Ichigo didn't know what to think anymore. He had tried to figure everything out, but he was only making himself more confused. Was this actually his reality and the other was not. No they both felt so real. How could they both be reality? He remembered what the ex- villain Aizen had told him. Every illusion has a flaw. If this was actually Aizen's illusion, why would Aizen tell him how to see through it? No that option was more or less out. He was going to stick to he still hadn't seen Aizen's shikai. Meaning there was no way this could be Aizen's illusion. Ichigo opened his door, he needed to think in private. However as he stepped into his room, he knew that wouldn't be happening anytime soon. Rukia was sitting on his bed.

"I was wondering when you would be back here. I mean I thought you would at least come back before shut down. Though you didn't yesterday. Where were you?"

Ichigo frowned at her. "Recovery."

"What about before that, huh?"

Ichigo sighed. Rukia was the same as ever. "That is none of your business. Why are you so interested in knowing where I am at every minute?"

Rukia frowned. "I don't want to know where you are at every minute!"

Ichigo looked over Rukia, who had resorted to moving to a more comfortable position on the bed. "Why are you even here, Rukia? More importantly, how the hell did you know which room was mine?" Ichigo didn't understand how Rukia could know that this was his room. Unless someone had told her. Then he started to think of his findings before he had attempted to escape only to be roped into Aizen's plan.

"I just came to talk to you. You said that we were friends after all. I never had any friends. The closest person that you could call my friend is Renji and well he isn't exactly the best company most of the time."

Ichigo had a feeling that Rukia wasn't going to leave him anytime soon, so he sat next to her on the bed. "I did say we were friends. The two of you were best friends, I think. I actually don't know what your relationship with Renji was. So what did you want to talk to me about?"

Please don't be about Aizen.

Rukia looked at him. "Oh it is nothing really. Are you actually doing things with your doctor? I mean Renji keeps going on and on about how you have to like Dr. Aizen. There is nothing wrong with it. Actually yes there is! Be careful around him, Ichigo. "

Ichigo sighed. "Rukia, I appreciate your concern, but I have already noted it. I don't even know myself what is going on between the two of us." So he hadn't outright denied he had something with Aizen, but he hadn't admitted it either. "Actually Rukia, can I ask you a question."

"Depends"

Ichigo had a feeling he was going to dig a hole with the girl, but he was curious. "You told Renji something about your brother not giving him the time of day. What was that all about?"

Rukia looked down. "Another reason why I don't enjoy Renji's company half the time. He tried to hit on my brother."

Ichigo's mouth hung open. So he hadn't seen that one coming. Well he wouldn't have seen him falling in love with Aizen coming either. He had to close his mouth, it probably wasn't helping Rukia any.

Rukia then started to chuckle, her hand going to cover her mouth.

"What?" So he hadn't expected that reaction.

"Oh nothing" she got out. She moved from his bed, her eyes going wide. She looked like she was shaking, her chuckling had died. Ichigo was about to ask her what was wrong, when he found the answer himself.

"Rukia, could you leave the room. I would like to talk to Ichigo, alone" Kisuke's voice reached his ears.

He remembered what the other Aizen had said. He had escaped out of the prison after the door was unlocked by Kisuke, except the Kisuke who had visited them had been an imposter. Which meant, the Kisuke that was in the doorway, was the imposter who had set Aizen free.

Rukia nodded. "See ya later, Ichigo." She scurried out of the room before he could even tell her goodbye. He wondered why she was so afraid of Kisuke. Was Kisuke really the mastermind in this world?

Ichigo stood up from his bed, he couldn't allow himself to let his guard down. He had to be alert at all times, especially around Kisuke. "What did you want to talk about, Kisuke" he said, his voice lacked emotions.

Kisuke closed the door, his exit had been sealed. Ichigo's eyes followed the man as he approached him. "Your time is up here."

"Whaaat" Ichigo got out.

Kisuke brought out something from his pocket and it was not his stupid fan. He thought he saw something glitter.

"So it was you? Kisuke, why?" He stepped away from Kisuke.

"Here I thought you was smarter than that Ichigo. This is goodbye."

Ichigo ducked as Kisuke went for him. So was Kisuke really the Aizen of this world? There was no way. Sure the man had questionable morals in the world he remembered, but he didn't think the man was capable of evil. Then it all started to make sense, was this world really all in his mind? If it was, how could this Kisuke be able to cross over and release Aizen?

Ichigo made a run for the door. He turned the knob, thankfully it opened. He took off running down the hall. He didn't know where he was running to. That was until he turned into the hallway, he had been in once before. This hallway led to Aizen's room. He ran until he got to the room, he turned the knob and it opened. He quickly closed it behind him, the man was not in his room, why was the man not in his room?

Ichigo's feet seemed to move by themselves. He didn't know where they were taking him, but he knew he had to find something anything to defend himself against Kisuke. That was when he saw something shinning. He moved towards it, in the very corner of the room leaning against the wall was a zanpakutō. It wasn't just any zanpakutō, it was Aizen's. The shinning had been caused by the crack where the sword didn't go fully into the sheath. He reached out and grabbed the sword, sheath and all. The door opened. Kisuke came in. The man was fast, before he knew it the man was in front of him. He unsheathed the zanpakutō. He raised it to defend himself, but he felt an impact and he collapsed to the floor. The zanpakutō nor the sheath left his hands as he collapsed. Kisuke turned around and left the room.

Ichigo opened his eyes. Where was he? His heart was racing, and what had Kisuke done to him? He looked around at his surrounds that was when he realized that he was safe. He was lying in bed with Aizen, Aizen's arms were around him and he was still asleep. Ichigo tried not to move too much, he didn't want to wake the older man up. That was when he noted something laying on his side. His breath caught, beside him on the bed was Aizen's zanpakutō.

"Morning" Aizen got out sleepily.

"Morning" Ichigo got out, he was a little worried. He didn't know if it was a good idea to allow Aizen to see his zanpakutō. No, Aizen had saved him and had saved Zangetsu. He owed the man that much. "I didn't mean to wake you up."

Aizen didn't sit up. "You didn't wake me up. Even if you did, there are far worse ways to be woken up."

"I have a surprise for you" Ichigo got out as he sat up, the man's arms moving so he could do such.

"A surprise? "

Ichigo nodded. "Close your eyes and sit up." Thankfully Aizen couldn't see through his own body. Aizen sighed but did as Ichigo asked him to. Ichigo noticed that Aizen's hair stood up in certain places and other strains of his hair had fallen into his eyes. Ichigo couldn't get sided tracked. He picked up the zanpakutō so that when Aizen opened his eyes, he would see it.

"Open your eyes."

Aizen's brown eyes opened and he saw the man's face go into shock as he looked at the zanpakutō in Ichigo's hands.

"Is that really Kyōka Suigetsu? How did you find it?" The man's voice was barely a whisper, his hand went to touch the zanpakutō and then fell to his lap.

Ichigo bit his lip. "You see Kisuke tried to kill me in the other world. I ran into the other you's room, and I noticed something glittering. I moved over to it, and I saw Kyōka Suigetsu leaning against the wall, it wasn't sheathed all the way so the light reflected on it. I was happy I found it, because I needed something to defend myself, because Zangetsu wasn't with me. Kisuke was still able to overpower me though. I'm not use to your zanpakutō after all. I must have kept a hold of it, because when I woke up here it was lying beside me."

Aizen's looked amazed. He reached to grab the zanpakutō from Ichigo's hands finally.

"Ichigo, do you know what this means?"

Ichigo shook his head.

Aizen looked at him, and moved to kiss him. Ichigo returned the kiss, it was rare for Aizen to kiss him, he welcomed it though. Aizen broke the kiss, an odd smile on his lips. He didn't think he had ever seen the man smile, well not this Aizen at least.

"It means that... I'm not sure how to explain it. Maybe I should let you see for yourself."

Ichigo made a noise of displeasure. "Sōsuke, don't do that. You mentioned it now you have to tell me."

"It means things are going to become very interesting. I understand it all now, it all makes sense to me."

"Do share, because my mind is confused. None of this makes sense to me."

Aizen looked at him. "Explain to me what has just recently happened."

Ichigo sighed, but did as Aizen wanted him to do. "Let's see I went to go search for Grimmjow. He was thrown in solitary. So I found myself there, I started to call for him. A hand popped out of one of the cells, I went towards it, expecting it to be Grimmjow. It wasn't. The door opened and Kenpachi stepped out. I had no way to defend myself, and the man always wants to fight me. So I started to back up. Momo was in solitary after she tried to kill me. Her door opened and she looked like she was going to attempt to kill me again. Then all of a sudden, Shinji appeared and saved me. He took me back to recovery, and then the other you appeared. I attempt to escape the asylum and well the other you stops me. I thought I was going to be in trouble, because you had told me that those who do wrong must be punished. "

"Ichigo breathe." Ichigo took in a breath and continued to the retelling of the story.

"You lead me further away from the asylum. That is when we entered a clearing. Gin and Kaname were there, so were Grimmjow and Ulquiorra. Also you had captured Shinji as a witness or something. Then you start to go on about a plan to overthrow the asylum. Kaname and Ulquiorra were left guarding Shinji when everyone else went back inside the asylum. Gin took me into his office to talk, then he tells me to be quiet. That is when he pointed to the doorway, I looked outside and in the hallway old man Yamamoto was outside." He took in a breath before Aizen had to tell him to breathe again.

He continued. "Gin went to distract Yamamoto so I could leave the office unseen. Apparently Yamamoto is the founder of the asylum and doesn't visit often, usually something is wrong when he visits. Shinji used to be a doctor, but last time Yamamoto visited he strip Shinji of his title and made him a patient. Apparently he saw something he wasn't supposed to. Something concerning you and Kisuke. Though I go to my room and Rukia is waiting for me. I start talking to her and then Kisuke showed up and I already told you the rest." Ichigo took in a long breath.

"Gin also told me that I would continue to return to that place."

Aizen started to chuckle. Ichigo's eyes went wide, he had never heard the man make that noise before. Ichigo had to hold himself back from punching the man in the arm. "What is so funny?"

Aizen placed the zanpakutō on the bed, and picked up Ichigo's hand. "I don't know if I should tell you how to make it end. Interesting stories come from this."

Ichigo frowned, he wondered if the man knew if that he wanted to punch him. He was holding both of his hands within his own mow. He finally moved, guiding his hands so that they rested on the Zanpakutōs green hilt. "My release command is shatter, it also works to break an illusion."

Ichigo looked at the man. "Why are you telling me this?"

"Just say my release command out loud, okay. Say it and then the Zanpakutōs name. "
Ichigo frowned, but repositioned his hands so that he was holding the zanpakutō in his hands. Aizen's hands rested on top of his own.

"Shatter Kyōka Suigetsu" Ichigo got out. He felt like he was going to collapse on the bed. Aizen grabbed the zanpakutō from Ichigo's hands and laid it back on the bed. His head started to spin.

"What the hell did you just have me do? Explain yourself now!" Ichigo closed his eyes, trying to get the world to stop spinning.

"It was all in your head, actually it was a world that Kyōka Suigetsu made. When we were fighting, and the Hōgyoku deemed that I no longer needed a zanpakutō, somehow Kyōka Zangetsu sought you out. I mean it is still my zanpakutō, but it took you on the ride of your life."

Ichigo blinked. "I'm guessing you didn't plan this" he got out with no emotion in his voice. Aizen frowned, he hated Ichigo's sudden change of attitude towards him.

"No, I didn't think it was possible for something like this to happen. Though as you gave me the information as it was going on, I started to piece it together. It all made sense when you said you found my zanpakutō and it actually came back with you. "

"You really got yourself in a mess, king. " His inner hollows voice sounded closer than normal. He blinked again, and he saw that his inner hollow was sitting at the foot of the bed.

"I told you to go away."

The hollow smirked. "You should know that I don't take commands that easily." He paused and took a look at Aizen "I think I like you. You keep king in check."

Aizen blinked. "You weren't kidding. "

"Why would I lie to you about my inner hollow being an evil doppelganger of me?"

"Oh king, I'm better than you. I will always be better then you."

"Wait how can Sōsuke see you?" Ichigo just realized that this was not natural, that never had his inner hollow been out of his mind beside that time with Muramasa. "Also where is Zangetsu?" He was looking for the old man but he couldn't find him.

The hollow looked at him "I told ya I am Zangetsu. What will it take to get that through your thick head, king?"

"Answer me, why can he see you?"

The hollow only laughed and disappeared. Aizen sighed "it is because we are connected. "

Ichigo glared at Aizen. "That was all an illusion? That sure didn't fell like an illusion. That was a different reality. I'm mad at you."

Ichigo moved away from Aizen, only to have Aizen pull him back to him and start to nibble on his neck.

"No I'm mad at you" Ichigo got out trying to stop the small moan from leaving his lips. Aizen stopped the nibbling.

"Hey, no being mad at me. Your mind was the one that created it. Why a mental asylum?"

Ichigo frowned. "My mind is not that fucked up. Why would my mind form something like that?"

"Bankai" Aizen offered.

Ichigo looked at him. "And what would your Banaki be?"

"Well I would tell you, but you're mad at me." Aizen was trying hard to hide a smile.

"Tell me now, old man."

"Hey you called me hot, and you slept with me and you have kissed me. Oh and you dreamed about me. Ask nicely and I may tell you, that is if you aren't mad at me anymore."

Ichigo punched Aizen lightly in the shoulder. "Now I am not mad at you, what is your Bankai anyways?"

"What you went through. It can create different realities."

Ichigo looked at him. "I think you win the prize for the world scariest Bankai. That could be used for…. Hey wait how many times have you entered Bankai?"

Aizen smirked. "You never know."

Ichigo frowned but let out a sigh. "At least it doesn't create emotions. Though why would I be able to enter your Bankai?"

"You learned Bankai in three days, Ichigo. You leak out enormous levels of spiritual pressure. Plus you found yourself falling in love with me. You without knowing it opened your heart to Kyōka Suigetsu. Which leads me to question just how long you have had feelings for me. Do tell."

"I don't know. I honestly don't know. You can't just ask someone that."

"Oh yes I can. Let's take a look at your history for a minute. Your friend Orihime Inoue, most men want her. Correct? I know I am correct. She was in love with you, and you never realized it. I'm pretty sure Rukia Kuchiki even held feelings for you. Then you have Nelliel, one of my ex Espadas. She had feelings for you, Ichigo, "

Ichigo looked at him and made a face. "Nel is only a little kid, though. That would be wrong."

"Actually she was only converted into one, she is a grown women. Though to prove my point, you only think of these people as friends. You never had any kind of feelings for any women. Let's look at men."

Ichigo was shaking his head. "You proved your point. I rather not know anyone else who you claim to 'like' me."

"When did you fall in love with me?" Aizen asked again.

Ichigo began to wonder the same thing. He throughout the whole time felt like something was wrong, but never realized what it was. It wasn't until the alternative reality that he realized that he had feelings for Aizen.

"You know everything about me, why don't you answer that."

Aizen shook his head. "I don't know about you, Ichigo. If I had to guess the feelings started when you first saw me. You were confused to why you were fighting, but you were fighting me because you were fighting the truth. You justified it by saying you were fighting for what was right. "

"So we really are connected?"

Aizen nodded. "We are connected."