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ULQUIORRA CAPTURED?! NUUUUUUU!

I hope you guys are enjoying the beginning to my story!

As I did when I wrote the previous story, I will not be posting any chapters during the weekends because I will be busy busy busy :3 BUT! I will always try my best to post daily or every other day. Well… as usual… Here is Chapter 3! Enjoy!

Chapter 3

"Ross… Ross? Ross-san… Time to wake up. We're here Ross-san. Come on; open up those eyes of yours… Ross?"

You felt hands gently shake you as the darkness of your dreams lifted. You didn't want to wake up. Not now. Not ever. You heard Alexandria breathing heavily as she bent closer to you to continue trying to wake you up. Anger welled up inside you, and your arms shot out and grabbed her; throwing her under you as your hands clenched around her throat.

"H-How dare you?! He was right there! Right there! We could have saved him! I-It's all your fault!" you yelled. Your friend only looked up at you and sighed placing her hands above your own, where they had tightened around her throat. She said nothing; and only looked into your eyes and stayed still. Your breathing began to calm as you looked at your best friend. She had blood trickling from her lips and under you, you could feel that she had a broken rib. You felt her neck begin to swell under your grip and you gasped and released her.

"I-I'm sorry… Alexandria… I-I'm so sorry…" you muttered as she held her neck gently and made her way towards you. You kept your gaze downward, unable to look into your friend's eyes. The friend you had been willing to kill. She grabbed your arm roughly and pulled you into one of her famous hugs and you began to cry. You cried and cried and cried for what seemed like hours until it felt as though you had run out of tears to cry out. You wiped your eyes and sighed. What were you fooling... you would get nowhere with acting like this. You looked up at Alexandria.

"So… where is exactly is 'here'?" you asked quietly. Your friend smiled and pointed over a grassy hill. It was night time, and the wind made the tall grass seem as though it was dancing.

"The base in which your kind and a few surviving Shinigami are posted. They can help you there. I also reckon that Ichigo, Ishida, Chad, and Orihime are there as well. I sent an anonymous message to them telling them you had lived and you would be there shortly." She said softly. You knew something was up.

"Anonymous? Why anonymous?" You asked as her gaze fell to the ground.

"It's quite complicated, Ross-san… I can't enter the base with you. You must appear alone. You need to show that…" suddenly, Alexandria stumbled over and coughed. You rolled your eyes and put her arm around your shoulder to steady her. "You need help… They're my friends and yours too. The only person you don't know is Grimmjow and he will understand the attention you need. Stop being so damn humble." You said as you entered the base. It was a flat area made up of campfires and tents. You saw Dark Angels around and they nodded to you and smiled. That was, until, they saw Alexandria.

Precipitously, strong hands of Shinigami and Dark Angels alike tore your friend from your hold and threw her to the ground, where she stayed still and didn't move.

"What the hell is going on here?!" You began as Grimmjow stepped between you and your other best friend. You pushed him aside and stood in front of her protectively as she sat up weakly and kept her gaze downward.

"What are you doing sweetheart? She's a traitor! She's the cause of all this!" Grimmjow yelled as he tried to step around you. You growled and pushed him back.

"Traitor my ass! She's my best friend! None of this is her fault! She's just trying her best to…"

"Get us all killed!" Ishida interrupted, suddenly. He had his bow out and pointed at her. You glared at them all and stood your ground.

"Wait…" Alexandria began as she stood up shakily. You looked back at her and saw that she had a look you had seen many times. Shame.

"Alexandria… Is this true?"

Your friend sighed and looked around her at the people surrounding her. She was so calm it was scary.

"Mission 2714… at 0600 hours. I and my team were sent into the Hueco Mundo area to look for any traces of Aizen's forgotten arrancar." She began clearly as she looked into the eyes of every person there. "We were doing a follow up cleanup of the work of Squad 14, led by Grimmjow Jeagerjaques. It was supposed to be an easy job with no real hassle. That was until we sniffed out a large army living underground." She looked at Grimmjow's surprised expression and she sighed. "Their reiatsu was hidden by a gem only found in Hueco Mundo. A gem, which was only discovered as soon as the army was. I, as the leader of my group, gave orders to abort the mission and report back to HQ…" A rock came hurtling from the surrounding crowd as they called her a liar and hit Alexandria in the shoulder causing her to growl lowly. Grimmjow yelled at the crowd to hold their fire as your friend continued.

"I had a traitor… an imbecile… in my group. His name was Shon Shin. He signaled the army and killed my remaining group with power I never knew he possessed." She clutched her ribcage and looked up at you and Grimmjow. "Power that the army had given him."

"Where is he now?" You asked after a long silence as you clenched your fist. Alexandria bowed her head in apology. "I am sorry, Ross-san… As dishonorable as it sounds I had to run. I had to try to warn the Soul Society. But I was too late."

You looked at your friend for any emotion, but her loose hair covered her eyes. What she said next surprised you the most.

"I take full responsibility for the actions made by my subordinate. And due to his absence, I will take whatever punishment is suitable." She looked up at Grimmjow grimly. "But, I know the location of this army. And, if you let me go, within the next twenty four hours I can get a captive. I can get the information from him as well."

You looked at the Shinsou Alexandria that you had known for many years. The friendly woman that seemed… well… anything but this.

"Alexandria… you don't have to do…"

"Don't pretend that I am the perfect girl I tried to be Ross-san…" She interrupted as she kept her gaze on Grimmjow. "You know the crimes I have committed and you know I am the only one who can do this... without holding back for even a second." She looked at you, finally, and you saw what it was she wanted. Redemption. A chance. Revenge. You nodded and looked at Grimmjow pleadingly. He sighed and looked from you to her.

"You leave by morning. For now, you will be under Ross' care." He said as everyone around glared at your friend with a little less hatred than before. She looked back at them bravely until they all backed into their tents. It was late.

You took Alexandria's arm over your shoulders again and followed Grimmjow into a slightly larger tent. It was a dark red and the entrance flaps were lined with a black that disappeared into the darkness of the sky. You helped your friend down and Grimmjow never took his eyes off her.

"So. What happened to proper introductions sweetheart? The only thing I knew about this chick was that she was a traitor and now she's your best friend?! What the hell?!"

You punched the panther hard in his head and he growled and rubbed it.

"She's not just my friend…" you began and you wiped the blood from her lips. "She's my best friend. Just like you. I met her after Ulquiorra came back. She was there to originally escort him but we talked and…

"And we played video games…" she said with a slight smile. You smiled back and looked at Grimmjow.

"You both should really get to know each other… you'd be good friends and you would bet along well." You said with a smile as Grimmjow laughed.

"Like hell I'd be friends with someone as stubborn as her!" The panther said as he laughed harder.

"It's okay Ross-san…" Alexandria began with a smirk as you began to glare at Grimmjow. "I don't get along with morons remember?"

Grimmjow glared at Alexandria as she smiled back innocently and you laughed. You knew they would hate the crap out of each other… but you also knew that they were very much alike.

As Grimmjow left and you watched Alexandria drift into a deep sleep, you looked through the small opening of the tent entrance out into the sky and thought of Ulquiorra. You prayed silently that he was still alive and that soon you would be strong enough to go and save him.