…A Good Deed…

Author's note/Warning: This is a Yaoi story as in male x male. The pairing is Kurosaki Ichigo x Kuchiki Byakuya. If it offends you, you might want to turn back now. For those that don't mind that, I hope you enjoy the story. All reviews are appreciated.

P.S: This is a Hollow Ichigo story! I hope you will enjoy it! :)

Disclaimer: I will only say this once. I don't own anything and make no profit off this story.

Chapter 1

A good deed... Is rewarded by another…

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At first, there was the sound of laughter, making a smile paint his face, such a foreign thing to feel now, but it was enough to make warmth seep into his body… then there were the screams of terror, the cries for help, as more sounds that sounded like rocks falling and slamming into each other increased, making him shake in terror then scream and grape the small hand that was attached to a small girl, before the said girl slipped and fell down, to what he knows was death… death… such a funny and misleading word, how can someone be dead when they will be either send to Hueco Mondo or Soul Society to live the rest of their miserable life either fighting for scraps to eat or living a boring life wasting their potentials on nothing…

At first, the small hand slipped from his grip, making him shout in fear and use both of his hands to grip the girl's, a dangerous move that could have made both of them fall to their death, but he didn't care, especially with the girl's teary grey eyes were looking at him, pleading with him to save her from having her body falling and breaking into tiny million pieces.

"Ichi-Nii… please…" The girl sobs, words of pleas leaving her mouth as she whined, breath speeding up as panic took hold of her, but he tried to calm her, shushing her gently, and he could hear the sound of crying and screaming and the running footsteps coming from behind, which gave him hope that they will be saved, which made him pull with all of the strength that was left in his body shouting as he was finally able to pull the small girl up the cliff and away from the deadly drop, making the girl gasp in his arm as she starts crying earnestly now, and when they both raised their heads their eyes fell on the running woman with the light brown hair, and that made the girl stand up on her shaky legs and run toward the woman, fat tears rolling down her face as the woman held her tightly.

He remembers feeling relieved, so he stood up with a smile on his face and tears in his eyes, and he took a step toward them… the man that was kneeling beside the woman holding the small girl with black hair, joined by another child with light brown hair… but the sound of cracking rang, and before he knew what happened, he was falling down… down… down!

And then… there was pain, there was crying, screaming… a Hollow's shriek, and so much more pain… and there was the running… always running, never stop running, never stop or you will die… hesitate and you will die, show fear and you will die if those people with the black robes saw you they will kill you! Run, run, run! Hide in that cave, a strange cave with flesh instead of rocks, and he run when he heard the strange sound of something speeding toward him… crying for help when he reached a forest… only to have those strangers in robes chasing, chasing, chasing! Ready to kill! Defend yourself or you will die, kill them, kill them, kill them! When he opened his eyes…

Grey orbs were gazing at his…

Then it was followed by warmth, happiness, want, brightness, but like all good things in life they don't last long, they never last long, never, never, never! After that, there were tears, the soft voice pleading with him to run, to save himself, to live! After that, came the years of wandering, wandering in a strange place full of white sand, white moon, and dark sky.

He learns and saw so much strangeness, strange words, strange things, strange Hollows… Submissives who were the strongest Hollows in Hueco Mondo, they have to be, they are the ones who birth younglings and take care of them, and they mate the strongest Dominates because it meant protection in time of weakness… he learned how to recognize someone by the scent, he learned how to be stronger, and stronger, and stronger… because Hueco Mondo is not a place for the weak, Hueco Mondo will kill you if you don't kill first…

So he walked and wanders, killing and eating Hollows, one thousand, three thousand, five thousand, ten? Too many to count anymore, he kills, he eats, he became stronger, moving through the ranks, becoming Adjuchas, a big white lion with red and orange hair, always wandering from place to place, never staying in one too long, growling and hissing, wanting to be alone, always alone, because it was better being alone because then it meant there will never be pain again.

Years passed, all the same, he kills, he eats, he wanders, he ignores the Submissives who were interested in him, ignore the Dominates too, unless they want a fight which meant a free meal… it was always like that, his life was always on repeat, always the same, with memories of light grey in the mix.

Then he turned into Vasto Lorde…

Suddenly he changed and everything changed, he becomes a stranger, instead of a lion, his body was different, he has the body of a human and a strange helmet mask with long horns, he still has red fur on his wrists and ankles… life moved on… as much of a life it was, Hollows fear him or died if they stayed a second too long near him, and suddenly he turned from being alone by choice to being truly alone, until…

"…Join me, and I will make your dreams come true…" Words that were spoken by the definition of a snake, a backstabber, someone all Hollows talked about, someone who killed those who refused to join… but someone with a power source that made him untouchable… he hears those words and the first thing that came in mind was to fight, but someone does not fight a cheater and a backstabber, they bed their time, with the last flash of grey…

He followed the man…

"Wake up, Cero!" Those words were screamed into his ears and weight throws itself on his stomach, making a growl leave the sleeping man who was forced to wake up from his dream, and he snapped his eyes open, glaring lazily at the woman with green curled hair that was sitting comfortably on his abdomen, grinning mischievously when she saw that his eyes were opened and were gazing at her with a look that promised death.

"Tell me, Nel Tu, what did I say about calling me by that name?" The man asked with an annoyed voice, making the woman's grin widened even more at that causing him to sigh and sit up sharply which made the woman's balance become shaky allowing the orange-haired man to stand up fast, making the woman squeak as she fell on the floor, glaring at the man that was looking at her with boredom which made the woman growl at that and huff, straightening herself on the floor while looking at the yawning man with a pout on her face.

"A lot… many times…" Nel said as she looked at Ichigo while widening her eyes at him, making the man blinked at her, his face being blank as ever, which made Nel pout at that and cross her arms under her breasts, making them bigger, which in return made the man grimace in disgust, which made the woman raise her eyebrow at him and huff once again.

"Then please, enlighten me on why you not only called me by that name but also throw your fat ass on top of me? What do you think Starrk will do that his mate is on top of another?" The orange hair man said which made the woman look at him for a long time before she starts laughing so hard that she ended up in tears while clutching her stomach.

"Oh, Ichigo, this is the funniest thing I ever heard in my life!" Nel said as she tried to regain her breath, making her fellow Dominate look at her like she has lost her mind. "We both know that he wouldn't wake up from his beauty sleep to give a fuck, last of all come here… well, maybe he will enjoy the fight of you killing me and then being his mate, but you pretty sure made it clear to all the Submissives that you are not interested at all." Nel shrugged as she stood up and start dusting her white clothes making Ichigo sigh at that and gaze at his Zanpakuto that was leaning on the wall taking it and strap it to his back, looking at Nel with an expecting look, already knowing that the woman wouldn't have woken him up is it wasn't important. "We have a meeting." Nel ended up saying, all traces of joy left her face making Ichigo purse his lips.

"What do you think the meeting is about?" Ichigo asked as he starts walking followed by Nel who has a frown on her face at the thought of being in front of Aizen once again, grumbling to herself about stubborn and stuck up bitches which made a smile twitch on Ichigo's face as he sent the woman an amused look causing the woman to give him a small smile in return.

"You know how Aizen is, not telling you about something until the last minute, he is not a team player if you asked me." Nel said with a frown on her lips, mirrored by Ichigo who hummed and walked through the corridors of Las Noches heading to the meeting room in hope of the meeting ending faster if he reached the meeting room earlier that Ichigo was known to arrive, but with Ichigo's luck Aizen will monologue until the orange hair Espada fall asleep, which unfortunately wasn't the first time, nor will it be the last.

"Ah, Cero, Tres, so good of you to finally join us, if you will please take your seats." Aizen said as he pointed to Ichigo and Nel's seats which made the two nods their heads and went to their seats, Ichigo smirking to himself when he saw the irritated look on Aizen's face, and he was sure that Ulquiorra saw that action, but as always the Submissive decided to ignore it, as he does with all of his 'Less than ideal' actions, which usually make Grimmjow try and butt heads with him… everyone knows that Ulquiorra was interested in him as a potential mate, and everyone knows that Ichigo will never be interested, after all, he has refused more than a thousand submissive already, half of them were from Aizen's side, the man believing that having a mate to think about will make Ichigo more… docile… which was tough luck for the bastard considering that Ichigo was a wild card in everyone's standers.

As Ichigo expected Aizen monologue on and on, and the orange-haired Hollow, nearly fell asleep and no one would have faulted him, Starrk was already nodding his head off, ready to fall asleep any second now, Nel was doodling with her pen and papers with a serious face, turning to Aizen now and then to show him that she was actually paying attention to him and not drawing childish and cartoonish pictures of Aizen picking his nose, which Ichigo nearly laugh out loud when he saw them, Grimmjow was sending glares at Ichigo now and then trying to posture still angry that he wasn't the feline king in this place but Ichigo, actually, the only one who was paying attention was Ulquiorra, and that was mainly to inform them of what took place in their 'Absent' without the monologue and a lot of One-word answers, though one thing Aizen said made everyone in the room tense, and Ichigo narrowed his eyes at the man…

It was time…

They say that life goes on, that you should look forward and never look back, something that Byakuya doesn't believe in, not completely, no. Life does in fact goes on, it doesn't wait for someone, no matter how much you curse it, no matter how much you plea with it, it goes on, and then in the end it stabs you in the back while giving you a cruel knowing smile. But for Byakuya never looking back on the past is a complete bullshit… a word his grandfather will have a stroke if he heard him utter it, because, for one, no one will be able to move forward in their life if they didn't learn from the past, no one can make you who you are now, other than the good and bad you experience, the people you loved and lost and the ones who stand with you now.

They say that a good deed is never lost; that he who sows courtesy reaps friendship, and he who plants kindness gathers love. Which Byakuya never believed in, because one small good deed, can't save the world, and sure as hell doesn't stop Hollows from killing, and defiantly doesn't put food on the table that's for sure… for some, he heard… and for others… he heard that a good deed is rewarded by another.

But in this times… when Aizen rums and try to play God, there is no place for good deeds, because for one, you never know when you will die, for another, you don't even believe if that good deed you did will be rewarded and reach what's left of your family if you are gone. In this times where Aizen may have been hiding with them in Soul Society using that Zanpakuto of his, they need order, for just one wrong step it meant they are going to lose.

Though, Byakuya wonder from time to time, how lucky Rukia was because she did a good deed when she gave that Kurosaki girl her powers, not only that 'That's Karin-Sama for you idiotic Kuchiki' saved his sister, but she also saved Soul Society, and continued to save them when they needed to but were too proud to ask for help, which as much as Byakuya knows is a rotten notion, he couldn't help centuries of conditioning that drilled these words into his head.

As much as he hated to admit it though, his sister did good, all of her good deeds have been rewarded and will be rewarded because by the end of the day his sister was a good person, not like him all scars and rough around the edges, cutting all those who want to touch him, just like his Sakura's petals, beautiful and deadly, something to admire from far away without the risk of hurting yourself.

When Aizen attacked… they were prepared, as much as they can, because the man always loved his showy entrance, he came to them with his minions, ten of them, all of them near a Vasto Lorde level. They fought, and fought, and goddammit how much they fought, they were able to kill half of the hollow, only five left, the strongest, the ones that Byakuya noticed how they were stealing and not actually fighting, which made all the Captains who fought them noticed and looked at each other.

But Byakuya didn't have time for that, he didn't have time to pause and think about why some Hollows were not fighting, he needed to defeat Aizen, to kill him… it was Karin who was fighting, and she was the one who lost, Aizen being too strong for even her, and Byakuya thanked his luck that he was able to reach the teenage girl in time and pulling her out of harm's way.

Then it was Yoruichi and Urahara's turn, as they fought the man, but no matter how much the two of them outwitted him, he seemed to predict their movements, he hit them fast and he hit them hard, Yoruichi nearly lost her leg if it wasn't for Urahara, but even with all of the man's thinking and 'Inventions' and smarts, Aizen easily outsmarted him.

Then Byakuya joined the fray, he attacked the man, and attacked, and attacked, getting desperate when the man did nothing but brushed away his attacks, Byakuya doesn't know how long they all fought, but he was sure that nearly two hours late, every Shinigami was shaking, straining themselves in hope that they will achieve the impossible win, which got more and more impossible by the second, even the Sou-Taichou was getting tired, which told them that their luck had finally run out.

"You know, I am getting slightly bored by the fight… why don't we finish it?" Aizen said as he smiled coldly at them and Byakuya panted as he stood ready to go against Aizen one last time even when he already knew that there was no use, his Reiatsu level was too low, that the next attack will either kill him or worse harm his Zanpakuto, but then a Garganta opened in the sky making everyone, Espada and Shinigami freeze in their place and look up to the stranger that got out of the tear in the sky. "Ah, splendid, everyone, meet Espada Cero..." Your doom... left unsaid but it sang in everyone's bones as they looked at the Espada who was floating while looking down on them.

They were already terrified and exhausted, five Espada killed nearly everyone that wasn't a Taichou, Visored, or a Fuku-Taichou, even the humans who participate in their war were already out, in a safe place that Yoruichi and Urahara Shunpo them too, the Kurosaki girl with them too, long has since she fell down by Aizen's blade, even the appearances of her father, the long lost Captain of the tenth Shiba Isshin was of no help as the man was left panting for life after he managed to kill one Espada and helped kill the second… everyone wondered what kind of monster the Espada was that Aizen gave him the rank Cero.

The Espada in question was by far the most humanoid one of the bunch; the only thing that informed everyone that he was an Espada was the pair of horns on top of his head, and the yellow eyes that seemed to glow somehow. The man was tall and muscular, he has a long hair that reached the middle back and was colored orange which was a strange color to have but not that strange if they were honest, he was wearing the same clothes that all the Espada seems to wear with a high collar, and black sash, there was a black mark on the cloak the man was wearing.

Byakuya felt a chill run down his spine when the Espada's eyes fell on him and didn't move, the Espada just tilted his head a little, and raised his head like he was sniffing the air or something like that, everyone's sawed how his eyes widen and narrow after that as his gaze never left Byakuya. "What is your name?" The man asked as he kept gazing at Byakuya, making the hair on Byakuya's body stand on its ends.

Byakuya's eyes darted to the man, before a glare pasted itself on his face, if Byakuya was going to die, then he at least will give his name to the person he was going to try and kill before he falls dead. "Kuchiki Byakuya, Taichou of the sixth." Byakuya said those words with his head held high, which made the man hum at that.

"Espada, cease!" The newcomer said which made all the Espada nod their heads and Shunpo? (They still didn't learn the name of that technic they used) behind the Cero Espada, everyone watched in horror and dread as the Espada took his Zanpakuto off of his back, and they could hear the cruel laugh coming from Aizen…

But then to everyone's surprise the new Espada attacked Aizen, followed by the five Espada that seemed to be following his commands. Everyone's jaw fell on the floor when Aizen fell dead under the orange-haired Espada's blade not even five minutes after the fight started, everyone turned their wide eyes to the Espada, fear taking hold of them at the thought of such a powerful foe attacking.

"So, what are you going to do now?" Yamamoto Sou-Taichou asked as he tilted his head while inspecting the newcomer wondering if they will have to fight such a powerful foe when they were already exhausted to the bones. "Why did you help?" The old asked irritated when the Espada didn't answer him on the first question, but his second question made the Espada that looked like a young man in his twenties blink a terrifying smile taking over his face.

"Him…" The Espada said after a while of silence pointing to Byakuya which made the Captain furrow his brows in confusion and frown, an action not that familiar on the Captain's normally emotionless face, which made the rest of the Captains' concern raise. "My debt for you is paid." The Espada said making everyone look at Byakuya who was blinking his eyes at those words.

"I have never met you in my life, I do not know who you are, last of all how you apparently are indebted to me." Byakuya finally asked after he got over the shock, his answer made an amused look take over the Espada's face as he raised an eyebrow.

"What? Already forgot about me Wakame Taishi?" The Espada asked and everyone was able to see how Byakuya's jaw dropped and for his face to turned pale that it became white, which was a fate considering the man, already has pale skin, Yamamoto though blinked as he gazed between Byakuya and Espada who was giving them a sharp smile…

He was sure this was going to be interesting…

So what do you think?

A new story with a Hollow Ichigo!

If you are wondering what Ichigo clothes are like, they are the same as his Bankai in the anime but are white with a black sash.

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