"Ichi" Gin said as the present of the boy registered.

"So you're going to have an Espada meeting now" Ichigo asked as he sat down in one of the chairs that was closest to Aizen.

"Did you wish to be involved?" It was best to keep the impression going. He wondered how Katsu had found the room.

"What, you're not going to ask how I found this lovely little room."

"How?" Aizen asked looking over Ichigo, though he knew now it was really Katsu.

"Well there is you, Sōsuke. Your spiritual pressure is easy to find."

Aizen tried to look alarmed at the newest finding.

"Oh you can stop acting. I know you BOTH know" he said as his eyes landed on Gin. Gin stood frozen by the door. Aizen had to wonder why Katsu wasn't looking at Yuzuki and including her in this.

"Why are you playing this game, Katsu? Just let the boy go."

"Why would I do a thing like that? Ichigo was so easy to control, he sees you dying, he sees all the death and he breaks. Then he sees his own death and if he hadn't broken before, it got him there."

"You?"

"Don't look shock Sōsuke. I know that you have been trying to find out everything. Everything has gone according to my plan, every little detail."

"If you hurt…"

"Oh he is perfectly fine, for now." Katsu stood up and circled around Aizen. "You see you made it so easy for me. I didn't think it would be so easy to control ya, but Ichigo did just fine for me. You fell in love with him just like you fell in love with me. Though of course who's to blame you, fall for someone once it keeps happening over and over again."

"What is your plan?" Aizen glared up at Katsu, it was hard Katsu still had Ichigo's body.

"Katsu, just let Ichi go."

"Let Ichi go" Katsu's voice was mocking. "Are ya really sure ya want me to do something like that? He is the key and well if ya toss away the key, the door won't open."

Gin looked at Aizen and then grabbed Yuzuki by the hand and flashstepped out of the room.

"Shame they both ran, I'll have to make them suffer for that. Though first I'll deal with ya."

"What is your plan, I ask you again."

"World domination, yada yada. Ya must have figured it out" Katsu said draping Ichigo's arms over his chest. He couldn't help but tense. "Would ya like to see Ichi, he is okay for now. Ya really were never a villain, Ichi could see it. Though shame no one else could. You simply were a no one, a Rukon brat. Oh but as a human you were from a well established family. Maybe I should make you live through ya our memories before ya able to see your little prize."

Aizen's jaw locked. So this was what Katsu truly was like, how could this be Ichigo? "What is that look for? Are you thinking how could I be your little precious Ichi? The boy was the perfect cover for me, no one would expect someone like me to be someone like him. There are many pawns in each game, to win ya have to know how to use everything that ya have. Ya were a pawn Sōsuke, a pawn I no longer have use for you. Goodbye Sōsuke and good riddance. I hope ya die, if ya somehow survive ya would have proven ya self towards me." Katsu had his zanpakutō at his throat before he could do anything, he blacked out.

…..

"Come on" Gin got out rounding a corner.

"Let go of me, where are ya taking me anyways?"

"We have ta save Ichi. I know where he is, but we have ta work quickly. Captain Aizen is good, but against that monster he won't survive long. Now where is that door?"

"Why not enter a trace?"

"Would ya like us ta die here? We can't just leave our bodies elsewhere, we have ta go there physically and not just mentally. Awhhaaa, there it is" he got out and pulled open a door, dragging Yuzuki with him. The door closed behind them.

"How did ya find this place anyways" Yuzuki asked as they traveled down a long dark corridor.

"I started to serve Captain Aizen in order ta get revenge over Ran. He hurt her. Well I tried to learn everything about the man that I could, including how to see pass his illusions. He finally trusted me after what felt like an eternity. I came with him to Hueco Mundo and he built Los Noches. However I don't know if he meant to build it around a power source. This room that we are in now, was that power source. I found this room by accident one day."

"Won't Katsu kill everyone we left behind?"

"Every lord needs subjects, he will continue to play them regardless if we disappear. Norio will make sure to keep in contact with us."

"How?"

"Ya brother is sneaky, as is Norio. Right now we have to trust that they will form something. Captain Aizen trusted both Grimmjow and Ulquiorra with different tasks. Syayel may have done something under my command."

"You are a sneaky little snake."

Gin's smile widen. "I try. Though you are a cunning little fox that is what makes us such a great team. The exit is that way, come on" Gin said improving his grip on Yuzuki's hand and flashstepping into the exit.

…..

Ichigo groaned, it felt like he had hit his head. He looked around, his inner world was underwater. He couldn't see Zangetsu or his inner hollow. No his inner hollow was Zangetsu he had to remind himself of that. He did not wish to find the hollow part of him by thinking the wrong thing. He didn't even have Zangetsu on his back, his memories were fuzzy. What had happened?

"Zangetsu" he called out. He looked around the over-flooded inner world but neither of the beings that were a part of him appeared. He gasped for air. That wasn't right, before when he had learned the final Getsuga Tenshō, his inner world had been flooded. He could breathe perfectly fine then, but now he was gasping to get air. Something was wrong. His eyes closed as the water started to fill his lungs. It couldn't end like this.

….

Aizen woke up on the ground, he knew he was alone before he even looked. He wondered where Katsu had sent him. He could remember Katsu's words now.

Maybe I should make you live through ya our memories before ya able to see your little prize.

He would kill the bastard, he would find a way to save Ichigo. He had to get out of this first, it was an illusion, it had to be an illusion. Aizen reached for Kyōka Suigetsu only to find that his zanpakutō was missing from his side. He truly looked at his surroundings, he had woken up underneath a tree. He looked down at his clothes, he wasn't wearing either clothes he was accustomed to, but clothes he had never seen before. He also realized he was also noticeably shorter.

This wasn't Rukon, the scenery was too nice to be any part of Rukon. That meant he was human. The thought hit him hard. He had to get out of here somehow and save Ichigo.

"Master Sōsuke, it isn't good for ya to be slacking off like this. You asked to go outside, but we need to return to ya studies." Aizen looked up at a middle age man with black hair that hung in his eyes, a small amount of stubble was noticeable on his chin.

"My studies?" He was smart, but even he couldn't call facts out of nowhere.

"Yes my young lord, your father told me ya must learn everything ya can."

"Remind me what I am supposed to be studying." He offered his best fake smile at the man who was his tutor.

"Right now ya supposed to be learning Latin. Then I suppose we should focus on ya other training. I was also told to tell ya that your father will be having some very important guests over tomorrow. Ya are to be well behaved."

Aizen sighed. He could do Latin, he had to get through this. "I am always well behave."

"Maybe that is what ya tell ya father, but I know ya better than that. I spend the most time with ya. Ya don't have to lie to me my young master."

"Then if you know me better than that, you should call me Sōsuke" his voice left his lips without him truly meaning it to. So as a human he was more trustful to people.

"Of course Ma- Sōsuke. Though ya know I can only do that in private. Tis disrespectful for me to call the son of such a high noble his first name without any terms of honor. Now back to your studies."

Aizen dealt with an hour of learning Latin, he had never hated learning as much as he did now. It was slow and painful, though his tutor wasn't that bad. He was in a hurry, he didn't have time to spend an hour on learning another language. He had happily picked up the normal katana and sparred with his tutor, he was being taught techniques that he had long ago mastered.

Aizen stepped into his room, he didn't expect anything else. The room looked like a nobles, and he slightly hated it. He placed the katana next to the wall. He needed to get out of here so he could find Ichigo. "Sōsuke!" he could hear an angry voice calling him. When he did not come in an instant, the door to his room slide open. A very angry and large man came into the room. Of course the man looked large to him, he was hardly nine.

He couldn't even defend himself as his father hit him across the room. His body shock as he landed on the floor. "You are useless!" the man who was his father got out and kicked him in his gut. He didn't scream out in pain, he couldn't do anything but lay still and take it. Everything in him told him to pick up the katana and kill his father, but he couldn't. "You are a disgrace to the family name" his father said kicking him in his ribs. He had to bite his lip to stop from crying out at the pain.

"Sor_" he started out and found himself being raised into the air.

"Sorry, you're sorry. It is the same every time. You can't do anything right. If you mess up my meeting tomorrow you will pay greatly. Do you understand?" He gave a painful nod and was dropped onto the ground. His father was watching him, to see what he would do. "What was that?"

"Yes sir" he got out trying to not to let the hurt show. He was left staring at the door as it slide shut. He needed to get out of this place soon, he just didn't know if he would make it that long. He coughed, he couldn't even heal himself.

….

Ichigo took a gasp of air, this one was clean and not full of water. He coughed as he sat up. He was alive. He looked up at white ceiling. He forced himself to look around, his heart sank. He was back in the asylum. At least Kisuke was gone, he hoped at least that was the truth. The door opened and he looked up quickly. Gin snuck into the room, he was dragging Yuzuki behind him.

"Good we got here in time" Gin got out looking at the very shocked and shaking Ichigo. Yuzuki was undoing something around his ankle.

"Prove you're real" he got out his voice shaking.

"You're going to die if ya stay here. Your boyfriend can only buy us so much time" Gin said.

Yuzuki was trying her best to help him stand. He slouched to the floor as his knees gave out from under him. Gin made a noise, he sounded irritated. Gin had scooped him up into his arms.

Ichigo gave a surprised yelp, he hadn't expected that. "Make things easier kid and don't fight me. Hold on" Gin said. Ichigo barely got his arms around Gin's neck when he used flashstep. How could the older man use flashstep here?

Yuzuki was following him. "Did you finally realize I could use it myself" she said keeping up with Gin.

"No someone had to carry Ichi, and frankly ya can't do it. Meaning I was the only one. How can ya be so light anyways?"

"Is that really the right question" Ichigo snapped. The asylum was very much empty, that was when he realized why. He could feel the building start to shake. Gin went towards the hallway he knew so well. Yuzuki opened the door and the three of them were surrounded in a dark corridor. The door shut behind them.

"Do you think that you're walking into a trap" Ichigo said, but didn't attempt to move from Gin's arms. He was on edge, if Aizen was here and was carrying him he could calm himself down a little bit. "Also why the hell are you using Sōsuke as a distraction?!"

"Really Gin, you could have said anything else but ya told him that." Yuzuki said in reply to his question.

"Well, he knew what he was doing."

"Bull shit, Gin. I can walk" he got out, but Gin did not put him down.

"Actually you may not be able to, your hardly stable. Katsu put ya there, we are safe as long as we are here. Also I'm not letting ya down unless it comes down ta fighting. If that happens ya cannot get involved. I rather Captain Aizen not attempt to kill me… again."

"If I can't fight I am useless" he got out. Gin hit him over the head, making him black out.

"What did you do that for?!"

"The boy is a danger to himself like that. It will be easier this way, we need to figure out our next move. It won't be so easy to ..." Gin started.

"You know Ichi is right in thinking this was a trap."

"Don't make me admit it. He can't get us as long as we stay here, but if he becomes unstable, things might get worst. So we need to keep him out until we get out of here."

"Fine, but if we both survive this ya will owe me" she said.