"You..." Ichigo began. "You'll pay for this!" The grip on his sword tightened with anger.

"Oh dear, I'm so frightened," Aizen said, his tone laced with sarcasm. He chuckled, "I'm sorry to disappoint you, but I have somewhere else to be. Farewell, Kurosaki." He sonido'd away, taking Orihime with him.

"Orihime!"

I wanted to scream. I wanted to be able to shout their names. I wanted them to take me home. I wanted it so badly... And yet, at the same time, I'm still curious. I don't want to leave this place, I want to know what a Hollow really is. I don't want to leave everything that I've found here. Not yet.

A gloved hand covered my mouth, preventing me from screaming like I'd first intended. I closed my eyes as I felt myself moving at an unnatural pace; a sonido pace. I finally opened them again to look up to the face that belongs to Szayel Aporro Granz.

I glanced around, Aizen had Orihime exactly where he wanted her. He untied her bonds sluggishly, showing no interest whatsoever. I took advantage of his slowness, using the time that I could've spent watching him examining the new environment.

We were in a very spacious, dimly lit room containing a huge, double, possibly triple-king-sized four-poster bed, white covers coating the surface of it and white drapes hanging from the top, a white nightstand beside it with a white table lamp sitting peacefully on top, and three doors located one in each wall of the room. I'm guessing this is Aizen's chambers, and behind door A is an en suite, behind door B is his wardrobe, and door C is the exit.

I snapped out of my thoughts, bringing my attention back to Aizen.

"Aizen!" I screamed in the hope that I'd alert someone of our whereabouts.

"Not so loud, Chika."

"Where's Ulquiorra-sama?" I asked, changing my tone to a sweet, quiet one.

"Fighting."

'If you wish to go after Aizen-sama and that pathetic woman, you will have to fight me first.'

I already knew that, I just didn't want to believe it. It's a fact that if you fight Ichigo, you lose. It's like he's some sort of God or something. Hey, maybe him and Aizen are related...

"Won't he get hurt?"

"If he does, that means we can perform the test..." Szayel pondered aloud.

"What if he dies?" I cried.

"Ichigo Kurosaki is nothing more than a measly pest. He can't ever hope to stop me from reaching my goal," Aizen smirked.

"But he's Ichigo Kurosaki!"

"A measly pest," Aizen repeated louder, accentuating the last two words.

I opened my mouth to speak, but closed it again after deciding the words were better left unsaid. I stared at the ground miserably. Everything was crumbling to pieces... Or so I thought. An idea popped into my head, causing my whole face to light up with joy.

"Orihime..." I murmured, switching my attention to her. When I found her gaze fixed on my face, I mouthed the words, "I can get you home."

Her eyes widened in disbelief as if I'd grown another head. Or a third arm. Or somehow become fatter than Omaeda. - I'm as thin as a needle compared to him! - Or as if I'd just done some paperwork. Yeah, I'm the Soul Society's best procrastinator. Even better than Rangiku Matsumoto.

As the last of her bonds fell, Aizen noticed her shocked expression and followed her gaze.

Conveniently, Kenpachi came crashing through the wall Aizen thought Orihime was staring at, slamming into the opposite wall.

"How irritating," Aizen muttered. "If we are to be left alone, and none of my Espada can finish you, it looks like I'll just have to deal with you myself."

"Hah! I'd like to see you try!" Kenpachi retorted tauntingly, gripping the hilt of his sword even tighter. He didn't hesitate for a moment to get up and bring his blade down in the form of a powerful slash on Aizen. Aizen dodged with ease, smirking at Kenpachi's useless blades-over-brains logic.

Kenpachi's grin widened a little more with every blow that Aizen dealt. He was powerful. Very powerful, and Kenpachi knew it. That's how he knew that this fight was going to be one to remember.

As Aizen fought Kenpachi, winning with ease as Szayel stood observing the battle, pondering over whether or not he should assist his Lord. Meanwhile, I grabbed hold of Orihime by the wrist and pulled her closer. "We'll make it. I promise you," I breathed in her ear, my tone reassuring. A small smile appeared on her face. An evil glint entered my eyes. "Now scream."

"What...?" she squeaked.

"Do you wanna escape or not?"

She hesitated, but took a deep breath in and screamed as loud as her lungs would let her. "Kurosaki-KUUUUUUUN!"

Fights were interrupted and weapons hit the floor as everyone in the room lifted their hands to their ears in order to protect them from the girl's annoyingly high-pitched scream.

During the distraction, I sonido'd out of the hole Kenpachi had created earlier and into the air, standing there like I own the fuckin' place. Shinigami flooded into the room through the same hole I left through, each of them sounding relieved after seeing Orihime in one piece.

Uninterested in anything going on down there, I set my focus on what I came here for. Scanning the area for Ulquiorra Cifer in the hope that he'd still be alive.

All I can see is bodies... Blood-covered bodies lying on the ground. They were mostly people I'm assuming are Fraccion to the stronger Espada, but there were a few Shinigami I could name, one being Rukia. I frowned. Rukia was one of the best friends I'd ever had. Seeing her lying so lifeless like that made a tear trail down my cheek.

I wiped it away on the back of my hand, searching somewhere else.

Finally, I found him.

Alive, but weak.

I continued to analyse the area. It wasn't long before I spotted the inanimate body of Grimmjow Jeagerjaquez.

Defeated.

(LOL I BET YOU TOTALLY THOUGHT ULQUI WAS GONNA ALMOST DIE XDDD he was. I re-read it and changed it cuz it sounded too cliché.

Now, the annoying questions that (I hope) get you wondering: Did I really decide to kill Grimmy off this early? Is he gonna miraculously come back to life then there's gonna be a kiss at the end like in those sappy romance film things? HELL NAWH. I'm short n sweet, not sappy and romantic. So's Chie. So there. But that doesn't necessarily mean no romance... Or maybe it does. Idk. I don't plan this shit out XDD I get random ideas and arrange them in the order I want them to happen, then I wing it with the rest of the story. Fact. Anyway, I'm not spoiling. AAAAND GrimmxChie is against my pairings thingy, see? *holds up paper with scribbles on it* My very professionally drawn pairings list for this story series.

Hopefully updates will be quick now cuz I know how to end it... I think... Yes, it's disappointing. The story is almost over. Sadface. The second one will be better, promise! Anyway, there's like, five books in this series so you got no reason to moan!

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Byee.)