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I sat back in my chair as the last of my gang started to arrive. I was mildly surprised that they all showed up in less than 20 minutes, minus Kensei who had been out running errands for me. I stand up and look everyone over.

"Okay so you rushed us out of our homes for what?" Yukio asked. Before I can answer his question Riruka spits back an insult.

"What's the matter, Yu? Passed your bed time?" Yukio growls in anger.

"Fuck you! Still wishing Leader would touch you?" Riruka is startled by the insult and I stop them before they can continue any further.

"Alright, enough. I called you here because we have a serious fucking problem and I need you guys to shut up for two minutes so I can explain what's going on. So if you have any questions, please ask them now and shut up." I pause for a moment and continue as I pace back and forth.

"Now, it seems we have a rat in our gang. Not only am I pissed but I feel betrayed. I've considered you all to be my friends. Trust worthy people whom I've known for years, so imagine my surprise when Mur tells me over half our funds have been stolen by someone in this group." Murdock shifts uncomfortably as I call him out. The rest of the group seems shocked, even the stoic Tsukishima.

"I don't really know how I'm going to deal with this situation yet but believe that if you think you can get away with this shit, you've got me all kinds of fucked up." I finish. The room is quiet until Murdock's phone goes off. He quietly curses and runs over to the computer and putting on his headset.

"What is it?" I ask as Murdock furiously taps the keys. He adjusts the volume on the headset and looks back at me.

"We got Espada coming our way. I placed bugs around their territories such as local bars and restaurants. Right now they're at a restaurant of a common friend or at least an asset. I'm going to try and enhance the sound quality…" he announces as he fiddles with his keys again. I had no idea what he was doing but he made it work.

I really didn't want to leave the discussion of our little rat up for grabs but at the moment this is a bit more important. If we let the Espada walk all over us while we're vulnerable, we'll never be able to recover. We have to put a stop to this now.

I'm brought out of my thoughts by a screech and then the faint sounds of voices. It was low and unclear until Murdock adjusted the sound.

"Yeah, we do this shit today. No more bullshit, I wanna kill that kid now before this shit gets out of hand."

"I never thought I'd hear the day you'd talk like that about some new gang of kids. You afraid that they'll cause a threat?"

I've heard this voice before…

"Not in the least but he's starting to get on my fucking nerves. Everything he does pisses me off. He shouldn't even be allowed to breathe."

"A bit harsh but you're right. I want to meet the man who keeps hacking into our data base. If he's anything like I imagine, he has no fighting skills…"

I faintly hear Murdock growl at the jab.

They were wrong about that…

"Everyone go get your shit ready…" The gruff voice added. There was shuffling sounds before the noise stopped.

"Hey Pantera, why are we going today of all days? We have shit of our own to worry about, like the old ass man Barragan…"

"Yeah, I can agree with the stick on that one…"

"Fuck you!"

"Because…I got a tip today saying that they have a rat. Apparently their so called Leader is a little butt hurt about it so we're going to act now."

"But won't their guard be up since they have a rat?"

"Maybe, but I'm willing to take that risk. Besides, a little birdy told me that kid was actually dangerous. I wanna see if that person was right or if he was just fucking with me…"

I grit my teeth at the voice over the headset before meeting Murdock's intense gaze.

"Mur, do you think you can pull up a picture of this Pantera guy? I've never actually seen the man with my own two eyes, as far I'm concerned this guy's a myth." I hiss between my teeth.

"Let me see what I can do. I know I have one of the man but this was taken some years back, maybe in his teen years. He may look different now, he's older and probably far more dangerous. But here he is…"

I inhale deeply as I stare at the picture of the blue haired individual from my apartment complex. He still looked the same but he look much younger. But it was him. It was Grimmjow.

"I'll kill that fucker. Everyone, gear up. I don't what's going to happen today but I feel like some shit's about to go down…"

"But what about the—"

"I'll handle the rat later. I'm sure a rat knows when it's outnumbered…" I say as I head to the storage closet where all our weapons were. I grab a combat knife, a screwdriver and a pistol with two extra clips. I grab a small hand gun and place it in my pocket with ease, the other gun goes on my hip. I grab four walkie talkies and give one to Kensei, Ginjou, Renji, and I take one for myself.

Everyone grabs what they needed and walk to the door and I follow suit. As I'm walking a chill goes down my spine as Renji slaps my shoulder.

"What's the matter with you?" He asked with his cocky smile.

"N-Nothing, I just got a weird feeling. That's all, I'm fine…" I say as the uneasy feeling decreases. Renji cocks his head to the side, almost dog like, before walking in front of me.

"Man you're crazy. Let's go do the briefing…"

"Uh guys, we got company…" Ginjou says as he steps aside relieving a small woman. I groan at the sight. I feel Renji stiffen beside me as he hides his gun behind his back.

"Rukia…" I greet half honestly. She glares at me before pushing me aside to get to Renji.

"Rukia what are you doing here?"

"I…I followed you. You never told me you owed a gym, let alone being involved in this gang nonsense. What are you doing, Renji? You don't belong here. This isn't you…" She claims. I sigh quietly to myself, already knowing how this conversation will end.

"Rukia, just go home and I'll meet you there later. I promise. But right now, I have shit to do that's a little bit more important than arguing with you. I love you and we'll talk about all this later." He said as he kissed her forehead and then her lips before walking to the door.

"So you're just going to dismiss me?! Like I'm nothing?! Well fuck you Renji, don't even bother coming home because I won't be there!"

"Mur, can you look after her until we get back? Thanks…" He said completely ignoring Rukia's outburst. I walk pass her and she grabs my shirt, large violet eyes glaring at me.

"You got something you need to say, Rukia?" I ask with impatience. She huffs and lets me go.

"So you're in this too? I should've guessed…"

"Maybe you should've but unlike Renji I never hid from you. You just chose to ignore it and you know it. And before you go and accuse me of making Renji join my gang, I just want you to know this was partly Renji's idea. Name and all…" I tell her truthfully. She looks hurt and her expression makes me think of Yuzu so I turn away. She nods to me before whispering quietly.

"Just keep him safe…." I give her a nod before joining my gang into the van.

"Alright, Kensei you're taking Mashiro, Sweetie, and Toushiro to the back entrance the bar across the street from the Espada hideout. Murdock informed me they keep a safe in the back room. Underneath the desk is a precut square and if you lift it up you'll find a safe. We'll take it back and have Yukio crack it. Tsukishima, you'll be with me and Renji up until we get to the hideout. There you'll breakoff with Renji down the alley where there's a side door. I want you two to watch it until I give Renji the signal from the walkie talkie. Stay on guard since you're vulnerable to attacks on each side. And Jou, I need you to stay here with Riruka. She our driver today so we can't let anything happen to her. Any questions? Yes, Riruka?"

"Why does Sweetie get to be in the field and I have to drive?" She asked moodily. I sigh and rub my temples.

"I suppose you to know about the human body and how to stitch open wounds close and how to pull out a bullet…" She quiets down after that. I find the headset on the ground and speak into, testing to see if it worked.

"Yu-kun can you hear me?"

"Yeah, loud and clear. You guys are taking the cunt mobile?"

"Fuck you, you computer geek!"

"Yu-kun, watch your mouth and yes we're taking the van and Riruka is driving. Just help out Mur with whatever and stay quiet. And remember everyone, we're using the nicknames on the field."

"Roger." Renji answers loudly. He grins at me before nodding his head. I do the same before giving Riruka the signal to drive.

The car creeps to a stop as we park two blocks from our destination. I was the first to step out. I check the area before giving the signal that everything was clear to go. It was time to put our plan in action. Everyone sprints to their destination. Including myself. I was stationed on the other side of the alley since their hideout was pretty big.

The streets were quiet, minus the footsteps of Renji and Tsukishima who were splitting up as planned. I walk further down until Renji and Tsukishima and the rest of the gang were out of my sight. I take a deep breath and dash to my location. I see a few lights on in the building and I creep up to the side door. I tap my headset before quietly speaking into it.

"Mur, can you shut off the lights?"

"Shutting off the power…" He states. As he said, the power shuts off and I pull a screwdriver out of my pocket and began unscrewing the hinges on the door. However I'm stopped by a hard, cold object against the back of my skull.

"You guys have got to be the dumbest gang I've ever encountered…" I growl at the voice behind me.

"Grimmjow…"

"Hey, good seeing ya' again. Lemme introduce myself, for real this time…My name is Pantera, leader of the Espada and I wanna know what the fuck you guys think you're doing here on our turf?" He asked. I turn around slowly and met his crazed grin.

"Well if you must know Grimmjow, we were here to stop you from coming to our neck of the woods. We heard your little conversation at the bar." I say as I grin. Grimmjow's expression doesn't change.

"You don't find it strange that as soon as you found out about your little pet rat, you guys got a signal from your data base from our bar telling you what we were about to do. Well, what you thought we were about to do…" He says as he quietly chuckles.

"You set us up…"

"Bingo! Ah kid I swear you deserve a cookie for your wits. I'd check on your friends too if I were you…"

I reach into my pocket and switch over to Kensei's walkie.

"K…"

"Yeah, they got us too. We can't even move since they have at gunpoint."

"Shit…" I switch over to Ginjou

"Yo, X. You good…"

"If you call having a gun pressed to the back of my head, then yeah. I'm doing great. Riruka, not so much…"

"Damn it…" I hiss angrily.

"Boom, Book. Say something…"

No reply

"Hey! You better answer me…"

Still nothing

"Hey! I said—"

Bang!

"What the fuck?" I gasp out before looking back at Grimmjow who seems equally confused.

"What the hell did you do?" I question him, forgetting about the gun pressed to my head as I walk forward. I reach my hand out to grab Grimmjow's shirt but static on the walkie talkie steals my attention.

"I-Ichi…"

"Renji!? Are you alright?"

"F-Found the rat…"

"Shut up! Are you alright? Can you move?!" I ask frantically. I hear him couch and wheeze before he answers me.

"N-Nah, c-can't breathe…gettin' dark too…"

"Fuck, just hold on. I'll come get you, just—"

"I wouldn't move if I were you…" I stop and stare at the figure towards the back of the alley. He walks forward and stands next to Grimmjow.

"Took you long enough to get here. You know, you didn't have to shoot that guy." Grimmjow mutters under his breath.

"I had too. He was putting one too many pieces of the puzzle together. For someone who looks so stupid, he was actually pretty smart." Tsukishima announces coolly.

"How the fuck can you say that about someone who helped you when you were in deep shit!?" I scream out of anger.

"Help me? I'm still in deep shit, but that's another story. Now, throw me your walkie talkie…" I glare at him before sliding my device over to him.

"Ginjou?"

"Tsuki? Why do you have Ichigo's walkie talkie?"

"I just took it to say good bye. Despite how things will turn out, I still cared for you. Thanks for being the naïve cousin I thought you were…" He says before he shoots the walkie talkie.

"You're fucking sick…" I tell him.

"Like I care…" He says as he points the gun at Grimmjow and fires, shooting Grimmjow in the shoulder.

"Fuck!"

"I should be thanking you too, Pantera. My boss is pleased by your stupidity. Thanks for trusting our information. Now your gang has nothing at all. We may not have been able to get all the Xcution's money but we certainly got all of yours. Bye, believe we'll be in touch…Ichigo."

"You son a bitch! I'll fucking kill you! Do you know who I am?!" Grimmjow roared.

Tsukishima looks over his shoulder before laughing.

"Nobody now." He walks pass me as he smirks. As soon as he was out of my sight, I turned around and fired the pistol I had on my hip, hitting him in his hand. He hisses in pain as he runs. I follow after him but he jumps into a waiting car and speeds off. I frown and turn back to Grimmjow who had someone come to his aid. I look at him and we meet eyes.

We have a silent understanding as I dash off to go find Renji. I walked into the alley and found a body leaking ample amounts of blood. He had been hit in the chest on the right side. He wheezes loudly before weakly opening his dulled eyes.

"I-Ichi?"

"Shut up. I'm gonna take you to the hospital…" He shakes his head.

"D-Don't do it. They'll ask…too many q-questions." He was right.

"Well, I'm not about to sit here and watch you die! Come on, let's go. I'm sure the gang is waiting for us by the van…"

"Wait…b-before we go, I have to ask you to do something f-for me…" he gasps out. I stare at him as he smiles at me for what I know is the last time. He pulls me down so that my ear is near his mouth. I try not to be as surprised as he gasps out his request in my ear. A tear slides down my face as I nod.

"I-I didn't know. I promise I will…"

"I know you will, Ichi. Thank you. You're still the best friend I've got and I'll always have."

"Stop saying shit like that!" I shouted as I began to drag his much heavier body to the van.

I continue to talk to him as he drifts in and out of conciseness. We finally reach the van and the others are startled upon seeing Renji.

"Start the van and drive to my father's house! Sweetie, you have to do what you can…" her eyes were filled with tears but she blinks them away as we place him in the van. We close the doors and speed off. I watch as Kensei looks around.

"Where the hell is Tsukishima?" Ginjou sits in the corner with his head down and elbows resting on his knees.

"He was the rat…" He mumbles quietly. At this point the van is quiet and no one says anything as we pull up to my old house. It was late. The lights were off but that doesn't stop me from banging on the door. It swings open.

"Ichigo! Do you have any idea—W-Who's blood is that?!" he asked as he looks me over roughly. I pay it no mind as Kensei and Ginjou pull Renji inside.

"Oh my god! Isane! Get down here now!" He yells as he rushes into the clinic. I see the girls run down stairs and I watch as Yuzu covers her mouth in a silent scream.

"Girls, go upstairs!" My father yells.

"W-What happened to Renji, dad?" Karin asked quietly, obviously in shock.

"Upstairs!" He yells once more. The girls shutter and proceed to go back upstairs. I knew they wouldn't be able to sleep for the rest of the night. I walk over to the clinic but I'm stopped by my father.

"We can't have you in here, it's a small clinic and we can't afford to have all of you in here. Just…Just wait in the living room." He explains as he pulls up his mask. Orihime walks back in the clinic and she explains something to my father but I'm not listening. I watch in despair as they close the door to the clinic, leaving me to wallow in my own thoughts.

Hours passed before anyone came out and when my father did, he came over to me and placed a hand on my shoulder and told me he was sorry.

For the first time in years, I cried. I cried on my father's shoulders as he held me. I even welcomed Isane who rubbed my back soothingly. The rest of the gang grieved quietly but a few lost it when Rukia walked in looking for Renji.

"H-He's gone?" I can't look at her face, but I hear here drop to her knees and lets out a deafening scream.

I gain my nerve and stand up, alarming my father as I do so. I sit down next to Rukia as she grabs her stomach shaking her head.

"I…I can't do this alone…" she said quietly.

"I-I know. I'm sorry I couldn't keep him safe but I promised Renji that I'd look after his child. Please…let me do that much." I beg. She looks at me before smiling sadly.

"What kind of person what I be if I ignored his request…" tears runs down my face as I nod stiffly. I gently place a hand on her stomach and wipe the tears my eyes.

"I'll look after you, little one. I promise…" I mumble to myself.

Okay, so a little sad. I apologize to any Renji fans, it was just his time. I do hope you all enjoyed the chapter though and continue to review. Thanks for reading, Bye-Bye!