Sorry for the hiatus, but one week wasn't too bad, right? Please say right. I hope you are enjoying the story so far. I'm getting some great responses which are great since I never really was good at fluff. Thanks for reviewing guys. I wish I could hear more from you guys though, but I'm not complaining since I'm writing mostly for myself. Seriously it hurt me to not be able to write more than it hurt you guys.

Chapter 12

Later that night Renji kept on glancing back and forth between Ichigo and Grimmjow with a smile plastered across his face. Ichigo sighed, immediately regretting asking to see him before their friends arrived for dinner. Grimmjow obviously tagging along as a sense of duty and to make sure nothing happens to Ichigo again.

Renji wasn't exactly a vampire yet so there was no chance that he could protect Ichigo. Even if he became a vampire there was no way that he would be able to trust him with the task considering he would still be getting used to his new strength and body.

He seriously didn't want to leave anyone alone with Ichigo either. Yeah it was his best friend and they didn't have any interest before, but he couldn't trust him to be safe with him alone. Seriously, why did this guy visit him so much in the hospital? It made it so hard for him to cuddle up with Ichigo with him watching him.

"You two are together now aren't you?" Renji said examining Ichigo's uncomfortable expression and Grimmjow's line of sight being on Ichigo with a smirk on his face, clearly enjoying the view. Ichigo looked so damn cute when he was being shy but trying to hide it.

"How the hell did you figure that out?" Ichigo said blushing at Renji's response. Renji's smile grew even larger and threatened to tear apart his cheeks. Ichigo wasn't surprised that Renji found out, rather he was more curious. Music, sports, and romance are the only thing Renji really excelled at.

"You are too obvious. I could tell as soon as I saw you two come into the room together." Renji laughed. "I was almost worried that I missed the wedding."

Grimmjow laughed and patted the flushed Ichigo on the back getting a growl as a response. Ichigo was too busy thinking back to how they were acting when they walked in.

They weren't doing anything coupley or flirty. Well, Grimmjow was, but that was nothing really new so how was Renji able to differentiate between before and now? Maybe it was because he was acting less annoyed then he usually did or maybe it was because he tried too hard to hide it. "Not to mention the 'best friend can tell they have had sex' cliché." Renji added.

Grimmjow couldn't stop himself from howling, small tears forming at the corners of his eyes that were clenched shut and he banged on the table to try and compose himself. Ichigo looked at him in desperation before smacking his maniacally laughing roommate/boyfriend in the stomach.

"We didn't have sex. Don't encourage him for your own amusement." Ichigo hissed, rubbing his slightly stinging hand. He seriously needed to learn how to restrain himself from jumping to violence when he is dealing with him, stupid vampire, but it seemed to have calmed him down.

Renji turned to Grimmjow. "Also vamp-uhh I mean-your kind tends to not heal as easily when it comes from burns inflicted by those kinds of means and your burns practically look completely healed. You totally took a drink directly from Ichigo. The bite marks on his neck tells that much and usually direct drinking leads to something else."

Grimmjow stayed quiet as Renji predicted the situation. He was scary good; maybe he wasn't such an idiot after all. It was silent for a bit with Renji looking from one to the other before sighing. "I know it's Ichigo's job to seek my approval, so check there, and it's yours to try to make me like you, but you didn't exactly try there I'll give it a pass though. I've never been the best judge of character; that was always Ichigo's skill." Renji fixed his gaze on Grimmjow. "I hope you realized how lucky you are since he knows how much of an asshole you can be."

Ichigo glared at him noticing that he left out a detail which he probably chose to forget. "Um Renji, you were the one that told me to give him a try." Ichigo observed, what the hell was this guy thinking?

Renji chuckled nervously, Ichigo totally blew his cover, "yeah, so much for me trying to be the protective friend."

Ichigo rolled his eyes at him. His best friend was totally just trying to have fun with this entire exchange. It was too embarrassing for him, but it seemed that Renji was enjoying himself since he wasn't the victim. "When have you ever been the protective friend? You were always the one that tried to set me up with girls."

Grimmjow clicked his tongue out of nowhere, suddenly feeling frustrated at every girl Ichigo has ever seen even though he has never met them, so this was jealousy. It was an emotion that he has forgotten about. Ichigo talking and dating girls was all because of this guy. He knew that Ichigo considered himself more on the straight side before agreeing to go out with him, but he couldn't help but feel possessive over every single thing that was Ichigo.

"Can I at least say 'break his heart and I'll break you?'?" Renji asked raising his finger asking for that one favor.

"You can say it, but you know that it isn't exactly possible." Grimmjow said unamused to the human that was poking fun at him. "And also I don't think you have to worry about that." He wrapped his arm around Ichigo pulling him closer causing Ichigo to turn bright red.

He knew he liked Ichigo, and it was more likely that he would be the one to break his heart unintentionally. Even if he did he couldn't see himself letting him go. It sounded messed up, heck it was messed up, but if Ichigo refused to continue dating him he was still going to make Ichigo join his clan and eventually win him back. He just couldn't imagine a life without him even though he has been living without him for the majority of his life.

Yes, Ichigo said that he better let him go if he wanted to back down from this, but he really didn't want to give up just like that. He had all eternity to win him over and there was no way he was going to have anyone else have him. Ichigo was his, dammit.

"Anyway we should cut this conversation short." Renji said gesturing towards the door at the entrance of the dining hall. Shuuhei walked in. He was a bit earlier than planned, but they still had a bit of time since he still needed to get his food.

It didn't take long for Uryu and Orihime to walk through the doors as well. Izuru said that he had some work to do so he was locking himself in the library so he could be more productive in studying for his upcoming test. He said he would eat later, but it was still weird to see Shuuhei come in without his best friend.

"Yeah, this is a little too much girl talk for three guys to have." Grimmjow said in a low voice. A little salty that Renji pressured Ichigo to date others even though because of him that he was even given a chance.

Shuuhei slipped into a seat next to Renji with a plate full of crappy cafeteria food. "Ichigo" he said before his tone took on a more questioning tone "and Grimmjow, right? I haven't seen you two in ages. Where have you been?"

Grimmjow and Ichigo looked at each other. Grimmjow shrugged and Ichigo faced forward. "We were sick, we're fine now. Don't think too much of it."

It's common if one roommate gets sick the other would usually get sick too so it was an appropriate alibi, but if it was something small like a common cold then it wouldn't excuse them from not going out.

Shuuhei didn't look too convinced, but he didn't seem to care enough that Ichigo waved him off. Orihime and Uryu walked over as well. Uryu sat down next to Shuuhei and Orihime walked around to give Ichigo a hug. "Kurosaki-kun, long time no see."

Ichigo tensed up under her touch. He wasn't ready for the flirtatious movement. He looked over at Uryu for help, but he just looked at him like he didn't know what to do with a little frustration hidden behind his glasses. Orihime flirting with Ichigo was more painful for him then it was for Ichigo.

Grimmjow glared at the busty girl that decided to trap his Ichigo in her arms. He could see the blush on her face like she was embarrassed to do this herself. There wasn't a lot of time before the end of the program though so if she was planning to confess she had to do it quickly. Even though he and Ichigo were together and he knew that Ichigo would reject her either way just thinking about her confessing to him made his blood boil. Okay, it was official. Jealousy sucked.

The night proceeded normally. Grimmjow barely talked, but watched every little flirt Orihime made towards his new boyfriend. It was painful to him and it even looked painful to Ichigo who was usually oblivious to flirting, but he couldn't help noticing that she was unknowingly embarrassing herself.

It was cringe worthy. Renji couldn't take his eyes off and neither could Uryu, who also seemed to have figured out that there was totally something between Grimmjow and Ichigo. It amused him a little, but there was still the cringe worthy fact that his crush was flirting with a guy who was in a homosexual relationship. The only ones who haven't seemed to notice were Orihime and Shuuhei.

Shuuhei didn't notice the signs since he was too preoccupied with his phone, checking to see if Izuru checked his text or responded. He kept on getting discouraged that his text wasn't even opened even though he knew that he was studying. He knew that whenever Izuru focused on something it was hard to tear his attention away from it.

Uryu on the other hand received a text and his eyes grew for only a second before he placed his phone face down after he quickly shot a reply to whoever the sender was. His dark eyes that hid behind glasses stayed dead, he folded his hands in front of his face, his elbows leaning against the table and he stayed quiet for the rest of dinner.

His voice wasn't missed too much since he never really was one for talking rather than observing. He didn't glare at Grimmjow or try to restrain Orihime from flirting stupidly. He didn't even seem to care anymore. It was a sign that something difficult was happening on his end, but no one seemed to pick it up which he was grateful for since he just wanted to keep the peace. He just sat there and stared ahead of him, looking antsy as if he wanted dinner to finish soon.

After dinner and they all left Uryu said that he needed to have a private talk with Shuuhei for a second. Uryu requesting that talk seemed to be the most that he said that entire night though. Orihime nodded before agreeing to head back to their dorm herself, curious on why each of the friend group was now having private talks after dinner. Ichigo, Grimmjow and Renji just shrugged it off and went to their own dorms, Renji traveling alone while Ichigo and Grimmjow traveled together.

Nothing seemed out of the ordinary until Ichigo and Grimmjow got to their room to find an envelope that was slipped under the crack of their door. Grimmjow picked it up and opened it, he took out a piece of paper and a small photo slipped out landing on the floor facing downwards.

He read the note; ignoring Ichigo's who called out to him to let him see too. Grimmjow held his hand up to sign that he needed him to keep quiet so that he could finish reading without him distracting him. His eyebrows crinkled up in anger and he gripped the note tightly. He picked the photo up off the ground, looked at it for a second before putting it in his pocket and throwing himself on his bed and covering his face with his arms.

"What is it?" Ichigo asked approaching the bed where Grimmjow seemed to be fuming from.

"You don't want to know." Grimmjow said his voice laced with anger and frustration that wasn't directed at him.

"What the fuck? If it was slid under the door I think it is meant for the both of us. Let me see it." Ichigo said reaching for the paper that was in his hand before the blue-haired vampire turned over so that his back was facing towards him with the crumpled up piece of paper in his hand, holding it out of reach.

"Goddammit, Grimmjow." Ichigo cursed before reaching into Grimmjow's jacket pocket to pull out the photo that he was hiding from him. Grimmjow immediately turned over to try and stop him, but Ichigo was too quick and stepped out of the way.

He flipped it over and fury, fear, and shock immediately washed over his face. His skin was pale like he had his soul sucked out of him, but his brows knit together and scrunched up his forehead more then it usually was as he examined the photo in his hands.

"What the fuck is this?" He shouted. "Grimmjow, give me the paper." He clutched the photo between his pointer finger and thumb, squeezing hard, causing it to bend a little.

Grimmjow looked over and his heart clenched at the sight of the orange-haired boy. His usual calm amber eyes practically shined golden as his expression held pure rage. He was even angrier then Grimmjow felt. He was trying to suppress the anger for Ichigo's sake, but it looked like he more angry then scared. That picture really lit a flame inside of him and if he didn't fully understand what was going on things may get dangerous.

"Look, all it really says is 'join us or else this will happen to him.'" Grimmjow said holding up the crumpled up note. "It was intended for me and it was meant to scare you."

When Grimmjow saw the note he knew what to expect from the photo, but he didn't expect it to be someone he knew though. All he wanted was to keep Ichigo safe and it would have been nice for his sanity and easier to keep him from doing something crazy if he hasn't seen the photo.

"As scary as that is that doesn't mean you hide this from me." Ichigo said holding up the photo. The photo was dark, but you can still make out what was on it. It was a photo of a bloody unconscious body, it was Izuru.

"He got hurt because of me." Ichigo said sternly, bringing his hands up to grip his spikey orange hair and he clenched his eyes tightly.

"It isn't your fault." Grimmjow barked at him, his anger sparking again. The last thing he wanted was for Ichigo to get discouraged.

Ichigo let his hands drop from his head and let them hang by his side, he faced towards the floor, expression calmer, and his eyes weren't clenched shut anymore rather they were filled with sorrow. "No, I understand why you didn't want me to see this. You had good intensions."

Grimmjow looked at the now surprisingly calm Ichigo, suddenly confused. "Ichigo?" He asked turning over and sitting up on his bed.

"You don't want me to run off because we both know who did this and I'm just a powerless human." Ichigo said. He looked up; determination has replaced any anger and sorrow on his face. "I'm not going to run though."

Grimmjow thought he should be relieved to hear Ichigo say this, but the way he said it wasn't reassuring. Even though Ichigo sounded calm he could feel an aura around him that made him unsure whether he wanted Ichigo to stay close to him or run away as far as possible.

"Grimmjow, I need you to turn me." Ichigo said grabbing a hold of the bottom of his shirt, getting ready to pull it off himself.

Grimmjow was surprised. He didn't expect Ichigo would give up on his humanity just for the sake of protecting his friends. He should be happy that they were making progress, but for the first time ever he put his morals before his desire.

"No." Grimmjow said plainly grabbing a hold of his hands to stop him from taking his shirt off, which is something he never thought he would do.

"What?" Ichigo asked surprised. He seriously thought he would get a different answer.

"I know why you want me to turn you, but I'm not going to let you fight. It's too dangerous." Grimmjow growled. "You have no idea how hard it is going to be. You think that there is only one enemy, Ichigo. It's way more than that. I don't want to see you in danger so there is no way I'm going to intentionally let you into it."

"Didn't you want to change me?" Ichigo protested. "I don't think I'll want to be a vampire after all of this."

"If that's the case then so be it. There is no going back once you turn so I want to turn you when you know that you won't regret it and when you aren't going to throw yourself at danger headfirst. After all this shit I'll just have to convince you again." Grimmjow said.

Grimmjow wanted to turn him, he really did, but he knew that if he did then Ichigo was just going to put himself in danger before he even learns how to use his powers and strength. It would be like letting a level one hero fight the final boss right at the start of the game. He doesn't know what he's up against.

"I guess you are right." Ichigo said a bit disappointed. He hated feeling useless and he couldn't help but feel responsible for what happened as well. Grimmjow can repeat that it wasn't his fault over and over, but there was no way he would believe him.

If Grimmjow was the one doing all the fighting as the hero in the story and Aizen was the villain then where did he stand in all of this? Oh yeah, he was the trophy in the end game. He didn't want that role, but it seemed like it was the one being forced on him since the position that he wanted, the NPC that had nothing to do with this, wasn't exactly an option.

Ichigo's phone buzzed signifying that he got a text. He checked it and stared at it for a long time as if it were a long message. As he reached the end of the message his chest deflated in a sigh of relief.

"The hunters found him and he's still alive." Ichigo said. "Uryu said that he's stable and that they are allowing visitors though he is unconscious.

Grimmjow copied Ichigo's expression. He was glad for him. He didn't know Izuru well enough to be worried about him, but he was glad to see that Ichigo was okay. "I guess that means that we're going to go see him." Grimmjow said getting up to follow his roommate that already started to head towards the door.

He didn't think they should go since he knew that it might freak Ichigo out, but he knew that Ichigo would be even more upset if he didn't go to see him his self. Grimmjow decided that when Ichigo needed emotional support then he would be there and he believed that he would be able to protect him.

They arrived at health services and was permitted to enter the back after they said that they were there to visit Izuru Kira. They were lead to a room that was opposite of the one that Ichigo stayed in when he was hospitalized.

Ichigo pulled back the curtains and was surprised to see Shuuhei there sitting by the bed where Izuru laid unconscious. An IV was attached to his arm that was probably filled with artificial hydration, nutrition, and holy water. Uryu was at the other end of the room looking through some files with a grim expression on his face.

"We found him a little late, but we were able to save his humanity." Uryu said. "He was very close to going into a mania. If he managed to attack a human in that state then we may have had to kill him."

Shuuhei squeezed his eyes shut and gritted his teeth. "Don't talk like I'm not here, dammit." He cursed. He was squeezing his hand, and letting his flinger nails leave marks on his skin. Ichigo couldn't imagine the agony he was going through. It was probably something similar to what Grimmjow and Renji were going through when he was in Izuru's place.

Shuuhei sounded upset despite the fact that he was trying to replace it with anger. Anyone would get upset if their best friend that they left alone for one second got seriously hurt.

"I'm sorry, Shuuhei." Uryu said, "but it's the truth. Be grateful that it didn't happen. He didn't turn into a ghoul, but the longer he goes uncured from the vampire venom then the longer it will take for him to wake up and he was close."

Shuuhei turned his attention back to his sleeping friend. He stared at his unconscious face that didn't even flinch from all the noise. Ichigo sat beside him while Grimmjow stayed by the counter with Uryu, feeling that he had no right to crowd the bed since he didn't feel close to the blond.

"Since when did this guy know about vampires?" Grimmjow asked quietly nodding his head in the direction of the tattooed guy sitting by the bed.

"Not until now." Uryu admitted. "I learned about Izuru during dinner and I told him after. I needed to give him the run down on what happened. I broke the rules, but I found it necessary."

Shuuhei gripped his friends hand in his lightly. The edges of his eyes were stained red like he was holding in tears the entire time. He had every right to. His best friend is in a coma for who knows how long and he was given a reality shattering explanation and he had no choice but to just accept it. Shuuhei looked up, eyes filled with resolve.

"Uryu, how do I become a hunter?" He asked.

All their eyes shot towards him when they heard the ridiculous request. The room went silent. Grimmjow had to bite down on his lips to try to stifle any insulting response that may have come out of him. Ichigo was the first to break the silence. "Wait, is that possible?"

Uryu adjusted his glasses and walked over to Shuuhei. "Are you sure?" He asked. Wait it was that easy?

"Yeah, I don't want anything like this to happening to anyone else." Shuuhei said. "There is no way I can just let something like this slide."

Uryu nodded his head seeing that he was serious about his decision. "It'll be tough and you won't be able to master it in a day." Uryu said. "You won't be able to master the arts of hunting by the end of the month so if your goal is revenge then you better drop it."

"I don't care about revenge." He said. "Izuru would get upset if I decided to go down that path. He was always the kind of person that condoned forgiveness even if they really should get what they deserve."

Uryu nodded his head, sensing that he was serious about this. He unclipped a note that was attached to the clipboard he was just looking at and handed him a small white and blue business card. "I don't necessarily like this guy, but give him a call and he'll set you up with a teacher."

Shuuhei took it and immediately and left the room to give the number on the card a call, already wanting to take action and take the first steps to become a hunter while his foot was still in the door.

Ichigo stared at Uryu in awe; he had no idea that becoming a hunter was that easy. If Uryu was a human then it might be possible for other humans to become hunters as well. He didn't know too much about Uryu so he never really thought about it, but now maybe…

"Hey Uryu, can I have one of those cards too?" Ichigo asked.

"What the fuck?" Grimmjow asked as soon as the question left his boyfriend's lips. "Oh hell no, just because I turned you down doesn't mean you are going to find an alternative way to get your hands dirty."

Uryu looked from one to the other and sighed, deciding that it was best not to ask what they were talking about and just answer the question. "No Ichigo, you've been marked. It's against the rules to recruit people who are marked by vampires at least in this school. It's for your own good since if you do happen to turn into a vampire it'll be very hard for you to join a clan because they would distrust you and other hunters may try to take you out." Uryu explained. "There are too many risks and I'm not going to allow you to make decisions without knowing the consequences."

"Dammit." Ichigo cursed.

"I'm going to regret asking this, but why do you suddenly want to become a hunter?" Uryu asked. It would have made sense that he would have asked when he woke up from his own coma, because he would have wanted to protect himself. Asking now though was a bit late.

Ichigo handed him a piece of crumpled up paper and handed him the photo. Grimmjow immediately held his forehead when he saw that his boyfriend made a decision to tell the freaking hunter what they were dealing with. All he wanted was privacy. He didn't need any damn hunters to know what they were going through. He was strong enough to take care of himself and Ichigo without any help from a freaking hunter. Ichigo may be all for the power of friendship, but that is not how he wanted to play it.

Uryu read the note and sighed. "Ichigo, after seeing this I'm even more against you turning into a hunter. I don't want you putting yourself in danger."

Ichigo clicked his tongue; he really was forced to play the trophy wasn't he? "You have on the other hand convinced me to let you in on another piece of information. I shouldn't be telling you this, but I know who attacked Izuru."

This got both Ichigo's and Grimmjow's attention. "She's dangerous so I don't think you guys should fight her especially since I don't condone fighting on campus." Uryu said. "She definitely attacked Izuru to invoke anger though. She shed a lot of blood so that the mania would consume him faster and instead of drinking the blood like most vampires she left huge gash marks all over him and left the blood untouched.

"I'm sorry, but I've heard this multiple times already. What exactly is this mania?" Ichigo interrupted. He could guess what it was because he knew what the word meant, but he really wasn't sure what it was in this context. It seemed like information that he seriously needed to know.

Grimmjow gripped his hair and Uryu fixed his eyes on Grimmjow with a look that basically asked 'are you serious?' Grimmjow just shrugged and looked towards Ichigo. Uryu rolled his eyes and followed his example, facing towards Ichigo.

"I'm surprised he hasn't taught you how vampirism works yet. He seriously needs to get his priorities straight. Looks like I'm going to have to teach you." Uryu said sighing.

He had to have this talk with Shuuhei just before they came in and he really didn't want to have the same conversation again. "You see, turning someone into a vampire is more complicated than just injecting them with the vampire venom. There are different stages. The first stage is when the venom was injected, it's incredibly painful and it makes the one bitten practically unable to move. Ichigo, you have experienced this phase before."

Ichigo remembered back to when he was bitten by Aizen. Yeah, that was rough. He's never been in so much pain before and thinking that he was willing to go through it right now if it allowed him to become strong enough to be of some help eluded even him.

"The second stage branches off though; the one bitten would need to drink the blood of a vampire. It doesn't matter whether it is the blood of the vampire that bit him or not as long as it is vampire blood. If he drinks the blood of a vampire after being injected he becomes a vampire, non-pure bred of course. On the other hand if the venom sits for too long without getting any vampire blood the pain will eventually wear off and get replaced with hunger. This is the mania stage. The one attacked becomes bloodthirsty and attack anything, human or vampire near it in an effort to drink their blood. The mania lasts for an hour on average before the subject dies."

Ichigo listened to Uryu's explanation, surprised that he hasn't heard this within the past week. It seemed a lot more complicated than it is in any book or movie he has seen. Yes, there was usually a venom and the vampire can choose whether or not he wants to inject it and yes in some books and movies if someone were to drink vampire blood then they become a vampire. He didn't realize that in reality both steps are needed for vampirism and he never heard of people going into mania. Then again, vampires were still pretty new to him too.

"The problem is that if he drinks a human's blood he becomes a ghoul. Something that isn't exactly a vampire, but most certainly isn't human. The mania state becomes permanent and it attacks humans in thirst for blood. There is no discovered cure after all these years of research. The only cure we have found is death."

Ichigo clenched his eyes tight. Someone was intentionally trying to get his friend in that mania state. That someone was willing to sacrifice his humanity just to invoke some anger in him and his roommate, his partner. He didn't want to see that happen to anyone, especially not his friends.

If he didn't die he would have turned into a ghoul. This was a college campus and there were plenty of people wandering around during the night with their guard down. He would have definitely turned into a ghoul which means that the hunters would have needed to kill him. Heck, it may have even resulted in Uryu needing to kill him, someone that he used to consider a friend.

"In Izuru's case, the vampire that attacked him intentionally tried to make him go into a mania faster, carefully taking an amount of blood out of him that wouldn't have killed him and left him for dead." Uryu explained. "She was probably trying to piss off the hunters too."

"Who was it?" Ichigo asked sternly.

Uryu checked the door to see if Shuuhei was still on the phone. He didn't want him to know, who it was. Even though he said that he didn't want revenge, if he sees her he doesn't know what will happen. She may try to kill him so that she could tie up loose ends.

"The one running the program has been expanding vampire forensics science and he recently perfected a way to find the DNA inside of venom, tracking the lineage of vampires and figuring out who turned a non-purebred vampire, and of course how to find who the venom belongs to in a vampire attack." Uryu said.

"I didn't know that technology existed." Grimmjow said in awe. "It must be fairly new."

Ichigo shook his head in frustration. Seriously, they've been talking for too long. "I don't care about that kind of explanation; all I want to know is who attacked Izuru."

Uryu sighed, already used to Ichigo's impatience. He looked over at Grimmjow and could tell that he was about to lose it too. He may even be more curious then Ichigo since the name might actually mean something to him.

"Fine, the vampire that attacked Izuru is named Harribel Tier."

Grimmjow's face soured when he heard the name escape the petite raven-haired college student. The name meant nothing to Ichigo; he just wanted a name for the person who attacked his friend. He didn't expect him to get so angry.

Ichigo thought he heard the name Harribel before but he had no idea where. It seemed that Grimmjow knew exactly who she was though. Uryu left for a second so that Ichigo and Grimmjow could be alone with their sleeping friend. It would have been nice if Grimmjow wasn't pacing back in forth in the small room mumbling "bitch" and "I should have fucking known." It was starting to annoy Ichigo who was sitting by Izuru's unconscious figure. That is not how one is supposed to act inside of a hospital room.

He may have been irritated, but he didn't want to see his new boyfriend so tormented by something like a name. He was angry too and if he could do something about her then he would be out of that room already and trying to hunt her down.

It was difficult for Grimmjow since he actually had the power to do something. It was true that he wasn't close to Ichigo's friend, but he still didn't want Ichigo to feel the way that he did. This entire war was really killing the mood. He was hoping that now that he was finally in a relationship with Ichigo that he would be able to cuddle and be lovey-dovey with him, something that he never really did with anyone else, but wanted to try with him.

Instead of playing around in their dorm room they were spending their first evening together as a couple with his injured friend. Why was that? It's because freaking Harribel was on the loose. Now he needed to worry about her.

That woman fought like a tiger or a shark or some kind of weird hybrid. She was incredibly dangerous. She was a solo vampire for around twenty years and the reason why she was able to survive that long was because of just how powerful she was. Yes, she had a fan club that desired to be her followers, but she shooed them away, claiming that they would only get in the way. It is bad news if Aizen really managed to convince her to join his clan.

Grimmjow was finally able to see Aizen's plan. If he was recruiting Kaname Tosen, Gin Ichimaru, and Harribel Tier then the rumor was true. He really was looking for purebreds. If that was the case then why did he want him? Grimmjow wasn't purebred; he was human at one point. It was a long time ago, but he was a human. The evidence of that was the warm blood ran through his veins while Aizen's skin was cold to the touch, the small thing about him that remained human.

He became strong through vigorous training so that he could fight against vampires as strong as Aizen. He didn't have a need to fight for a long time, but he was itching to fight again. He was hoping to fight soon just to get everything over with and he hoped that he and Ichigo would be able to get out of this unscathed.

A/N: Yeahhhh sorry, fluffy time is over. Let's get back to what I do best. Story. It's about to get intense so leave a review or follow and favorite because damn I wanna know how you're going to react. Seriously, I love hearing from the ones that regularly review. I seriously love you guys and I love hearing from you. I look forward to reading what you guys write every week, but I wanna hear from some new people as well as old. Don't be shy. I need to know if you like what I'm doing and I also welcome reviews from the future.