Chapter Eleven
"Right on this very spot I want you to finish off Ichimaru Gin."
The Snowflake widened at the very thought, never mind doing it. There was no way in hell he could hurt Ichimaru, he hadn't done anything wrong!
"No." said Toshiro coldly, already knowing the consequences but he would somehow figure a way out of them.
"So you really do not care for the little Princess, do you?" said Aizen evilly, pulling back from Toshiro and looking towards Szayel. "Go wake the Princess and bring her here."
Karin wandered through the hall Cautiously and for once was thankful about the spiritual suppressor around her neck. This way no one could detect her movement. She had woken up not long ago and the first thing her hazy mind had registered was that her Snowflake was gone. She was just outside the room were she could hear everything and that was the final straw. Toshiro knew she was there, and he had deliberately said no, since he knew that she could run away. Stupid Szayel, forgetting to lock the door on her…
She ran down one of the corridors and then stopped and hid at the side of a wall as she heard someone running. CRASH!
Their was a squeal of surprise as Karin hit the ground and bashed her head against the floor.
"I'm so sorry Karin!"
Karin looked and was surprised to see Rukia standing in front of her, Halibel and Ichigo at her back.
"Rukia, Ichi-Nii!" said Karin, leaping at her brother and giving him a hug. "You don't know how good it feels to see you again!"
Karin then glared at Halibel but Rukia stood at her defence.
"Don't be mad at her, she's against Aizen." said Rukia, Halibel nodded slowly. Karin blinked and then look at Ichigo, noticing the large amount of blood on his clothes.
"You're hurt!" gasped Karin.
"I'm a lot better than what I was," said Ichigo lightly, "Rukia's healing Kido has improved."
"Shut up dumb-ass." said Rukia stubbornly, "Now is not the time."
Ichigo looked behind his shoulder and the grabs Karin and Shunpo'd away, Rukia and Halibel watched from a corner and then widened as Szayel ran right past them without even noticing them, his eyes focused as he ran into his lab.
"Ichi-Nii, we need to go right now… he's going in there for me…" said Karin, shrinking back slightly. Ichigo nodded and kneeled down and allowed her onto his back. Rukia then stepped forwards and placed her hand on Karin's collar.
"Let me remove that first-"
"Don't." said Karin quickly, "I don't know how to suppress my reiatsu by myself so it wouldn't be helpful if it was removed. You can remove it later."
"O-ok…" said Rukia, retracting her hands and then heard Szayel's lab door open again. "We need to go now!"
Szayel rushed back into Aizen's throne room and instantly got back onto his knees.
"I'm so sorry Aizen-sama!" he said, "I left the door unlocked since I never knew she would wake up so soon!"
Aizen raised an eyebrow and released his clutches from the Snowflake's throat and allowed him to fall to the ground.
"So now we have Kurosaki Ichigo, Kuchiki Rukia and the Princess on the loose?" said Aizen, "Never mind the fact that Halibel has betrayed me?"
Szayel nodded and Aizen then walked out of the room, his uniform flapping behind him. Toshiro rubbed at his throat gingerly before his eyes caught onto Gin's. they continued to stare for a while until urgent whispers could be heard.
"But what about the girl-"
"Be quiet Ichimaru." whispered Toshiro, feeling Szayel's glare on his back before he began whispering again. "If Karin has truly escaped without detection, she'll be able to defend herself. If she managed to escape without being detected then there's a high chance she is already with Ichigo and Rukia."
"But the question is… are you sure they two are alright?" whispered Gin seriously, his consciousness beginning to fail on him. "Last thing I knew was that Ichigo… had been knocked out… and Rukia… was fighting the 3rd Espada… Halibel…"
Toshiro looked at the ground and sighed.
"Weren't you listening Gin?" said Toshiro quietly, "Halibel betrayed Aizen and is most likely on our side, for now anyway."
"For now…" thought Gin. Toshiro felt Szayel appear behind him and then grab him by the hair and drag him to his feet.
"We'll get the princess back, won't we little prince?" said Szayel coldly, his other hand reaching for his collar. Toshiro let out a low snarl and tried to get him to release his grip, but ended up with a sound slap across his face. Szayel let out a low hiss.
"You're coming with me as I search for her little Prince." said Szayel, grabbing both his wrists and twisting them behind his back. He then went into the pocket of his coat and brought out two cuff links and chained them both together before he could even think of struggling. Toshiro let out a small cry of pain as he felt a jolt of electricity go through his wrists and up his arms, making him stop his struggles and fall to his knees.
"Be good little prince, we'll find the Kurosaki girl soon."
Ichigo turned round a corner and stopped, gasping for air as a trickle of sweat ran down his face. He didn't know how long he had been running, he just knew it had been a long time and with Karin on his back, it was very difficult.
"Ichi-Nii, I can walk now-"
"It's fine Karin," he panted, wiping at his head, "I'll keep going till I get everyone out of here."
Karin nodded and then turned to Rukia.
"Can you take off my collar now please?"
Suppressing his reiatsu immediately, Byakuya looked over to where Kyoraku stood, undoing Soi Fon's binds quickly. He then looked up at Ukitake and nodded.
"From the message I have received, Unohana Taicho, Abarai Fukutaicho, Hinamori Fukutaicho and Isane Fukutaicho are looking for the others and from the information we got from Captain Kurotsuchi, most of them should be together." said Ukitake, "We better go assist them."
"Agreed." said Byakuya. Soi Fon nodded with him and the quietly left the cell, lifting their feet over the unconscious Numero's and began moving again.
"Good! We found you!" said Momo happily, standing in front of Ichigo, Rukia, Karin and Halibel, "Who's she?"
Momo pointed at Halibel and Rukia quickly chipped in.
"A new friend." she said quickly, she's helped us a lot."
"From the information we had received, Hitsugaya Taicho should be with you." said Unohana softly, "but I do not see him."
"Where is he Kurosaki?" said Renji expectantly.
"I don't know-" Ichigo was cut off as a voice started echoing through the halls.
"You want to know where Hitsugaya is?" it echoed, "You seriously can't figure out where he is?"
Ichigo looked round to see multiple speakers around the halls and then held onto Karin tightly. Everyone else took a defensive stance.
"Do not fret, I won't come out and attack you," said the smug voice, "I just want to play a game with the Princess."
Karin visibly stiffened as there was a faint crackle in the speakers and then a cry of pain. Her eyes flashed with fury as she got off of Ichigo's back and started shouting.
"WHAT THE HELL ARE YOU DOING TO HIM?" she screeched, "LEAVE HIM ALONE!"
"Calm down Princess." said the voice, "I am only disciplining him. He refused a direct order from Aizen-Sama."
"Hey wait, I know this voice…" said Renji after a moment of thought. His brow furrowed in concentration, "It's the gay dude with the pink hair."
There was a hiss of annoyance and then another cry of pain.
"First of all, I am not GAY." he hissed, "And two, my name is SZAYEL APPORO GRANTZ!"
"Run a-" the sound was quickly muffled by a hand and then Szayel started talking again, "Bad boy, you know not to speak to them."
"I SAID LEAVE HIM ALONE!" screeched Karin again.
"Princess." said Szayel shortly, "Come to me alone and I promise I won't hurt him anymore."
There was another scream of pain and Karin began trembling.
"What do I do? What… w-what do I… do…"
Another scream of pain. And another. And another. Szayel played around with the control switch in his hand as if he was bored. The static was showing at the tips of his hair and sweat was pouring down has face at a drastic pace.
"This isn't really amusing," said Szayel, "But then again, it's amusing to see the Kurosaki girl suffer since she's human still.
"S-still…?" Toshiro let out another cry of pain as electricity was jolted through him, "W-what d-do you m-mean- AHHHHHH!"
"You seriously think Aizen-Sama will keep her as a Vizard?" said Szayel slyly, "I think not, he'll make her into an Arrancar very soon."
It was a half hiss, half scream after the Snowflake heard that. He wasn't thinking clearly and his human side was starting to fail on him.
"Heh, I think you should let me do some damage boy."
"N-no… I'm not letting you-!" there was another cry of paint and a dull laugh erupted in his head.
"Ya know ya wanna kill him, che, the bastard is hurting you AND the one you love!" The voice said again, "C'mon, let me out!"
"I SAID NO!"
Szayel tilted his head as he saw Toshiro whispering to himself frantically.
"What do we have here? Something new?" said Szayel, "C'mon Hitsugaya, let it out."
Szayel flicked the switch in his hand to 'max' setting. Then the blood-curdling screams ripped through the air like wild fire.
A/N: Sorry if this chapter sucked, I was kinda in a rush to write it ^^ Thank you for reviewing *gives everyone cookies*