Ichigo had to half run to keep up with Kisuke, but before he knew it they were at the twin doors again.

"Did he escape through here?"

"No."

"How then?"

"Not sure, last I saw he was in solitary and then poof." Kisuke opened his fan for a dramatic effect. Ichigo would never understand the man. "Though we should be fine for a few minutes, so would you like to explain to me something, Ichigo? Why were you with Sōsuke Aizen?"

"Would you believe me if I said I didn't originally plan it."

"Yes, but who took his shirt off. Him or you?"

He blushed. "It was me" he got out in almost a whisper.

Kisuke opened the doors for him, he could see nothing past them but darkness.

"Go ahead Ichigo, you wanted to see what was behind that door, didn't you."

"What is it, I don't want to just go in blind."

"The truth, now go Ichigo before it is too late." Kisuke basically pushed him through the doors and slammed them shut. Ichigo could only move forward. What did Kisuke mean by the truth was behind these doors. Again he remembered his dream about Aizen, something was terribly wrong.

He then began to think in context. Had Aizen been referring to himself? Ichigo could see a light ahead, he began to run towards it. He blinked as he was surrounded by light. He was lying on the ground. He looked around him, Aizen was standing above him and staring at him.

He blinked as he took in the man's face. He was wearing a black outfit, where did he change his clothes? That was when Ichigo noticed that there were bars surrounding them. He was trapped in a jail cell with Aizen, Was this reality?

"What happened?"

His head was spinning. Aizen had been helpful before, so he didn't think twice about asking the man.

"Let's see you passed out, starting muttering some weird shit. I got blamed for it of course. You got imprisoned with me. These are the people you fought so hard to protect, they deemed you unnecessary and threw you away. "

Ichigo sat straight up. "What did you say?" He had been imprisoned with Aizen. "Start from the beginning and tell me the stuff I was muttering about."

Aizen was shaking his head, he took a seat on the cold hard floor of the prison cell though. "You must have been out of it, what do you remember? "

"Honestly, I don't know anymore. The last thing I remember was our fight, I told you what the final technique was and then I woke up strapped to a chair in a mental asylum."

Aizen was looking at him like he was crazy. "You must have hit your head extremely hard, but go on."

"You were a doctor in the mental asylum. So was Gin and several other people. Then a lot of the other people in the Soul Society were patients. Momo tried to kill me, you saved me. Kisuke had lead me to this door, after telling you that Grimmjow had escaped." He found his eyes scanning the man who was sitting a short distances away from him.

"So I have established that my plan with you may not have gone according to plan. "

"So Sōsuke, talk. What was I muttering about? I mean it must have been bad if they imprisoned me, which you're going to have to explain that"

Aizen frowned. "Since when did you call me by my first name? Never mind. Well you went to attack me, but then I don't even know what happened. Kisuke Urahara came in the middle of the battle, by that time you were muttering randomness. The Hōgyoku rejected me around the same time. Your randomness was completely that. Kisuke was going to just imprison me until you said something."

"What did I say?"

"You defended me, even though you were unconscious. Then they ,the new Central 46, ruled you a traitor along with me and well we ended up in this lovely cage together. Though I suppose I should thank you."

Had Aizen just said he should thank him? Oh god, what had he done? "It is because of you that we are in this cell together. Do you know how strong of a grip you have? You refused to let go of me. So they had no choice but to place us both here. The lowest level of hell, but it could have been worst."

"Do I still have my spiritual pressure?"

"Yeah, you didn't actually use the final technique. "

"Wait how did you know I would lose my spiritual pressure if I used it? Oh I know how you'll reply already. Because I know everything about you, Ichigo. It all went according to my plan."

Aizen shook his head. "I have no clue what happened to you."

Ichigo closed the space between them and softly kissed Aizen's lips. Aizen's eyes went wide. Ichigo broke the kiss to look into the very shocked face of the man he had just kissed.

"You happened to me. I was in your room when Kisuke came in. I wonder how much of what you said is actually true though."

There was no smirk on Aizen's face. "That didn't go according to plan. Wait, what did I say?"

"Um well you told me I could ask you anything. Let's see the first question I knew doesn't apply to this place. "

"What was it?"

"Where are you from? Your reply was Karakura. You were also friends with my father. So question two most likely doesn't apply. "

"I did know your father, but we weren't exactly friends, but go on."

"Um then I asked how old you were."

"Do tell my response."

"Well you asked me how Shinigami age worked, your answering that for me by the way. I have no clue. You told me you were twenty four though. Then when I was shocked that you told me, you asked me if it was too old or too young. I said too young and explained what I knew about you. Then you asked me how old I was. You found it odd that I aged you and reduced my own age. I ended up being a few years older in that place. "

"I suppose that is half true. Physically you could say I am twenty four. Ichigo, how old do you think I am physically don't answer actual year."

"Um I thought you were in your thirties. Do you know how hard it is to tell age? I'm human, I have no clue how this works. Which I have more questions for you, but after I finish how you answered."

"Fine, it seems like I have no choice though."

"Then I ended up asking you about your childhood. You were lonely and you isolated yourself from others, you were bullied because you didn't fit in. No one understood you."

Aizen was frowning, he didn't reply. "It is true isn't it?" Ichigo couldn't help but wrap his arms around Aizen. Aizen flinched at the contact.

"No one could compare to my power even then. That is what isolated me. I wouldn't say bullied though. Just isolated. Were there any other questions?"

"You asked me what I wanted to be when I was little. Later on I asked you when your birthday was. "

"I see. So tell me Ichigo, this other place that you were. What was I like? "

Ichigo sighed. "Think the reverse of your reaction now. You were in love with me. Apparently you slept with Gin once, when he got drunk."

Aizen was shaking his head. "That explains why you kissed me I suppose. Which means you fell in love with me. Well that me."

"You can't be that bad. I mean that little trip showed me something."

"Which was?"

"You were right. The war wasn't mine to fight. Sure you threaten the people I care about, but you never truly killed anyone. Sure you kidnapped Orihime, but you never hurt her. I had no reason to hate you, you had done nothing to me at that point."

"You do realize…"

"Sōsuke, I am in a jail cell with you. Even if I was to 'come to my senses' it would do nothing. They have already labeled me a traitor. How will this work though?"

"What being jailed with me?"

"No well yes. Age."

"Well you still have your full power Ichigo. We don't have to stay here peacefully. If you truly love me, you will help me. We can go back to Hueco Mundo together. Then you won't have to worry about things."

"But still how will age work. I'm human if you have forgotten. "

"I could kill you, though it could be a messy case there. You have hollow powers and Shinigami powers not to mention that other little factor. So there is a chance that you could become a hollow or rather an Arrancar. Then again if we escape, they will try to kill us both. They can't kill me, but they may kill you. Then you have the same situation. Which side do you feel more connected with?"

"I hate my inner hollow, so Shinigami. Though no I rather not die. "

"Risks you have to take Ichigo."

"Though say I do die and become a full Shinigami, how will that work. "

"Well usually once someone dies, the soul goes to the Rukon district. Though since you have been involved in this world, you should just retain your knowledge."

"Fine, now answer how age works to me."

Aizen chuckled. "Someone is demanding."

"I have earned that right."

"I suppose so. Well mental age and physical age are two very different concepts. It truly depends on both the age of the soul and the make of the soul. Most souls retain their youthfulness and only age a certain amount. Some souls do age but only to a certain point. It really depends on how old the soul was when they entered the Soul Society. I'll give you an example. Gin for instance looked around nine when I found him. Rangiku as well. One hundred and ten years had passed, I suppose more time had passed since then."

"How old are you mentally?"

Aizen shook his head. "You really are interested in my personal life aren't you? How about I make you guess."

Ichigo frowned. "That isn't fair."

"Oh but it is."

"Fine. You're going to hate me if you make me guess though."

"Just guess."

"250"

"You decreased my age, Ichigo. Try again. "

"This is hard." Ichigo looked at Aizen, trying to give him a puppy dog pout. He had never pulled it, nor would he had thought he would try it. Well he didn't think he would fall in love with Aizen either.

Aizen was frowning. "Not that. I will not break" he got out.

"I had a feeling you would say that." Ichigo got closer to Aizen and started to nibble on his neck. Aizen tried to stop the moan, but he couldn't. "500" he got out he was having a hard time focusing. Ichigo smiled against his neck.

"Was it that bad?"

"I hate feeling powerless. Though answer me this, did we do..."

Ichigo shook his head. "You sure wanted it though, but you said you wouldn't force me. I have seen you shirtless though. "

Aizen was trying to even his breathing. Ichigo didn't think he would be enjoying having this kind of effect on the man, but he was.

"What did you think?"

Aizen's question caught him off guard. "You're hot" Ichigo got out blushing as he said it.

"Well I never would have imagined you would say that. Though you continue to surprise me."

"And you continue to surprise me. I suppose I could have done worst, old man."

"Shall I remind you that you just called me hot."

"Oh but you told me your actual age. You have aged well though."

Ichigo blinked. Had he just imagined all of that? He opened his eyes, he was looking up at off white ceiling. He looked around as his eyes focused. He wasn't in the jail cell, but in bed with Aizen. Aizen had an arm around him.

"Morning" Aizen got out sleepily. His hair fell into his eyes. Had his exchange with Aizen in the jail cell been a dream or reality?

"Morning" he got out. Had the door all been part of his imagination?

"Tell me which Aizen you are. Doctor or past traitor" Ichigo got out.

"You hit your head. I half expected the question to come, but not so early. I'm the doctor … oh you said past traitor what happened?"

Ichigo sighed. "Well you aren't that bad. Did you catch the escaped patient?"

Aizen looked at him. "It was all a joke by Kisuke. No patient escaped. "

Ichigo let Aizen's words sink in. His mind was back to making no sense. He vowed to himself that he would find out which world was real and which was not. He honestly didn't mind either one right now. Though he would keep that thought to himself.

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Author's Note:

This chapter was fun to write. This is true for many reasons. One of the reasons was the exchange between Aizen and Ichigo (well both exchanges.) This is far from being over though. I have several more chapters ahead.

What did everyone think of this chapter?

So the major players are Ichigo, Aizen, Grimmjow, Gin and Kisuke. (Well at least so far anyways…)