Aizen was looking over videos that were taken of Ichigo dueling Yammy and was looking over all the data of him and his friends. There was one that caught his attention and the start of his devious plan was beginning to get underway.

"Ulquiorra, Grimmjow, are the two of you ready?" Ulquiorra and Grimmjow stood behind the chair Aizen was in with them awaiting their orders.

"Yes, Lord Aizen." Ulquiorra said.

"Yeah. Just let me go and take care of Ichigo." Grimmjow said despite that he was covered in bruises from his punishment when he first dueled Ichigo without permission. "I've got a score to settle with him."

"Careful, Grimmjow. You don't want a repeat of last time." It sounded like there were two different voices.

"I recognize those messed up voices anywhere." Grimmjow said and a masked man came out from hiding in the shadows. "Aaroniero, so you're a part of this too?"

"That's right." Aaroniero said.

"Our orders are clear you two. Follow my plan and we will obtain what Lord Aizen desires." Ulquiorra said. "We will not fail you, sir."

"I hope not." Aizen said.

….

Karakura Town

Ichigo was prepping his deck for his next duel. Aizen and his servants have been quiet lately, but that could change at any moment. He never did finish his duel against Grimmjow and Yammy was tough to beat.

"Ichigo, what'ch you doing?" Keigo said.

"Beat it. I'm trying to concentrate. I need to make sure my deck is prepared for my next duel." Ichigo said.

"You worry too much. You're practically unbeatable." Keigo said. "Besides, what's the worst that can happen if you lose a duel?" Ichigo thought that it would have been a good idea to keep some of his friends in the dark about what's been going on.

"Ichigo!" Ichigo looked over at the door of his class and saw Uryu.

"Uryu, is something wrong?" Ichigo said.

"Kisuke Urahara is calling for us. He wants to talk to us about something." Uryu said. Ichigo gathered his cards and left.

…..

Urahara Shop

When Ichigo and Uryu arrived at the shop, they went in and saw Rukia, Orihime, Renji, and Chad already arrived.

"Good, you're here." Kisuke said.

"What is this about?" Ichigo said.

"I just got word from the Soul Society. They dug through Aizen has been in and they think they found out what he is up to." Kisuke said. "He's planning on opening a portal into the duel monster spirit world and he plans on sacrificing all of Karakura Town to do it."

"How?" Rukia said.

"The more intense duels become, the more energy is released and set out through the land and atmosphere." Kisuke said. "Aizen plans on using that energy to open a portal for him to go through."

"If that's what he's planning, why didn't he wait until the Soul Society had a portal opened when they wanted to destroy it or work with Fae?" Ichigo said.

"I think he was planning to, but he had a backup plan since you stopped them." Kisuke said. "He'll be able to open the portal with the energy he extracted from Rukia and make himself even more powerful."

"I remember that. So that's what he wants it for?" Rukia said.

"Yes. Once there, Aizen is a manipulative and intelligent man." Kisuke said. "If a man like him gets to the duel monster spirit world with the right fire power, he can easily take over. That will give him a great advantage for taking over this world as well."

"He can't do that." Orihime said.

"We can't let him get away with this. How do we stop him?" Renji said.

"He must be waiting for the right moment to strike so that he can open the portal." Kisuke said. "He must not have the necessary energy to open it. We'll have to stop him before then."

"This would be easier if we knew where he was hiding." Ichigo said. All of them felt the same, but there's nothing they can do about that. Then, they heard some alarm go off. "What is that?"

"That's an alarm I helped built with the Soul Society. It lets us know when Aizen or his followers showed up after you told us they come through some sort of black opening." Kisuke said.

"Then what are we waiting for." Ichigo said as he got up and ran out the door.

"Ichigo, wait!" Rukia said and all of them went after him.

"Orihime!" Kisuke said and caused her to stop. "Could you wait for a while? I need to talk to you about something." When Ichigo and his friends ran out, all five of them were on the lookout for Aizen or any of his servants.

"I don't see anything." Ichigo said.

"It would have helped if we didn't run out without getting the coordinates." Uryu said.

"We'll have to split up and find them." Rukia said. "Everyone, be careful." All of them agreed and went in separate directions. They failed to notice that they're enemies, Grimmjow and Aaroniero, were right over them.

"So those are our enemies?" Aaroniero said.

"Yeah. Keep your hands off the one with the orange hair. That's Ichigo and he's mine." Grimmjow said.

"Remember the plan, Grimmjow." Aaroniero said.

"Those two separate voices are so creepy. I know what I'm doing. You go fight whoever you want, but I'm going for Ichigo." Grimmjow said and went after him.

"I suppose I should get going." Arroniero said and got moving himself.

…

Rukia

Rukia was looking for the enemy, but so far, she hasn't spotted them. She looked around, but there was no sign of them anywhere.

"I hope this isn't a wild goose chase." Rukia said.

"Are you looking for me?" Rukia stopped when she heard a high pitch voice. "I thought I save you the trouble and come to you." That voice sounded deeper.

"Who's there?" Rukia said. She got her answer when Aaroniero stepped out in front of her.

"My name is Aaroniero Arruruerie. A humble servant to Lord Aizen."

"So you're one of them. What are you doing here?" Rukia said.

"I came here on orders to finish off you and your friends and that's what I'm going to do." Aaroniero said as he brought out his duel disk and Rukia saw no choice, but to fight.

'I'll have to end this quickly. Kisuke said that this could aid Aizen's plans, but I doubt finishing it quickly and calmly will be extremely difficult.' Rukia thought and put her duel disk on and activated it.

"Let's duel!" Both of them said.

"Allow me to go first." Aaroniero said as he drew his card. "I summon Gluttony Leech in attack mode." A leech like creature that disgust Rukia came up with 0atk points. "I place one face down and end my turn."

"No attack points?" Rukia said. "He's up to something and I bet it has to do with that face down. I'm activating the Snow Land spell card." Both sides got covered in snow. "Now for three turns, neither of us can use our spells and traps. I summon my Snow White Swan in attack mode." A beautiful swan came up and had 1600atk points. "Attack!" Her swan flew down to strike the leech.

"Go." Aaroniero said and the leech jumped up and was swallowing the swan.

"What are you doing to my swan?" Rukia said.

"It's the special ability of Gluttony Leech. When it's attack, it can have the attacking monster equip to it and I take no damage." Aaroniero said. "It also gains all of its attack points." Now, the leech had 1600atk points.

'Darn it. I played right into his hands.' Rukia thought. 'Since I can't use any spells or traps because of my own spell, I have no choice.' "I end my turn."

"My turn. First, I summon Gluttony Slug." Aaroniero said and a disgusting looking slug came up and had no attack points either. "Here comes its special ability. When it's summoned, it can move itself to your spell and trap card zone." Its card was move and it jumped on her shoulders.

"What are you doing?" Rukia said.

"Now, it will drain 300 of your life points each time it's your turn. That is after I do this." Aaroniero said. "Gluttony Leech, attack her directly." It shot out some slime that hit Rukia and her points dropped to 2400. "I end my turn."

"My move." Rukia said.

"Don't forget that my slug will drain your life points." Aaroniero said. Rukia could feel that she was losing energy and her points dropped to 2100.

"I've got to defend myself. I summon my Snowflake Crystal shield in defense mode." Rukia said. A blue knight holding a shield that looked like a snowflake made of crystal came up and had 2300def points. "That ends my turn."

"Not much else you can do." Aaroniero said as he drew his next card.

'What is with this guy? Why does his voice keep changing like that?' Rukia wondered.

"I think I'll summon another Gluttony Slug." Aaroniero said and another one came up. "That means that it will attach itself to you." The card and the monster move and was on Rukia too. "Now, you will lose 600LP each turn. It won't be long now until this is over."

"We'll see about that. You haven't won." Rukia said.

"I say that I already have." Aaroniero said. "You're life points will be drained and Lord Aizen will be one step closer to ruling the duel monster spirit world and this world."

To Be Continued…