Chapter Four: Fear

One more turn before Nishikata Byakko my legs give out under me, the blood loss finally taking its toll and forcing me to my knees. Not sure what to do now I do the only I can do, curl into a protective ball around Nel, I have to save her if anything I have to save her, she's barely had a chance to live.

"Hey-"

"Hey, You're okay now your-" A woman's voice sounded close by but I couldn't hear her for long.

I started to sway and heard myself mumbled something before everything went black.

Grimmjow's point of view

"Sir D-Roy called, he says your house has been broken int-"

"What! Is Nel there! Did he say if Nel was there! Or Ichigo! Was anybody there!" I panicked shooting up from my desk and running right up to Il-Fort. I gripped the man's shoulders shaking him, trying to get him to hurry up and answer me. I needed to know if Nel was safe, if Ichigo was safe because if anything happened to her or Ichigo I don't think I would be able to live with myself. "Tell me! Was anybody there!" I screamed at him and he shook his head. "Shit!"

In the next moment I was sprinting down the hall then the stairs, then through the parking lot to my car, then speeding down the street far faster than was safe but I didn't care I needed to find Nel and Ichigo, I just had to.

I got to my house to see the door busted in and dashed from my car not caring that the keys were still in or the fact that I left the driver's side door wide open. As I entered my house the first thing I noticed was that indeed Nel and Ichigo were no were in sight and neither where the culprits.

Knowing that there was a possibility that Ichigo had gotten himself and Nel out of the house and made a run for it, I did the same only I was trying to find them not trying to get away from somebody.

I ran out onto the main street my eyes widening as they landed on a trail of blood. My feet moved before I even gave them a conscious command and I sprinted down the street following the trail of crimson. 'Tell me that's not Ichigo's or Nel's, please let them be okay.' I followed the trail through alley away after alley way before I finally spotted four men dead on the ground. This only caused my feet to move faster and my heart felt like it was going to beat right out of my chest.

As I rounded another corner a high pitched whaling entered my ears. "Nel?...NEL!" I screamed as I recognized the source of the crying. I rounded another corner and there curled in a tight ball around something or someone was Ichigo. Blood was pouring from his leg and his body was shaking. "Ichigo!" I called, getting the attention of the two women standing near Ichigo, I recognized them instantly and breathed a sigh of relief. It most have been them who took out those four men. "Yuroichi, Soi Fon what happened?"

Yuroichi was the first to speak and explained what she knew of what happened. "We saw the boy running, carrying Nel and at first we thought he had kidnapped her but then we saw the blood pouring from his leg and those four men back there rounded the corner. We took them out but by then the boy had started running again till his legs gave out at which point he curled in a protective ball around Nel and passed out before we could explain who we were."

"Is Nel okay?" I asked after she was done, that was what I really needed to know. I need to know that my little sister was okay. I could see Ichigo and his injuries but I couldn't see Nel. All I could do was hear her crying.

"Ityso…Ityso…..Itysogo!" She screamed and I couldn't take it anymore, I had to see her.

I ran to Ichigo's side and carefully started to remove him from my sister. His arms tightened around her and I thought maybe he was awake but his sleepy mumble of "I have too…save….Nel" told me he was still unconscious. "It's okay Ichigo, It's me Grimmjow." With that surprisingly enough his arms loosened and I was able to uncurl him from Nel.

"Brother Itysogo is…Itysogo is…"

"I know Nel I know. Everything's going to be alright. Ichigo is going to be fine okay?" I tried to comfort her but she just kept crying, her little fits banging against my chest as I held her close. "Yuroichi take her I need to get Ichigo to Unohana before he loses any more blood." The purple haired assassin nodded and took my sister from me. Nel instantly buried her face in Yuroichi's bosom wetting the woman's black halter with her tears.

I scooped Ichigo up into my arms, the boy's hands clasping my shirt in his unconscious state. I started running, straight for Nishikata Byakko. I was so glad I had given Yuroichi and Soi Fon the day off today or what happened today could have been much worse.

Yuroichi and Soi Fon both work for me at Espada Inc. Soi Fon is my normal secretary and Yuroichi was my money runner, she went and collected the money from Espada Inc's more shady customers. Sometimes the purple haired woman would also work as a sort of body guard for me if I ever thought that one of my meetings could go bad, I couldn't risk dying because that would leave no one to take care of Nel with me gone. Though Shearia probably would take care of her for me but even then in my mind dying wasn't an option.

It didn't take me more than about two minutes to get to Nishikata Byakko and the moment I was in the doors I was calling for Shearia to get Unohana.

The blonde head peeked around the corner a moment before her eyes widened and she rushed into one of the back rooms. Not a minute later and Shearia was back pushing me into one of the spar rooms in the back where Unohana was calming setting up what she would need to treat the younger male.

"Grimmjow could you place him on the bed please and remove his pants for me so I can get to work as soon as I have everything ready?" The calm and nurturing doctor requested politely with an asure glance over her shoulder. She could tell I was upset. She was able to tell a lot of things about a person's mood and personality almost instantly, maybe that's why she made such a good doctor. Well that and her motherly attitude and aura for lack of a better word.

I did as she asked and carefully placed Ichigo into the bed but when I went to pull away his hands gripped my shirt in an iron grip. "Shhh Ichigo It's okay you can let go now Unohana is going to take care of you so you have to let go of me now." Oddly enough Ichigo again did as I asked in his unconscious state.

"He trusts you." Unohana stated with a small smile as she lightly nudged my side to get me to move so she could get to work on the orange haired male. "You should go talk to Nel Grimmjow." She suggested with a little more force in her voice. She was worried about the my sister, she always was. I mean who wouldn't she's living with her brother who's in really fucking deep in the crime world, she's far from safe with me but I'm all Nel has left.

With a nod and one last look at Ichigo I left the room and found Nel just down the hall sitting on the floor with Yuroichi crying into the woman bosom still. "Nel…" I called quietly and my sisters tear struck face turned to look up at me. "Ichigo is going to be okay. Unohana is fixing him up right now. He'll be fine he just needs some rest." I explained hoping to somewhat help stop my little sisters tears.

"Itsyogo is going to be alright?" Nel sniffed and stared up at me with her hopeful little gray eyes.

"Yes Nel Ichigo go is going to be alright." I replied with a smile and crouched down, Nel jumping into my arms without warning getting a small grunt from the assassin who's stomach she launched herself from. Once she was in my arms Nel started crying again. "Nel can you tell me what happened?" She shook her head. "Please?" I pleaded but if she really didn't want to tell me I wouldn't force her to.

"Umum, Nel don't want to talk about it. Nel just want to forget." She cried shaking her head. I rubbed her head and whispered to her. "Okay, okay Nel."

"Grimmjow-sama." Soi Fon calls as she walks into the room and gestures with her head for me to come out to the bar. I nodded and turned to Yuroichi who without question held her arms out to take Nel.

Getting up I followed my secretary out to the bar and sat down. I ordered a simple cup of tea from Shearia who had followed us out, probably knowing I would be wanting something to calm my nerves. I wasn't much of a teat drinker really I had just found that it help calm me down.

"So what is it Soi Fon?" I inquired as Shearia placed the tea in front of me.

"I know how did this."

GrimmjowXDJaggerjack: Hehehhee terrible cliff hanger but yeah there you have it. Please review and I'll do my best to get the next chapter up for you as soon as I can.

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