HI! i'm not dead! just really BUSY...

I do not own bleach.


"Ulquiorra, take her to your room. She'll be your responsibility until she fully knows this place."

"Yes, Aizen-Sama." Ulquiorra grabbed the long-haired Ichigo and both of them walked towards a door with a number 'four' on it. He was about to open it when a high pitched scream caught his ears. He turned around to see Ichigo pinned against the wall with a somewhat pissed off Nnoitra.

"Ya mean ta tell me tha this scrawny bitch is possibly gonna be outranking one of us?" Nnoitra stuck his face into Ichigo's. "She sorta looks like tha' Orange-haired fool from ya vision before... Wonder wha' she tastes like..." At that, Ichigo became somewhat pissed, and before Nnoitra could do anything, his arm was torn off and now it hung limply from Ichigo's hand. Her eyes became more golden and a killing intent surrounded her. She held out two fingers and a black cero started to form. Ulquiorra stopped and pushed her hand down.

"Stop... this Trash isn't worth killing." Ichigo stopped and just glared at the somewhat scared fifth espada. She then started walking to the open door that led to Ulquiorra's room. Ulquiorra looked down at Nnoitra. "Any objections now?"

"Tha Bitch..." Was all that Nnoitra said before standing and walking away. Ulquiorra walked into his room finally to see Ichigo sleeping on his bed. He sighed and sat down on the couch and just watched the steady rise and fall of Ichigo's chest.

***Real world with other Ichigo***

"Ichigo! Wake up! Dammit! GET UP!" A swift kick to the sleeping teen's abdomen woke him up.

"OW! RUKIA!!!!!" Ichigo sat up and immediately laid back down from the pain. "How long was I out?"

"About a week." Rukia crossed her arms. Ichigo looked at her. "I was getting worried, and Urahara said your wounds should be healed by now."

"Wounds? What wounds?" Ichigo tried to remember the fight with Grimmjow. He remembered being beaten and the mask, and suddenly collapsing to the ground, but there was something important he was forgetting, but he couldn't tell what it is. "Oh... from my fight with Grimmjow..."

"Baka! Did you honestly just remember that?"

"Yeah... but something's wrong... I feel like I'm missing something..."

"Missing? What did you get robbed?"

"No... like I'm missing a piece of my soul..." Ichigo was patting his chest for extra effect.

"Hmm... well the only thing different about you is your Reatsu... it's no longer black." Rukia said.

"What?!?" Ichigo said. He leaned back and shut his eyes to try to go to his inner world.

***Inner world of Ichigo***

"Zangetsu! Hichigo! Anyone?" Ichigo said, circling around until he saw Zangetsu perched atop his pole. "Ah Zangetsu, can you explain why I feel hollow, no pun intended. And where's Hichigo?"

"He's gone. He was sucked away." Zangetsu said and the teen looked at him with horror.

"He can't be! He was a part of my soul! He couldn't die!"

"Baka! He didn't die! He was just transferred into another 'you'!" Ichigo blinked and slowly absorbed the information.

"He's... inside another me?"

"Yes. During your fight with Grimmjow, Hichigo was so tired and decided to lay down near the edge of a building. The building then collapsed suddenly and he disappeared. Then half of your inner world broke off too. I'm guessing that Grimmjow injected some drug inside of you."

"When I find him... I'll kill him..."

"That's going to be hard... you have no mask anymore. How are you going to fight him?"