Toshiro lost consciousness.

"No….." Ichigo took a step towards his fallen comrades. "No, no, NO!" Ichigo screamed, half running and stumbling towards them. "NO!"

Nnoitra fell to his knees, and coughed up more blood. Ichigo turned to him, glaring at the arrancar. "You! You did this!" he yelled, as he started to run to Nnoitra.

"Heh heh, yeah I did do that." Nnoitra grabbed his arm. "They were tough motherfuckers, but I win. I beat those sons of bitches!" he laughed. Then grabbed his side, coughing up more blood.

Ichigo gritted his teeth as he made his way to the coughing arrancar. "You…." Ichigo said raising his sword. "You killed my friends….you killed them…." Ichigo brought Zangetsu down.

A tear fell as Nnoitra collapsed onto his side.

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Ulquiorra stared at the body in the middle of the room. Half his head was missing, and Gin was standing over him, with a sword dripping with blood.

"Wha-?" Ulquiorra started.

"Ichigo was captured and brought to this room by I presume Aizen. I happened to walk in as Ichigo was gonna escape. Ichigo wanted to follow you when you pasted by, but Aizen wouldn't let him so they fought. Ichigo won, and went for you." Gin summarized.

"But-?"

"Oh, Ichigo didn't do this….I did. I sliced Aizen's head in half." Gin said, grinning even more. "I finished Aizen off."

Ulquiorra just stared at the former captain, speechless.

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Ichigo kneeled between Toshiro and Renji, head bent tear streaks on his cheeks. "Damn it…"

"Looks like we came in time."

Ichigo looked up at the voice. In the hole stood Retsu Unohana, her lieutenant Isane Kotetsu, Hanataro, and few other squad members.

"Go. Treat the wounded." The squad members dispatched at once. "Hanataro, treat Ichigo."

"Yes…"

"How?" Ichigo asked as Hanataro started cleaning his wounds.

"Yoruichi asked us to come. She heard from Kisuke Urahara that you might need medical attention in Hueco Mundo. But I don't know how Yoruichi convinced General Yamamoto to dispatch us here." Unohana explained. Ichigo looked up at her, wincing every once and a while from pain.

"Urahara asked Yoruichi to get you?" Unohana nodded. "Thank you for coming." Ichigo said, bowing his head.

"Please don't move, Ichigo! You'll cause yourself to bleed more!"

"Oh, sorry, Hanataro."

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Ulquiorra backed out of the room, leaving Gin and his kill. He walked down the hall. 'He's still alive. Yes, he's still alive. I'm so glad.' He turned down another hall. After a while the temperature slowly dropped. Ulquiorra started to notice ice on the floor.

"Why is there ice here?" Ulquiorra almost slipped on a patch of ice. Ahead, he could feel a group of soul reaper spiritual pressures. One was Ichigo's, then they disappeared.

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Ichigo looked at the gapping hole. "Through there?"

"Yes, Urahara is sustaining in back in the human world. He said hurry, because he doesn't know how long it will stay open. He estimated approximately 4 days in the human world."

"Then we have enough time," Ichigo said.

"True, but we don't know how fast or slow time flows in Hueco Mundo. Three and a half days could have already pasted in the human world since you came here." Ichigo looked away. "Take them through the portal. We'll sustain them at Urahara's shop, and then transfer them to the soul society when they are able to be moved to the hospital wing." Ichigo looked back, and then at the portal.

"…"

"Ichigo, come."

Ichigo jumped through the portal.

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There was ice and broken pillars everywhere. Nnoitra laid motionless in a pool of his own blood. He wasn't breathing. Ulquiorra turned to the wreckage. 'They had a big battle here and managed to beat Nnoitra. There had to have been at least three other soul reapers lieutenant rank or higher fighting him to beat him this badly and kill him. That would explain the assorted spiritual pressures earlier. Ichigo! Where is he? He was just here, I know it!'

Ulquiorra noticed the still open portal. "They went to the soul society? No….the human world. If they fought Nnoitra, they would be gravely wounded. They would have to stop to heal some and then go back to the soul society." He turned to the portal.

As he was about to step through, it closed. Ulquiorra blinked. 'They must of arrived. It's ok.'

Ulquiorra opened a Garganta to the human world, and stepped through. After all, his dead lord wasn't gonna stop him. He was free to do what ever he chose.

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Ichigo stared at the ceiling. "Don't be so gloomy, Ichigo. You were all pretty beat up. You couldn't have found him without losing consciousness from the lack of blood. Then we wouldn't have never found you and you would have died over there," Urahara said, standing over Ichigo, blocking his view of the white ceiling. Ichigo just closed his eyes. "Oh come on! Cheer up! You can go back when you're healed enough! I'll open it again. Don't move. I have to talk to Retsu. I'll be back."

"Ichigo!" He turned towards the voice. Orihime, Uryu, and Chad stood in the door. Orihime ran up to him. Uryu and Chad silently followed.

"I'm so glad your ok!" she said, bending over him with a smile on her face. It disappeared when she realized Ichigo looked away from her. "W-what is wrong, Ichigo….." Ichigo stared at the ceiling.

"He's in trauma," Uryu offered, noticing Ichigo's silence.

"He never acts like this," Chad said, even though he doesn't really talk. He was truly concerned for his friend's welfare. The trio fell silent, looking at the orange haired boy.

"Something bad must of happened over there to make this idiot mute," Uryu said. Looking away when Ichigo didn't even acknowledge the insult. "Something really bad it seems."

"Ichigo….."

"He's just depressed cause he didn't save the arrancar that he went to go get," Urahara said, coming back from talking with Unohana. Ichigo didn't move. "You know the arrancar….what was his name? Ulquiorra? Anyway Ichigo went to bring him back when he was taken back by Aizen, but as you can see. He didn't find him. So now he's depressed that he couldn't."

"I see."

"Ichigo….Please cheer up" Orihime whispered, looking at him.

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The empty lot. The place where this whole thing started laid below Ulquiorra. He turned towards the road. Now where is he?

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"We have a visitor," Urahara said from the doorway. Ichigo turned towards him.

Uryu stiffened, "An arrancar."

Urahara nodded. "What is it doing? Revenge?" He rubbed his chin. "Anyway, we have to go check it out." He turned out the door. "Ichigo? Are you coming?" Without waiting for a response, Urahara left with Orihime, Uryu, and Chad.

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'They're coming. Should I- Wait, one is familiar.'

Orihime entered the lot. Urahara and the rest soon followed. "Ulquiorra!" she exclaimed, finding the solemn arrancar standing in the middle of the lot. He turned, as Uryu and Chad got into their fighting stance. "Ichigo needs your help!" she said, tugging the arrancar's sleeve.

"Ichigo? Where-!" Ulquiorra was dragged out of the lot, past a few bewildered people, and down the road.

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"Ichigo!" Ichigo turned. His eyes widened. In the doorway was Ulquiorra, with Orihime trying to push him forward. Ichigo tried to sit up but grabbed his side in pain.

He looked back up. "U-ulquiorra?" he managed to whisper through his shock.

"Yes."

Kyo: A reunion! Oh! Toshiro and them do survive. After Urahara talked to Retsu Unohana, she left with them. I'm saying this cause I don't think there gonna come up for a while, and I don't want you to worry about it later in the story. Next chapter focuses more on Ichigo and Ulquiorra in the human world and where their relationship is gonna go. Kinda. And please review! And one ques: did I make the outcome of the fight with Nnoitra and the soul reapers likely to happen? I think it would possibly end that way, but then again…..