You guys still have your seatbelts buckled? I sure hope so.

Chapter 14

Grimmjow arrived at his room. The problem was that he was alone. No, that wasn't the problem. The problem was that his door was completely broken and where Ichigo should have been sleeping was left completely empty. Instead of Ichigo there was a broken bed, a few droplets of blood that he assumed to be his, and the overwhelming smell of burnt flesh. Shit.

Grimmjow focused all his energy on the spell that he put on Ichigo. Seriously, how did he not notice until now? Ichigo's presence was incredibly faint. Was it because vampire spells tended to not work on Ichigo? Every spell that he has been exposed to didn't work or he showed some degree of resistance. The mind swipe, the sleep spell, and even the freaking tracking mark which he desperately needed right now wasn't working.

He tried a few more when Ichigo was doing his homework during the weekend. Grimmjow was bored and was trying to get his attention, but he didn't even notice. He couldn't read his mind or even put a binding spell on him. (He may or may not have had some interesting fantasies about what he wanted to use that spell for.) He didn't pay any attention to him and he was completely focused on the work in front of him. He didn't really mind since it meant that Aizen wouldn't have any spells to use against him, but it would be great if the one spell that seemed to somewhat work actually helped him more at this very moment.

It took some digging and intense concentration, but he was able to find a small faint glimmer of Ichigo's presence. It was north from where Grimmjow was standing. Grimmjow's stomach soured when he felt Ichigo's state of mind at that exact moment. He was nearly unconscious, hurt, and he was terrified.

Grimmjow ran out of the room not paying any more attention to it. He didn't have time to worry about night owl students stealing their shit. He shoved open the door to the stairwell and jumped over the side so that he fell all the way to the first floor. He didn't care if anyone saw him parkouring, his number one priority was to find Ichigo. If anyone saw him then he could deal with them later.

He ran down the long hallway to get to the entrance and he mentally slapped himself for just realizing how Ichigo's scent flooded the hallway. Was he so lost in his own thoughts to not realize it before? They must have come out of this hallway. It was a sign that Ichigo may have succeeded in running away for a while since they didn't leave through a window which would have been faster and had less of a chance of being seen. They were in college; people are in the freaking hallways all the time even if it was past 3 am. Not many of them were gazing out the windows since most students had laptops to distract them.

The vampire spell wasn't working as much as he would have liked so he used Ichigo's scent as a second reference as he smelled the air around him trying to find the hint of Ichigo that was lost in the gentle May breeze. Grimmjow headed north where the mark was telling him. He ran past the library. Shit, did all of this happen while he was here?

He felt his phone buzz in his pocket and ignored it. He kept on running till he reached the natural science building. Ichigo's scent was incredibly strong and it was obvious that this was where he was being held.

He tried to open the doors to the front of the building. They were unlocked so security was either incredibly lax that day or there was something out of the ordinary happening this very second.

Grimmjow stepped inside bracing himself for booby traps before he felt stupid for expecting any in the first place. These assholes want him to be here. Ichigo's scent was even stronger in the building as if he was currently bleeding. His scent was always strong, but for the scent to be this overwhelming he must have been experiencing a lot of pain. His brow furrowed at just the thought of what they were doing to him. He was about to sprint down the hallway so he could follow the scent, but instead he heard a hushed whisper calling him over with his acute hearing.

He looked to his right to see Uryu crouching behind a chair that was in the lounge that looked the same in every other one of the buildings. He was dressed funny, wearing white and blue clothing with cross designs all over it. It must have been some kind of ancient hunting uniform; either that or he had weird taste in clothing. He had a glowing bow that was summoned from the charm that he always wore around his wrist. There was no denying that this guy was a hunter that had some sort of magic running through his veins which was rare since magic in humans was dying out. If Grimmjow's mind wasn't so preoccupied then he would have been impressed.

"I was tipped off that Orihime was taken here." Uryu said in a hushed voice. "My source also told me that Ichigo would also be here so I'm not surprised to see you."

Part of Grimmjow was curious who exactly this source was considering everything just happened within the span of ten to twenty minutes. Another part of him wondered why the heck the ditzy girl he had a crush on was there. The biggest part of him just didn't give a shit; he just wanted Ichigo to be safe, and for that he needed to get to him faster.

They heard a cry for help that rang throughout the entire building, bouncing off the walls in a high pitched scream. It was a female voice that Uryu recognized as Orihime and it didn't exactly sound like she was having a good time. He immediately got up from his crouching spot. The bow in his hands shape exaggerated more as his emotions heightened.

"I was waiting for reinforcement, but it seems like you'll have to do for now. Let's go." Uryu said looking to his right to see that Grimmjow was no longer there.

Grimmjow didn't care to wait up for the narrow eyed four-eyes. He didn't care whether it would have been safer if he had gone with him the faster he got there the better. He didn't care how banged up he got in this fight as long as Ichigo was safe, and yes, he knew that there was going to be a fight. If it wasn't initiated he was going to do it. His patience was gone and there was no way he was going to let Aizen off the hook.

He came running towards the back of the natural science building first floor. Crowding the narrow hallway was other vampires that he could immediately tell was threatening. There was the big one that was covered in burn marks that he recognized as the one that bothered him the other day. If the burn marks indicated anything then he was the one that destroyed their room. Standing next to him all cut up for some reason was Harribel.

Grimmjow immediately braced himself for a fight, but before he could Aizen stepped out of the room, that they were standing in front of, completely intact.

Grimmjow had to contain himself from lunging at him and strangling the living daylights out of him. He was more distracted in trying to find Ichigo. The smell of chemicals was overpowering, creating a nauseating smell that was mixed with the smell of broken glass, splintered wood, and blood. It made him worry if they were using chemicals to torture Ichigo. He didn't have the full picture, but it was hard for him to not assume the worst.

He was still able to smell Ichigo and from the mark that he left on him, though it was failing it showed that he was practically unconscious and he was in an unbelievable amount of pain. The only way he could be in that amount of pain is if he is going through the first stages of vampirism. He gritted his teeth. They were seriously trying to pull this shit with him again?

"I knew you'd be here, but we didn't even get to finish preparing for you yet." Aizen said. "We were going to organize the negotiation and even make some tea, but Ichigo proved to be a bit of a handful."

Grimmjow scrapped his teeth together, a bad habit that he was starting. He wished Aizen's neck was in between his jaws and that his sharp canines were digging in his neck. He clenched his fists tightly and he wished that Aizen's head was in his hands so that he could crush his skull. It was too bad, but it was obvious that Aizen had the advantage and all he was able to do at the moment was fantasize.

"This is your third chance, Grimmjow." Aizen said. "I won't give you anymore. The first time I tried to turn Ichigo I was planning on handing him over to you once you join as a gift. This time though, if you don't join then I'm not going to let him be human nor a vampire."

Behind Grimmjow he could hear the hunter sprinting forward to catch up with him, took him long enough. This guy better not be dead weight even though he was planning on taking everyone down whether he had backup or not.

"I'm not joining you, and I am not letting you hurt Ichigo anymore. Grimmjow practically shouted as he lunged for Aizen. The boy with the bow was ready and he already had a glowing blue arrow charged up.

It is very rare for a human to be born with magic abilities and even if a human is born with magic it is very rare for them to pursue it since it is so dangerous and difficult. Magic can be gained through training, but the training is even more difficult than it is for people who are born with magic. It's very hard for people who were born in a family with no history of magic to learn so the art was dying.

Uryu was born in a family with a long line of hunters and he learned magic from his grandfather rather than do what most hunters do and buy wooden spears, silver arrows, holy water filled explosives, and expensive equipment. It was incredible that he was able to accomplish the level of magic he was using at such a young age.

Aizen disappeared back into the classroom with amazing speed. Onlookers would have thought that he has teleported, but he was just simply too fast for the naked eye. With Grimmjow's intense and trained eyesight he was able to see him move and he maneuvered his body to follow him, but he was blocked by the two other vampires that were in the hall.

A blue arrow whizzed past his face, it travelled towards the larger vampire whose head was practically touching the ceiling. He dodged the arrow, but he dodged towards Harribel knocking into her and nearly pushing her off balance. It was clear that the two of them weren't fighting together for a long time. It gave Grimmjow enough time to leap in-between the fat vampire and the empty door way.

"Yammy." Harribel said sternly and emotionlessly as if scolding him for his clumsy actions. Harribel always fought alone and was praised for her speed. Having a fat lug of a vampire fight with her in a narrow hallway was a disadvantage to her.

Yammy ignored her and reached out for Grimmjow, trying to grab him by the collar of his tight fitting sleeveless shirt, but he was already out of reach as he ducked inside the science lab. Uryu shot another arrow in between him and the doorway to block Yammy from following him. He shot two more, directed at his chest one more right the other more left.

He dodged towards the doorway rather than Harribel this time, learning from his mistake and he caught the other one in his hand arrogantly before dropping it and holding his wrist, gritting his teeth together. He observed his hand and there were white burn marks which made his tan skin look like glass and steam rose off of it leaving behind the smell of burnt flesh. He was burned enough that night and he was really getting pissed off from all the damage he was taking for the team.

"I thought you were one of those hunters that wanted to make peace with the supernatural." He growled in a gruff voice.

"I believe in making peace with the supernatural that is willing to cooperate. Do you expect me to be more lenient if you were a human that kidnapped humans? It's my job to keep the peace on this campus and abduction will not be tolerated!" Uryu shouted the last part and shot a flurry of charged up arrows. It didn't seem possible to shoot arrows like a machine gun, but Uryu made it look easy.

In the narrow hallway the only option Yammy had was to brace himself. Harribel ran across the side of the wall dodging the whirlwind of arrows and jumped at him and planted her feet into his chest, stabbing him with her high heels. It was truly amazing how she was able to run and maneuver so fast when she had such a difficult handicap.

Uryu was sent flying down the highway. Blood stained his white clothing red as the marks Harribel left in his chest acted more like a bullet wounds. He coughed, tasting iron in his mouth that came from his own blood. He wasn't matched fairly. It was two against one and he was only a lone hunter. Like vampires, hunters also preferred to stay in groups, but he didn't have enough time to wait for backup.

He knew he was able to take on Yammy, but Harribel was a more difficult target. Yammy wouldn't be able to fight effectively in a hallway when he is up against a ranged fighter, but with Harribel's speed and maneuverability there was no way he could fight against both of them. If Yammy closes in on him then it is game over.

"Need a hand?" A voice Uryu didn't recognize said. The legs of someone wearing some kind of long white trench coat stood next to him and he spoke with a calm mature voice.

Uryu looked up to see someone he didn't recognize. His first instinct when he made eye contact with the newcomer was 'short.' He looked like a little kid, but he had the expression of an adult. He looked more mature then most of the students on campus who practically acted like overgrown toddlers. The only thing that looked aged to him was his snow white hair that was spiked upwards to give him a somewhat taller appearance.

"Who are you?" Uryu asked in a weaker voice that he didn't expect to come out of him which came as a result of having the wind knocked out of him. He sat up and scrambled to get to his feet as the other two vampires advanced towards them.

The shorter kid's eyes didn't waver from the opponents that stood in front of them.

"I'm Toshiro Hitsugaya. I'm your back up."

Grimmjow didn't even question why the science lab was so fucked up. He didn't question the broken glass, the tipped over lab desks, or the acid that was covering the floor. He was too focused on what was in front of him.

He was in a room that had three other vampires in it. There was another one with pink hair and was drenched in water, but he literally left through the front door as soon as he entered the room. He didn't seem like much of a fighter and he probably left because there was no longer a purpose for him to be there and he didn't want to get in the way. He can deal with that asshole later even though he didn't know what his purpose of being there was. He definitely wasn't up to anything good.

He was soon on guard as a dark skinned vampire was now clashing against him. For someone who was indoors he sure was able to fight well with sunglasses on even if they keep these science rooms lit like a stadium. They exchanged blows as the other two of them looked on in amusement.

"You have a time limit you know." Aizen called out from where he sat. Even in a room that looked like chaos he still acted as suave as ever. It really pissed Grimmjow off. "Ichigo was injected with venom that is able to make him go into mania even faster. He's locked up with a human; he'll be a ghoul before you can do anything if you don't save him. There is an easy way to do that. Just agree to my terms."

Grimmjow fought even harsher. He figured as much from the mark even though it wasn't working so well. There was no way he was going to listen to Aizen even with the stakes that high. That maniac went too far and he was going to pay for it in blood.

His blows became stronger, but the fallback was that he became sloppier. Kaname quickly shoved his arms to the side and jabbed him in the side. Grimmjow coughed and threw his head back before slamming it forward into his opponent's nose, shattering his sunglasses against his face. Headbutts are so effective.

Kaname retreated holding his eyes in shock from the pain of glass shards in his eyes, blood dripping down his in stripes. Grimmjow grinned wildly satisfied that he was able to blind his opponent, but before he knew it his opponent was at him again and punched him in the cheek hard enough to send him flying into the destroyed cabinets and fall into the broken glass, cutting through his clothes and getting stuck to his skin.

Grimmjow was shocked how his opponent was able to fight back so quickly without being able to see before some advice was shouted out from Gin who was just sitting back and watching the show without a care in the world. "He's blind. He couldn't see before so fighting without eyesight isn't new to him."

Fuck, he felt stupid, but more stupid from having to get advice from someone who he will also be fighting. He would surely lose if both of them were to attack him at once. So why was only one of the henchmen fighting him? Then again that was just how Gin rolled; he never liked putting in more effort than he had to and he appreciated a fair fight.

Kaname pursued him even though he was on the ground and he didn't give him any space to get up between the cabinet, the lab desks, and Kaname. He had no choice but to throw himself further back to get some distance, causing more glass to dig into his palms and cut through his clothes, causing him to bleed.

He got up and launched himself at the opposing vampire he smashed him in the face with his right fist. His knuckles cracked at the contact, bruising his hand from the amount of force he put in, but causing a lot more damage to the vampire that he was against. He flew backwards into the whiteboard breaking it and even leaving a large imprint on the wall behind him. Kaname gasped for the breath that was knocked out of him, but Grimmjow didn't give any ground.

He followed him and continued to punch him furiously, his knuckles bleeding with each punch that was not caused by the broken glass.

Suddenly Gin was at his back pulling him away from the one that he was practically torturing, looks like he wasn't allowed to stand around anymore. It was now officially two against one. Two purebreds against a turned one like him. He was completely unmatched.

Uryu observed his new help. There were two of them, not nearly as much as he expected and he was definitely not expecting vampires. Seriously, there were plenty of hunters at the school in charge of looking over the program and Urahara decided to send these two. Not that he was complaining at the moment.

The one he knew was Toshiro Hitsugaya from the introduction he just received. He heard of the Hitsugaya clan, but he was pretty sure they were stationed in Norway. He heard stories about him, but he had no idea that he appeared so young.

The other was a blond woman that he did not recognize. She must have also come from his clan, but she didn't have the same icy appearance as he did. The Hitsugaya clan was said to have some kind of ice attribute, whatever that meant. Most people in the Hitsugaya clan who were purebreds had white hair. Seems like she wasn't one, heck he couldn't tell if she was purebred.

"Toshiro, I'm going on ahead." She said.

"Alright, I'm counting on you. Be careful, Matsumoto." Hitsugaya said.

Uryu immediately understood what he was supposed to do. He shot at the big, hulking vampire behind Harribel once again making him back up and give her space to squeeze through while the Hitsugaya boy rushed at the tan vampire and kept her busy.

She managed to slip past the two opposing vampires. Earning a groan in frustration from Harribel that was directed at Yammy who was being completely useless once again. For a guy that was buffed up on steroids that were created by Szayelaporro he was way too slow and way too stupid. He let the meat get to his head and he wasn't smart enough to recognize the same action that he used for Grimmjow. It was obvious that they were looking for an opening.

Rangiku managed to slip in with barely any problems. It seems that the big one was an idiot and she bet that her clan leader would be able to handle himself fine even if he was up against the famous Harribel. She wasn't sure about the other kid though. He seemed pretty young to be a hunter, but he seemed capable of doing magic was in itself impressive. She decided to keep an open mind.

The lab was completely destroyed. She immediately recognized the blue-haired vampire fighting for his life. It was Grimmjow Jaegerjaquez, total hunk of the Jaegerjaquez clan that oozed sex appeal, but a total asshole. Gin mentioned him before though she never met him personally.

There seemed to be quiet a problem though. He was seriously struggling and he seriously needed the help. Looks like she came at the right time and it seemed his interests aligned with hers.

Her presence wasn't noticed yet so she quickly snuck up behind Gin and grabbed a hold of him in a headlock making him gasp in surprise.

"I'm borrowing him~" She said with a bright smile directed at Grimmjow that looked more menacing then cute.

The fighting stopped for a quick second as Grimmjow looked at the new player who just joined the battle. He blinked, trying to figure out what was going on. He was so focused on his fight in that he didn't realize that there were new people coming to help. The hunter did mention that he was waiting for backup, but he wasn't expecting more vampires.

Before he could say anything Rangiku left the room, dragging a struggling Gin that looked even more surprised than Grimmjow, which was amazing since he always wore the same expression.

She held her childhood best friend in front of him and used him as a hostage as she passed through the hallway.

"You need any help?" Yammy asked as he continued bracing himself against glowing arrows and not looking too pretty himself.

"I'll be fine." Gin managed to say, still in complete shock. He didn't know what was going on. Heck, did anyone know what was going on?

"Focus on your own battle." Harribel called out. "That man can take care of himself."

Rangiku was grateful that she was able to get past them without causing too much of a problem. Even if she had a hostage these were Aizen's men. If they were like Aizen himself that means that they didn't mind killing their own comrade if it meant getting rid of an enemy.

She walked over to a vacant classroom. The door was locked like it should be after hours, but she didn't have the patience for it so she kicked it down causing Gin to lurch to the side as a result of him being trapped in her arms.

She threw him causing him to hit the wall making and angry slapping sound as he caught himself just barely with the palms of his hands to lessen the impact.

"You have no idea how furious I am." Rangiku said. "You were the person that I trusted the most out of anyone in the clan. I trusted you more than Jushiro and you betray us. I was almost killed."

Gin walked over to her. "Well, I have some complicated feelings. Part of me is happy to see you, but the other part of me wants to never see you again."

Rangiku reached out and slapped him. He took it without complaint flinching at the power of her raw strength.

"Okay, I deserved that, that's all you get." Gin growled, but keeping his usual expression. "I need to urge you to stay out of Aizen's way. I will let today pass, but if this happens again and you get in the way then I won't hesitate to get rid of you."

Rangiku's eyes filled with sadness, but she was more furious then sad as she watched Gin walk past her, not even seeing the point of fighting her.

"In the meantime, I can predict the outcome of this battle and it is late. I'm tired so I'll leave here and let you guys take care of everything. You should be happy. I'm one less opponent to worry about." Gin said walking out and down the alternate hallway so that he wouldn't interfere with his comrades' fights.

Rangiku collapsed to the floor. She could feel her heart pounding through her chest. He was serious. He wouldn't hesitate to erase her existence from the map if it meant that she would stay out of the way. This must have all been some joke to him or something and he didn't want her to interfere. She wasn't even sure if he was surprised to see her alive or not. He didn't even bother to fight her and she was so stunned that she didn't know what to do but let him leave.

The only thing she could think to do was to sit there and wonder what happened to Gin to make him turn his back on his clan. She seriously had no idea what he was thinking. To think that she ever fell in love with that man.

"Okay, what the fuck is happening?" Grimmjow asked completely bewildered. He had no choice but to accept what was going on. He didn't have time to figure out what events were taking place outside of his own battle. All he knew was that his other opponent was gone and it was one on one again.

It seemed even Aizen wasn't sure what was going on. He definitely prepared for backup, but he was expecting hunters. He had four henchmen and it seemed that it was going to be more than enough and he was just going to sit backseat for this one and just watch as his chess pieces moved on his own, but he didn't expect one of his chest pieces to go off with another one without much of a fight.

Grimmjow focused on the vampire in front of him. His opponent flashed his cut up opal eyes at Grimmjow and he was shaken to his core. He felt an immense amount of pain and his left side and felt lighter. He looked over with a bit of fear in his eyes to find his arm on the floor by his feet. Where his arm should have been had a steady stream of blood pouring out of him, his eyes started to blur, but he fought against the pain and the desire to vomit. He wasn't going to fall here.

"If you aren't going to join my clan then I don't care if you die." Aizen said "In fact, plan B involves killing you. It seems like you aren't going to change your mind so this will be your resting place."

Grimmjow took his attention off of his arm and started to hold in a stifled laugh. Aizen cocked his head before Grimmjow gave up and let out a maniacal laugh. Kaname spit out the blood that was collecting in his mouth and mumbled "crazy."

"I haven't had a very interesting fight in a long time, and you guys made me bleed a whole lot. I just fed today, but I'm already so hungry that I can go crazy. I'm going to end this really quickly for all of our sakes." Grimmjow said.

He placed his right arm on the stump that was originally his left arm and coated it will blood. He then rose his arm in front of him, arm stretched out with his fingers curled. A blue light started to illuminate in the center of his palm. It built up with an intense heat before it became too much and launched out of Grimmjow's hand making an incredible blast that blew through the stone wall that Kaname was standing in front of. A trail of sand flew and dusted around the entire room while Kaname's clothing flew a few classrooms down. Bricks that the building was structured from started to decay and fall from place and there was no more sign of Kaname being alive, just sand. Aizen's mouth hung open.

"Incredible, I never thought a turned vampire like you was able to perform the Gran Rey Cero. It was thought to be a lost art. I'm truly amazed." Aizen said. "It is such a bummer that we are going to lose two interesting specimens today."

Grimmjow was now sweating profusely. He didn't have time to think about Aizen, he was more focused on finding Ichigo. He could tell that he was behind the door that Aizen sat in front of, but whether he had the strength to get there relied on him.

He picked up his arm that was lying on the floor which was covered in broken glass. He didn't even know why he bothered with it, but spending his entire life with the body part made it feel like a necessity. He couldn't bear leave it there to rot.

He stood in front of Aizen, exhaustion evident on his face. "Let me through." He said in a quiet husky voice.

"You know I can't do that" Aizen said standing up from where he was sitting so that he could now take his turn in squaring off against Grimmjow, but before he could the hunter and another opponent that he recognized as a vampire came into the room. What interesting backup they've found.

"Aizen, your henchmen are dead or have escaped. You have no choice but to submit." The midget vampire said.

Aizen stood there in silence looking between Grimmjow and party of two that was blocking the exit. He clenched his hands and sighed.

"Perhaps another time," He said. "We'll meet again another day."

Immediately he was gone. Grimmjow watched him run off and he knew that there was no way he was going to catch him with his body being banged up as it was. He was running on fumes, but that didn't stop the white-haired vampire to call after him and put up a chase despite him looking pretty banged up himself.

As much as he wanted to pursue Aizen and make him pay for what he has done he has to worry about one thing at a time and his number one priority was behind that door.

Ichigo didn't know where he was. The last thing he remembered was that he was hit by a dart and that he was undergoing the first stage of vampirism. Now he was outside, and it was day time. He was also lying down on what seemed like…what? The side of a building? What the fuck?

He got up and he was surprised by the amount of pain he wasn't in. He felt like this was surreal, like this wasn't real and everything he was seeing was only a dream. It felt like his physical body wasn't really there, but here he stood looking out at the sky and the city that he didn't recognize.

"Am I dreaming? What is this place?" He asked out loud turning around to try and find any hints on where he was. The sky looked so real even though his mind was telling him it wan't.

"No time ta explain." A strange voice that seemed to echo said. Ichigo didn't recognize it, but it was the only thing that could be a possible guide even though it seemed like it was only in his head.

Ichigo looked around frantically to find the source of the voice.

"Over here." It said, but this time it sounded more physical. It was still weird and had an odd echo, but it sounded close.

Ichigo whipped his head around to see someone who may as well have been his reflection. He looked just like him, but he was paler, his hair was completely white matching the color of his hair, and his eyes were completely black except for his golden, yellow irises. Not only that, but his voice was strange. It didn't sound like it was physically possible for a human to have a voice like that; it even had a weird echo. How did he? He definitely wasn't there before.

"Who are you?" Ichigo asked.

"I said there ain't any time ta explain." He said more urgently. The world around him turned sideways as if it was on an axis and Ichigo started to fall towards the ground. Ichigo shouted out as he fell. Even though the entire world felt like an illusion falling still felt the same as it did in real life and it was just as scary.

"We don' have much time." The clone of him said a bit frustrated by the noise that was coming out of the human's mouth as he fell down alongside him. "I need ya ta turn this world back ta normal."

The buildings started to decay around them and fall towards the ground that was also starting to fall apart, creating a large chasm below them.

"How?" Ichigo shouted out to the pale figure.

"Resist the mania." He said, rolling his eyes as if it were obvious.

"What the hell does that have to do with this?" Ichigo cried out now aware of the state that his physical body was in, though he couldn't feel the physical pain now he knew what was going on.

"Jeez, yur so fuckin' slow." The other said as if he wasn't nearly as stressed out as Ichigo was. "'Ave ya even realized that we're in yur own fuckin' mind? This is yur inner world, so fix it."

Ichigo swallowed hard as he examined the chaos that was surrounding him. This is his mind? Then the reason why everything was falling apart was because he was going through the first stage of vampirism and he was about to lose his mind. He needed to get a grip. Get a grip, get a grip, get a grip he repeated to himself. Nothing changed as he fell through the chasm the street that was below him into deep water. Everything slowed down around him, the derby fell slowly in the water dropping towards the bottom, wherever that was, his hair flowed in front of his face, and the clone of himself was floated in front of him. He didn't feel wet, but he could tell that he was in water.

"Geez, if ya become a ghoul this body won't be of use ta us." The white figure groaned. He wasn't the best support. "'Iight fine, I'll help ya this time, King. Is there anyone that ya need ta see right now? Ya won't be able ta do that if ya become a beast."

Ichigo thought to himself. There were a lot of people he wanted to see. He wanted to see Rukia, Renji, his sisters, Nel, and even his father. No, that wasn't all. As much as he was embarrassed to admit it, he really wanted to see Grimmjow. Even though he said he would only try dating him he couldn't help but get a soft spot for the damn narcissistic asshole. It seemed that he actually did like him back even though he usually wouldn't let himself believe it.

Damn he needed to see him. He wanted to feel his touch again. He wanted to kiss him. He just needed to be around him. He didn't care if he was over protective or even a complete asshole. He just wanted him to be by his side. He felt like such an idiot thinking like this, but it was true.

The water drained around him and all the debris that was falling started to float upwards. The air felt like there was a new warmth present that wasn't there before and he was standing on the side of a building again despite not knowing how he got there. He smiled and looked over the negated image of himself.

"Who are you?" He asked again. The white copy of himself looked over with a puzzled exression on his face like he wasn't expecting him to ask, but it quickly relaxed.

"I guess ya wouldn't know." He said turning away from Ichigo. "There is still a lot ya don' know 'bout yurself. Oh well, I guess I'll tell ya. The names'-"

A/N: Once again, sorry for the action packed chapter. I try to make it as readable as possible since I know how hard it is to follow along with fight scenes, but it did get a little graphic. I hope it was fun none the less since there was a lot that I wanted to cover in this chapter. I really need to know if you guys are okay with what I am doing because I was planning this for a while and I need the approval of others to encourage me. So please review.

Ummm, there is also something I have to tell you. I'm going on vacation for a while and I'm also getting puppies right after so I may be on hiatus for a while since posting over my phone on vacation is a pain and my hands will be full with two puppies. I'll try to post when I can, but I won't exactly be weekly for a while. I'll try to update as much as possible. I'm not usually demanding, but I suggest you follow me if you want updates or if you use a phone turn on notifications so you know when the next chapter is out.