Hi! Im back! I AM SO SORRY FOR SUCH THE LONG WAIT! IM SORRY PLEASE DONT HATE ME *Gets on knees and bow's down*. I didnt mean for this long of a gap! I truley am sorry. I've had this written down on paper for the longest time and I never found time to type it up and then all kinds of crap happened. I am sorry.

But to make up for it, I have finally introduced Ichigo into the story! And...if things work out right, I will be typing up another chapter to post later tonight. No promises though. ^^'

Anyways, I do not own anything in this story except for the plot idea and the tray of cookies that may or may not be introduced later.

Happy Readings and please remember to review.

Also, the spelling and terms should be correct seeing as I had an internet connection to reference stuff. If there is something wrong then please tell me and I will do my best to change it. Thanks!

"Goddamnit! Why'd I have to take her?" muttered Grimmjow angrily. He stopped sonídoing at a park and looked down at the kid he was carrying. She was pale and had her lips and eyes screwed shut.

"Don't you dare get sick" he growled at her.

"Just surprised" she replied, opening her eyes half way. "Tired." She murmured, laying her head on Grimmjow's shoulder.

"Its because your reiatsu was depleted and from the sudden shock of huge reiatsu" Said Tosen, stepping out of the shadows with Ulquiorra.

"How touching" murmured Ulquiorra, referring to how Grimmjow was carrying the girl bridal style with her head on his shoulder.

"Shut up" growled Grimmjow, "What the hell are we going to do with her?"

"Indeed" said Ulquiorra

Tosen was silent for a moment before replying, "Well take her to her home."

Ulquiorra raised an eyebrow at him, frowning slightly at him.

"WHAT THE HELL?" exclaimed Grimmjow, " Its just some human brat! Why cant we just leave her here!"

"I am not surprised that you cannot feel it, considering how depleted this girls reiatsu is, but she has a substantial amount of it. More than any normal human should." Tosen replied, his blank gaze trained above the girls head. "Child, can you tell me your name?"

"Karin." Came the sleepy reply, her eyes still closed.

"Okay Karin, I need you to stay awake and tell us directions to your house." Tosen ordered in a stern yet patent voice.

"Okay."

Sonidoing off, the three espada followed Karin's directions, always keeping a lookout for more Shinigami. By the time they landed on the street they had out maneuvered two searching squads and had successfully kept Karin awake due to various shakings from Grimmjow.

"It's a few houses down. It'll be the clinic. " Said Karin, motioning the direction with a wave of her hand, before closing her eyes and leaning into Grimmjow chest.

The espada moved down the road cautiously, looking for more Shinigami. After passing by a few houses, they were met with the sight of a house with the sign 'Kurosaki Clinic' on it, but more importantly, the sight of Ichigo Kurosaki and his friends walking down the street. Upon closer inspection, they realized that Kurosaki was being supported by the big guy, and that the Quincy and the girl were fighting Shinigami.

Tensing, the espada prepared for a fight, and Grimmjow tightened his hold on Karin muttering "What the hell is going on here?" to his fellow espada.

Feeling the tightening of Grimmjow's arms around her, Karin took a quick peek around his arms and with a small gasp, she wiggled out of his grasp and ran towards the group.

"Ichi-nii" she shouted, hugging him.

Ichigo looked down at her and his tired face became relieved , before dropping down to his knees and hugging her back tightly. "Karin! Thank the gods (A/N: FORESHADOWING! ;) ) your safe. I was so scared when you got separated from us."

The espada crept closer to the group, a bit dumfounded by the new revelation, but Tosen muttered something that sounded like "It makes sense considering how much reiatsu she has."

"It also explains the reason that her house has a sign saying 'Kurosaki Clinic' on it." Ulquiorra said dryly, looking at the said sign.

Grimmjow glanced at the sign for a second before flicking his eyes back to the still hugging pair, "How the HELL did we not notice that before?" He muttered.

Neither espada answered the question, wondering the same thing themselves.

Ichigo hadn't looked up as they came closer, and Karin barley opened her eyes, but Chad changed his arm and prepared to defend the two if the espada became a threat.

When they were about three feet away, they saw Ichigo look up at them and heard him murmured a "Thank you", before turning his eyes back to Karin. They saw his eyes widen and a hand move towards her face, and they knew he had finally seen her mask.

"Karin…you…..theirs a mask on you," his face turned from shocked to sad and regretful, his eyes becoming pained.

"Gods Karin, I'm so sorry. I never meant for you to become involved in this." came his pained whisper.

Karin opened her mouth to say something, but was cut off by the appearance of Byakuya and Renji, their powerful reiatsu overwhelming the two's senses.

Ichigo fell so that his arms and knees supported him with hid forehead resting on the ground, while Karin fell fully to the ground and curled into a ball while more spirit particles added to her mask. Both were left shaking and gasping at the sudden pressure pushed on to their bodies.

Renji shumpoed behind Chad and started to attack him, forcing him to move away from Ichigo and Karin.

Byakuya glared disdainfully at the espada before pulling out his Zanpakuto and sending out a wave of razor sharp cherry blossoms at them. The espada were about to jump out of the way but a bright red shield (1) appeared in front of them blocking the attack.

"Nake, Benihime (2)" said a voice and a red arc was sent towards Byakuya, forcing him to Shunpo away.

"Urahara Kisuke" said Tosen, looking at the man.

Urahara smiled from where he had suddenly appeared and brought the hand that wasn't holding his sword up to his had to fix it, sending a shadow over half of his face.

"My….it's been a while, Tosen" he drawled, " I never thought we would meet here….well under these circumstances anyways."

Tosen nodded, "Indeed."

Urahara's eyes snapped up as Suì-Fēng appeared, but did not move as she shunpoed over to where Ichigo and Karin were laying. Right as she got to Ichigo, someone shunpoed in-between them.

"Getsuga Tenshō" said Isshin swinging his sword downwards in an arc, his eyes holding nothing but malice in them.

Suì-Fēng's eyes widened "Shi-"

There was a flash of bluish white and the sound of an explosion as the attack met the ground.

Suì-Fēng reappeared next to Byakuya, no longer in her captains robes and blood running down her arm.

The espada looked at the man questing, seeing as how the man was dressed as a captain and had a captains cloak on his left shoulder.

Ulquiorra looked at Tosen, muttering a small "Who is that?"

Tosen looked at the area where the man was standing and shrugged, " I have no relocation of his reiatsu. Whoever he is, he was not in Seireitei the same time I was."

"Who the hell are you?" Suì-Fēng demanded, her hand holding her shoulder, trying to stop the bleeding for the wound given to her by his attack.

"Their father." he replied, his voice cutting through the battles with its sharp edge and the malice in his eyes growing more pronounced, "Kurosaki Isshin."

I hope you liked this chapter! Please review and give me suggestions on what you want to happen in the story!

Translations:

(1.) Chikasumi no Tate, or Blood mist shield. Its one of Urahara's defensive moves.

(2.) Nake, Benihime - translation: Sing, Crimson Princess. Or in the English anime, "scream."

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