He knew where he would find him. How could he not, everyone knew where he would be. It wasn't every day a new play thing was brought into their humble little home and well his oh so lovely mate always had to play with the new toy first, it was kind of his thing. So when he found his oh so faithful mate fingering the new orange haired toy he wasn't at all shocked. If there was one thing he knew, it was how much the other shifter loved to play with things. He did have to correct this though; he knew how much Aizen would hate to hear about His new toy being played with first. So he did the one thing he knew would gain the attention of his mate. He called his name. There was an instant reaction; one that brought a very faint smirk to his lips as he watched the bluenette literately drop the orangenette on his ass almost as quickly as his name was called. It was nice to know he had such control over the imposing male, but then again if the male ever wanted consensual mind blowing sex of course he would listen.

"Yeah, yeah, I know, don't get your panties in a bunch Ulquiorra, I was only playing with him, you're my only bitch" Grimmjow said with a chuckle as he turned towards his mate Ulquiorra.

"I don't care if you fuck someone else but Lord Aizen has strict rules for dealing with this boy and one of them was not to damage him in any way, it seems you have bruised him and Lord Aizen won't be happy about that" Ulquiorra said just to watch his mate panic. The panic was slow and once the shifter noticed it he quickly hid it, but Ulquiorra saw the panic and it made his lip twitch a little as he fought a smirk. Once his mate started to leave the cage, Ulquiorra looked to the male who was captured and his green eyes met with honey brown. He dragged his attention away from the half breed and to his mate who was now standing in front of him. Calmly he took his mate's hand and started to forcibly lead him out of the room and to where a very…interesting interrogation was going to happen.

Ichigo felt his body starting to betray him and cursed silently to himself. He tried to fight his body's reaction to the stimuli currently being delivered to his body but he couldn't. His skin was too sensitive, too warm and he found that despite his best efforts his mind started to fog with shameful desire. When a warm mouth clamped over his exposed nipple he couldn't help but gasp. His arms hurt from being held up but he dared not to wrap his legs around the male's waist, that would only give him better leverage and Ichigo was going to make damn sure this wasn't easy for the male, though already he felt like he wasn't even putting up a fight. The strength difference between them was immense.

The male seemed to grow desperate and groped his ass. Ichigo let out a sound that would forever shame and haunt him. He didn't even think he was capable of creating such a downright lustful sound; it was disgusting and twisted his stomach into knots. When he heard the defined sound of something ripping and cold air hit his ass he froze. This man couldn't possib-

Ichigo let out a cry of pain, anger and embarrassing pleasure as something pushed harshly inside him. Tears weld up in his eyes, he was about to be fucking raped and he couldn't do anything about it. What use was it being a half breed if he couldn't call upon his strength when he needed it the most. No matter how much anger boiled up inside of him, he felt no change in his strength, only the dread of the inevitable. Then something or rather someone spoke up, calling out a name Ichigo could only presume was his current rapist's name. The Bluenette froze, stilling in all his current actions and then just dropped him on the ground as if he had no interest in him anymore.

Ichigo was happy the male had let him go and quickly moved away from him the best he could. He felt his whole body trembling, something he tried to control, but seemed to fail at like many other things. The Bluenette just grinned down at him like some crazed maniac.

"Yeah, yeah, I know, don't get your panties up in a bunch Ulquiorra, I was only playing with him, you're my only bitch". The man called Grimmjow said with a chuckle. Ichigo didn't look away from the Bluenette, scared that if he did he would continue where he left off.

"I don't care if you fuck someone else but Lord Aizen has strict rules dealing with this boy and one of them was to not damage him in any way. It seems you have bruised him and Lord Aizen won't be happy about that." Much to Ichigo's surprise the manic grin wavered for a second; was the male scared of Aizen?

Either way Ichigo didn't care, as long as the male didn't come near him or touch him ever again. He felt his stomach twist and turn and he suddenly felt dirty, like he needed to scrub off all his skin. Thankfully the Bluenette turned and exited the cage to stand by the one who had stopped him.

Dull emotionless green eyes looked at Ichigo almost to examine him before looking back to the taller Bluenette. Ichigo wasn't a coward, but right now all he could think of was to curl up in a ball in the corner of his cage and try to keep himself together.

Sleep overcame him taking him into darkness, consuming him into a haze of regret and disorder. His dreams were filled with nightmares better left unseen. His whole body trembled as he tried to fight out of the darkness, but no matter what he did he couldn't wake up.

"You've really done it this time" The echoing voice startled him from his sleep. He was expecting to see the cage he fell asleep in, but instead he found himself in a place he didn't recognize in the slightest. He was faced with tall buildings that covered the skies like clouds, almost as if he was on the side of a building in a large city. Looking around he felt panic well up as the whole situation sunk in and he realized he really was standing on the side of a building. Of course his first reaction was to freak out because he believed he was going to fall. He gave a small scream and dropped to the window and latched onto the frame. He prepared for the inevitable pull of gravity. It never came through, but the watering sound of a chuckle filled the area. It was a sound he had never heard before, but it felt like he had. It left him feeling uneasy.

"You really are stupid" Ichigo looked up at the person whom the voice belonged to and lost his grip as he tried to jump back.

"T-This isn't possible! W-why do you look like me!" He shouted as he pointed a finger at the strange man who looked like him, but didn't. His structure was the same as his, even his hair style was the same, but the man didn't have the same coloration. His skin was pale white along with his hair and clothing, beside a black sash around his waist. His eyes were also different. Where there should be white, was the darkest black Ichigo had ever seen and where there should be honey brown, was piercing gold. Another chuckle filled the world.

Without warning the…other him lunched forward at a speed Ichigo couldn't follow. He did however see the white fist aimed at his jaw and could do nothing to stop it or even dodge it. It connected with enough force to send him flying through a few buildings. He felt the pain rippling through his body with each wall his back connected with. He could feel the intense pain. He felt bone breaking and when he finally collided with a wall that stopped him, he felt his head smash against the concrete hard enough to make the world spin. Blood started pooling from the back of his head along with variety of other places.

"Over already" cackling followed that echoing voice as Ichigo tried to get a grip on reality. If this was a dream, it sure was realistic. The tight grip around his throat brought back some life into the orangenette, as he tried to break the hand away from his wind pipe. "Is this it, is this the pathetic human I'm forced to live within? I should just kill you now, become king of this realm. You can't even protect yourself, even that disgusting creature was able to fuck you." Ichigo clenched his jaw in anger as he struggled more to get control of the situation. The inverted version of himself just squeezed harder. "Maybe I should let you live, set it up to where everyone can see your disgrace as you give into a shifter. I wonder what your Raven will think when he finds out how big of a slut you are, if it only takes a little foreplay to get you riled up, even I could probably fuck you."

Ichigo growled as he slammed his foot square into the white man's chest. It did just what he wanted it to do. It got the man off balance and with that Ichigo gripped the man's hand harshly until the grip lessened and did a twisting movement until the hand he was holding was forced behind the other man's back. Pushing his weight forward, Ichigo forced the man to the ground and made sure to land his knee harshly into the man's back.

"I don't know what the fuck you are, but you and everyone else will never get the chance to fuck me!" Ichigo growled. He was getting really sick and tired of everyone trying to fuck him or drink his blood and leaving him in the dark about what the hell was going on. "Now, you're going to answer some questions." The man below him chuckled before a wave of power washed over Ichigo and threw him off the man. This time Ichigo wasn't defenseless or even disorientated, instead he landed on his feet, only sliding back a few feet.

It wasn't long before the white man attacked him once again, a manic grin on his face as he laughed. Ichigo did his best to dodge, block and even counter. He was doing okay but never seemed to manage to land a hit.

"Your weak, king. You'll never beat me."

Rage, pure untamed rage coursed through his body. It was hidden behind a false smile. One rule, only one rule and the shifter had disobeyed it. Now he would have to deal with a blubbering mess and a shifter who thought he was on the top of the food chain. This was why you never trusted a shifter, they were too animalistic and if they saw something they liked, they fucked it. Sitting in his chair in his office he waited for the shifter he had summoned to appear. As the bluenette entered Aizen motioned for the empty chair in front of his desk. The bluenette took it, looking any were else beside him, good. That meant he was scared, but once he was done with him, he would be beyond scared. He would never disobey him again, ever.

"So how did it go?" Aizen asked. He already knew, but still he had to ask. He would draw out the man's suffering.

"It was easy, they weren't expecting it and their security is shit." The shifter crossed his arms over his chest and leaned back in the chair, almost seemed to pout at the fact that there wasn't a challenge.

"Did the boy put up much of a fight?"

"Nothing I couldn't handle, he's only a half breed." the Shifter said with a shrug, avoiding saying anything about what Aizen was trying to get from him.

"Well that's no good, that means your actions were deliberate, which means you chose to ignore my rules." there it was, that was what he was looking for. Fear spiked in those intense blue eyes and his body went rigid.

"You think I wouldn't know, foolish little shifter." Aizen smirked at the Bluenette shifter when he stood.

Carefully walking around his desk he stepped behind Gimmjow, who was still in his chair, good. At least he had the sense not to run. He softly placed one nail on the back of the male's neck and let it glide across, slicing through flesh and earning him a small hiss. His smirk twisted into something cruel and he leaned down and wrapped his hand around the back of the male's neck. Being so close, Aizen could smell the fear rolling off him. He was doing a good job of hiding it but Aizen could smell it.

"You better hope the boy is strong because if you broke him, you'll be my new toy." he whispered causally, but the threat was still there and with it placed, Aizen stepped back and left his office. He would have loved to make the male scream, but fear was best to draw out, unless one wanted to shatter something and despite the man's harsh ways he was still valuable.

Aizen walked through the corridors of his establishment, towards where the orangenette was currently being held. He wasn't in his division, that would be stupid. With everything that he did, he would have surely been found by now. Chuckling to himself Aizen opened the door to the room Ichigo was being caged in.

The Seireitei had already been turned upside down in search of the young half breed, yet there was no trace of him. It was almost as if he never existed, but memories said otherwise - and the fact that a very pissed-off pure blood was currently being caged in the twelfth division. The raven had woken up and nearly destroyed the twelfth division until Yamamoto stepped in and put the raven into a slumber until the boy could be found.

Sighing Renji racked a hand through his red hair. He was returning to the division after searching through the outskirts of the Seireitei for the orangenette. Ever since Byakuya had been put to sleep, he was placed as Taicho of the Sixth Division. He didn't mind watching the division while his Taicho was currently indisposed, but as the days drew on and nothing was found Renji feared that Byakuya might renew his senses.

Walking through the division he went into the captain's office and took a seat behind the low table on a cushion. Paperwork was stacked high and as much as he wished to get it done, he had no patience for it.

"No luck today I presume." Renji nearly jumped out of his skin as he looked over to the voice.

"Hisagi! What are you doing here?!" Renji looked over the smaller raven.

He was dressed in his normal attire of the black uniform. His short disheveled black hair looked as if it was more untamed than normal. The male just continued to stare at him with dark grey eyes that conveyed nothing.

"You know why I'm here." Hisagi moved from the wall he was leaning against and stepped towards Renji. The red head sighed and shook his head, a small blush forming on his features.

"Yeah, yeah I know, get it over with." He said exposing his neck and looking the other direction.

"If you would just drink my blood we wouldn't have to do this every night." Hisagi knelt down beside Renji and leaned in close to the red head's exposed neck. He grazed his teeth against the pulse point before sinking them in. He only took a little bit of blood before pulling away indifferently and sighed. Renji kept his eyes firmly fixated on the other side of the room.

"I didn't find anything, how about you?" Renji finally asked as Hisagi stood up. The male sighed once again and took a seat on the other side of the desk Renji was sitting behind.

"Nothing as of yet, though Kurotsuchi-Taicho has been talking about waking Kuchiki-sama up." Renji tensed at this though and looked over at Hisagi, trying to determine whether he was kidding. There calm look on his features told Renji he wasn't and that Kurotsuchi really was planning on waking Byakuya up.

"Does he want to get killed?!" Renji slammed his fist against the desk. Hisagi just shook his head at the red head outburst.

"He said that he might have a way to calm Kuchiki-sama down long enough to locate Kurosaki."

"If it doesn't work Byakuya will be sentenced to death, Captain Commander Yamomoto has already made it clear that if he killed another person he would be treated like a Bloodling and be disposed of. The only reason he hadn't been killed yet is because he's a pure blood"

"Kurotsuchi seems very confident that he can calm him down."

"When!"

"Tonight."

Renji was suddenly moving then; though Hisagi was there to block his path before he could even exit the room. Renji growled at the shorter male, baring his fangs. Hisagi just calmly stood in his way with arms crossed over his chest.

"It would be best not to interfere."

"Fuck you Hisagi, I won't let them kill Kuchiki-sama." Renji clenched his fist and proceeded to throw the fist towards Hisagi's face.

The male just leaned out of the way, gripped Renji's wrist and flipped him over his shoulder. To make sure the red head didn't get back up Hisagi sat on his chest and pinned his hands above his head. The red head of course swore at him and struggled, but since Hisagi had just got his blood, he was much stronger then Renji was and holding him down was nothing.

It consumed him, the darkness; it was always there, never leaving. There was no flicker of hopeful light, none. There had been a flash, just once, but it was so long ago that he had forgotten what it looked like. The only thing he could remember was darkness and pain, so much pain. How had it come to this? How did he get trapped into this darkness?

So many questions always swirled around in his mind, but he could never find the answers, no matter how hard he search for them or how many times he called into the darkness, nothing gave him an answer. He was alone, always alone. Just like now. He was alone, unable to see, hear, or feel anything.

Then there was a flash of light, so blinding that he was forced to cringe in pain. What was this? Had he finally been rescued from the darkness? As the light returned to his world, knowledge flooded into his mind, his name, where he was and what had happened before he had fallen into this darkness.

"Ichigo!" Byakuya called into the empty room as he shot up from the bed he was laying in.

He felt his breath coming out harshly as if he had just woken up from a bad dream. A cold sweat covered his body and was he trembling? His mind was racing with the last images he had seen, Ichigo being thrown over the shoulder of a tall male with pale blue hair. He also remembered the man's scent. He was a shifter, a race that had always fought against the vampires.

Byakuya threw the blankets off of him and pushed himself off the bed only to crumble onto the floor, his legs giving out the instant pressure was put on them. He heard a door open and someone rushed to his side and Byakuya looked up to see Unohana's kind smile.

"Kuchiki-sama, you mustn't move so much just yet, your body needs to get used to moving again." Byakuya looked at her strangely.

He tried to speak to find his voice not working. Time stilled for a second as she moved him back onto the bed. He could feel his heart racing, panic was filling his body. Something was wrong, terribly wrong. Byakuya instantly searched out Ichigo's whereabouts through their link. Yet he couldn't pin point his exact location. It kept wavering as if he was falling out of existence. Byakuya pushed away from Unohana and forced himself to stand up once again. His legs kept failing him, but even so he still forced himself up once again and headed for the door. He had to find Ichigo.

"Kuchiki-sama, please, you must gain your strength before you search for Kurosaki, you have been put into a slumber by Yamamoto." Byakuya's grip on the door handle slipped and he fell to the floor once again, he looked over his shoulder at Unohana.

Had she just said he was put asleep by Yamamoto, which would explain his current predicament. Since being put into a slumber by Yamamoto would shut down whole system and even after only a day any vampire would feel like he died or worse.

"Yamamoto had put you in a slumber because you were in a rage and ordered you to stay in the slumber until Kurotsuchi could find a way to calm you down or we found Ichigo. You've been in a slumber for a month." Unohana explained.

Then was he wide awake, Kurosaki wasn't here, he knew that, he could feel it.

"Kurotsuchi found a way to temporally hold your hunger at bay, you have one night, so I'm going to ask you quickly, can you sense Kurosaki and tell us where he is?"

Byakuya nodded his head. He could feel him, every emotion the boy was feeling flooded into his mind like waterfall into a small pond. He was scared, angry, in pain and had lost hope. Byakuya knew what he was feeling, but no matter how hard he tried he couldn't pin point him, too many emotions were in the way and Ichigo's life force was too small.

"I-I can't tell where he is." his voice was small, broken, almost child-like. It was a foreign sound he had never heard come from himself before. Unohana just smiled sweetly at him and came to sit down beside the raven, wrapping her arms around him, as if to comfort him.

"It's okay, anything will do, a general area to search, anything."

"He's somewhere between the Seireitei and Huenco Mundo, a shifter has him." He heard Unohana gasp and rightfully so. Shifters were natural enemies of vampires. If Ichigo was in the Shifter's territory, getting him back would be nearly impossible.

"It will be fine, we'll get him, you have to sleep now." Byakuya shook his head, he wouldn't sleep now. He had to rescue Ichigo.

"No, I'll will go with you to get him back, I can control the hunger." This time his voice was stronger and he could feel his strength returning to him. He knew Unohana didn't want him to go, since the possibility of him going into a rage was very high, but she said nothing, seeming to understand his need to do this.

With Unohana's help Byakuya stood up and got dressed into his normal clothing before leaving the room to go meet up with the others, Unohana at his side to help him if he needed it, something he was grateful for.

Walking down the twelfth divisions' hall she headed for Mayuri's office. As she entered the large dimly lit office she waited by the door.

Mayuri was currently at his massive computer, typing in rapid consecution different information. The large computer was very strange compared to most. Its keyboard was designed more like an organ then an actual computer keyboard. Only Mayuri knew which key did what and that was probably why he had it.

"What woman! Can't you see I'm working?!" Mayuri snapped and Unohana just smiled and giggled slightly as she stepped forward to stand next to the scientist, who was still focused on the screen as he typed.

"Kuchiki-sama woke up." Mayuri stopped typing, but only for a second as he continued, only glancing over at Unohana once, as if to tell her to continue speaking.

"If you want more information why not ask him yourself." Mayuri completely stopped typing then and looked over at her as if to tell if she was lying or not.

Standing by the door was Kuchiki. He didn't look very well, but the determination in the raven's eyes told the scientist that the vampire wasn't going to go into a rage anytime soon. Mayuri grinned like a maniac and laughed. His theory was correct and had worked. Quickly, moving from his spot in front of the computer, he went over to a desk with different liquids. He quickly looked over the different colors and once he spotted the one he wanted, he snatched it up and walked over to the raven.

"Hurry up now, drink it." Mayuri said shoving a black liquid veil towards Byakuya. The raven of course looked at it strangely before turning to Unohana, who nodded her head to tell him it was safe. Once Byakuya drank the liquid Unohana decided that now was the best time to leave the scientist alone and report to the Captain Commander.

"Attention: Captain Renji Abarai of the Sixth Division, your presence is called for in the First Division." Renji looked at the black butterfly and tensed. His mind raced with everything that could be the reason for his summons. Either Byakuya was fine and would be taking his seat back or the Raven had been killed and he was going to be informed that he was now the Taicho of the Sixth Division or they had found Ichigo. He stared up at Hisagi, who still had him pinned. The male nodded his head before getting off the red head and letting him bolt past him.

Renji ran through the Seireitei as fast as he could. Once he made it to the First Division he quickly entered, not waiting to be escorted inside. He already knew his way to the Commanders office. His nerves getting to him. He didn't even wait to be told to enter and just pushed past the doors into the large office. The Captain Commander didn't seem fazed, even if Renji himself was frazzled by what greeted him.

Rukia, Kenpachi, Urahara, Yoruichi and Isshin were already there and were currently looking at him like what took him so long. He quickly went a stood beside Rukia and Isshin, waiting for whatever the Commander had to say.

"It seems everyone is here" Renji looked to the side where Unohana came in through another door. A smile on her face as always. That woman never seemed fazed by anything; though Renji wasn't sure he would ever want to see her any other way.

"What's the meaning of this! Does it have to do anything with my son? Have you found him?" Isshin suddenly bursted out.

Renji could understand his need to know about his son. It had already been nearly a month and nothing could be found. Isshin looked as if he was losing hope. He even looked like hell, as if he refused to eat. Renji looked to Unohana and his heart nearly crushed in on itself with joy. To most Unohana's expression wouldn't be decipherable, but right now, Renji could tell that her current smile was one with hope. Which could only mean that they finally had a lead.

"Yes Isshin, we have gotten a lead on your son's whereabouts." a collective amount of gasps echoed through the office as everyone turned to the new voice. Standing at the doors was the Raven Renji thought he would ever see again. Byakuya made his way up to the others and stood beside Rukia and Renji. Rukia of course gave Byakuya a huge hug as she tried to not cry, and Renji for the first time started to relax.

"That's great! Where is he?!" Rukia asked and Unohana's expression changed and Renji knew that something definitely wasn't right.

"We have a general idea of where he is." She was dodging something.

"Be frank Unohana-sama, where is he?" Renji said sternly.

"Somewhere near Huenco Mundo."

Author's Note: Okay I have some good news and some bad news. The good news it YEAH I'VE UPDATED! and will be able to update more often. The bad news is that I don't think I have a beta reader and that is the reason this chapter probably has a lot of errors in it. I tried to proof-read everything and make sure it was correct, but I'm sure there are some still in this chapter and I am sorry. I'm working on finding a new beta and hopefully soon I can have this chapter fixed before I finish the next chapter. If anyone would like to step up and be my Beta, just contact me and we'll talk it over.

Anyways I hope you enjoyed this chapter, I had a lot of difficulties with it because this pretty much defines where I'm going with this story and trust me it could have been taken several different ways. Until next time ^^

UPDATE: I do have a beta reader now. This story had been read through and most errors have been fixed. Thank you inpewus.