall, her entire body trembling in fear.
"IF YOU EVER TOUCH HER AGAIN I WILL MAKE YOU FUCKING PAY! IF I EVEN SEE YOU AROUND HER! OR IF YOU EVEN THINK ABOUT TOUCHING HER I WILL KNOW AND I WILL KILL YOU WITHOUT HESITATION!" Ichigo slammed his fist into the business man's face again and suddenly a pair of strong arms wrapped around Ichigo's chest.
"C'mon! LET'S GO BEFORE THE GUARDS COME!" Kisuke pulled him away from Aizen.
"Rukia…" Ichigo reached for her but she shied away. "DAMN IT DON'T DO THIS!" He picked her up and carried her out, running for the car. She bit his hand, hard, squirming to get out of his grasp. "FUCK! STOP IT! I'M NOT GOING TO HURT YOU DAMN IT!" He nearly threw her into the car.
'This is not worth it…' Ichigo thought as he jumped into the car after her and shut the door.
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POOR RUKIA! OMG! I can't believe I am soo mean… LEMONY COMING UP!!! YAYA!!!! I HEART LEMONS!
Shalan