STOP ME WHEN YOU'VE HAD ENOUGH

Well, That's Rough

Getting out of a Hollow warded building is a lot harder than it sounds. Or, maybe not? It's probably not too hard to imagine knowing Ichigo. He tends to receive bad karma only. He needs to figure out how to apply online for some of that good karma because this fucking sucks.

Yuzu and Karin are a little hesitant towards Ichigo, Karin more so. She's always been the one to be wary of people. She learned how from your's truly. She does it better than Ichigo, too. Go figure. Regardless of her rigid attitude, she stays close to Ichigo, ready to help when her big brother needs it. Yuzu is also close, only rightly so.

The four of them somehow manage to get to the dirt courtyard outside. Don't ask how, Ichigo barely remembers anything before he turned control over to Shiro. Rukia still has Ichigo's severed arm, and Yuzu and Karin are cautiously trailing behind Ichigo as he drags himself by Zangetsu out the door.

It's so hard to breathe. It feels like he's got something stuck in the back of his throat and it won't budge. It's probably something gross and inconvenient like a tooth. His back aches like it never has before, and the remnants of the vest he stole from Hachi barely stops the bleeding from his stump of an arm. And don't get him started on how hard it is to walk with his fucked up leg.

Isn't he supposed to have regeneration? He's done it before. Where the fuck is it now? It's probably more complicated than he thinks, so he keeps the matter to himself for now. He needs to get back to his fracción first.

"How do we contact the fracción?" Rukia grumbles.

Oh shit. They don't have a way to communicate, do they? God fucking dammit.

"I guess... we have to... walk," Ichigo pants.

"But Ichi-nii!" Yuzu protests.

"He's right," Rukia hisses to herself. "Everyone has their own assignments. No one is gonna be close by enough."

"Ichigo?"

The gentle voice of Chad startles everyone. His horrified face can be seen through his long hair as he gawks at Ichigo's shredded state.

That's right. Chad doesn't have any living family.

"Yo," Ichigo responds weakly.

"Chad, thank god. Quick! Help us get him to Aizen!" Rukia shouts, waving Ichigo's severed arm in the air.

"Don't mess with my arm like that," the ginger grumbles hoarsely.

"Oops! Sorry."

Chad is, well, very strong. He simply scoops Ichigo and Zangetsu up into his big Mexican arms, and hurriedly carries him away. The girls keep up rather well as they run into downtown Karakura behind Chad. Oh, don't get Ichigo started on all the stares they receive. Especially with Rukia holding his goddamn arm. He will die of embarrassment if he doesn't die from blood loss first.

Getting to the roof of Aizen's picked building sucks. First of all, it's an office building. There is definitely recorded evidence of Chad running through the lobby with a dying ginger in his arms and three girls running after him - one of which is, again, holding his severed arm. God, this is so exhausting. Wait, is Rukia visible? Don't fucking tell him his arm is floating. Jesus Christ, this is the day he dies.

Anyway, getting to the roof also sucks because going up staircase after staircase is shaking the blood out of Ichigo. As if the numerous holes in his body weren't also getting rid of his blood. How the fuck did he get so hurt? Why isn't Shiro helping? He willingly gives the vasto lorde control, and this is the thanks he gets? The voice in the back of his head whispers reassurances into his ear. The soft voice is usually right, so Ichigo shuts his mental rant up.