A story based loosely on the tale of Swan Lake.. but only loosely! Grimmjow lives in Karakura Town and meets Ulquiorra, whose life isn't just the way it seems... GrimmxUlqui

First chapter on, donno how long this fanfic will be.. hopefully long!

I don't own any Bleach character, Tite Kubo does...

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There is a bridge not far away from Karakura Town. The bridge is high up in the mountains surrounding
Karakura, away from sight so only a few people know it actually exits. However, everyone remembers the childhood story that is attached to the place. The bridge is called "The Protector", and the story says that when somebody climbs up to the bridge because of someone, the climber will see everything in this universe at once. After that, the person's mind will find peace and leave the body and the material world, as they serve no use anymore. However, a part of the climber's soul will remain and protect the whole town underneath it.

A loud noise was heard as three men suddenly appeared on the bridge making it creak. The entire mystique seemed to be sucked out from the wooden structure when the biggest male gave it an

amused look. Without any warning the giant ripped one of the boards supporting the bridge effortlessly off and threw it towards the twinkling little town underneath them. As a faint sound of a

building collapsing reached their ears, the big man gave a big laugh while the other male only murmured annoyed and the third stayed silent. Noticing no one else was laughing the giants happiness

quickly drained. An awkward silence would have followed if the big guy hadn´t opened his mouth.

-Geez, Starrk, Ulquiorra, why yer all so serious? And here I thought we were gonna' have some fun tonight…

The brown haired man straightened his spine hearing his name called while the slender boy still showed no emotion. "Yeah, that´s the reason. ToNIGHT. Now it's the time to sleep and here I am, stuck on a mission with a super macho giant and a midget who would lick Aizen's asshole if he only were asked to!" Starrk exclaimed out of pure irritation.

-Actually, as my tongue doesn´t extend long enough to do a proper job I would prefer using a cotton swab to clean Aizen-samas-

-Oh GOD! Please, didn´t we have a mission to complete? Let´s just get this over with so I can go back to sleep…, Starrk continued and finally got "the giant and the midget" back to the point.

-Agreed, the raven haired man hissed as he stared the town below searching for something.

- Naah.. Whatever, the big man called Yammi yawned and prepared to leave.

The bridge creaked once more as the three men shot themselves towards the town below.

A young man sure was having a wild dream. Not that I mean it was a wet dream, the boy just happened to have a terribly busy imagination that reached all the way to his dreams. His blanket had long

ago dropped onto the floor revealing his blue pajama that was decorated with cheesy little kittens. It was almost scary how well his pajama matched his teal colored hair; they were almost the same

shade. The male ran his hand through the messy teal bunch and purred at his sleep. It was clear that he loved his outstanding looks.

Suddenly a loud meow was heard from the man's mouth. No, it was a roar. His hands started scooping the thin air violently while his whole body went to goosebumbs. Then he flipped over so he was

lying down to his stomach, though not for long because soon he was up to his knees like a cat, hissing and spitting. He looked fierce even though his eyes were shut, and he bent over into an attack-

position. Swinging his butt from side to side like he had a tail, he prepared to attack and finally jumped. A loud plump and a horrifying scream were heard all over the town as the man's face met the

wall and he fell to the ground holding his nose swearing.

-DAMNIT DAMNIT DAMNIT! the blue man cursed up his dreams. Luckily, his nose hadn´t broke, but his whole face was so sore he started to lose the sense of it. As he tried to calm himself down by

moaning and panting a furious yell came from the nearby room.

- NOW SHUT THE FUCK UP GRIMMJOW IT´S 5 A.M. AND I NEED MY BEAUTY SLEEP! The yeller was Luppi, Grimmjow's college roommate who the blue haired boy so devotedly hated. Still holding his nose

Grimmjow cursed Luppi and dedicated some international hand signs to him. For feeling so pissed it took the cat man quite a while to settle down and go to bed. But just when he was sinking to the

dream that was earlier interrupted, he heard a loud creak.

Although Grimmjow usually put up a tuff guy face and kept his calm, he often got criticized for being paranoid. Over time, Grimmjow had gotten better controlling his paranoia but voices in the dark still

gave him the creeps. So it was no surprise the man in the kitten pajama jumped up trying hard not to make a sound and listened carefully for more noise. Then he heard someone twitching the door

knob.

Yammi cursed his weight as the wooden floor made a creak. The two men accompanying him grimaced (though Ulquiorra only mentally) and wanted to twist his neck into a nice bow tie for almost

revealing them. Starrk, Yammi and Ulquiorra had broken into a small college student apartment to carry out their mission, and were sure the residents wouldn´t be too happy to find them in their living

room. If you could even call it a living room, it was a small space still filled with some moving boxes, beer cans lying all around. The floor felt like it was from Taco Hell, it was all sticky and worn out, and

the walls were filled with college flags and posters. Ulquiorra could even spot a playboy calendar and an "artwork" that was a pitiful attempt to make the room look more stylish; the painting looked

like someone who had escaped from a mental hospital had drawn it. Despite all the chaos, the place still felt peaceful by night. The peace was soon interrupted by Yammi whispering way too loud.

- Sooo which one is it, eh? Have ya picked yet?

- Gee keep it down Yammi! Sometimes I feel like you´re exactly like that starfish Patrick from the childrens cartoon…, Starrk whispered annoyed.

- Yeah, and sometimes I feel like Ulquiorra is exactly like that octopus Squidward from the same series…, Yammi continued and they both burst into an uncontrollable silent laugh leaving Ulquiorra

thinking all the possible ways to torture and kill the inventor of the yellow sponge and its friends. A moment later it was silent again and safe for Ulquiorra to speak. "Aizen-sama said we could pick

whomever we wanted, it doesn´t matter, the entrustment is still the same. I'd suggest we'd take that one", Ulquiorra whispered pointing out the door to the right. The two men agreed. The door knob

twitched. The three men opened the door only to realize their victim was already awake.

A young man stared the three strangers his eyes wide open, full of fear. He tried to yell. No voice came. He tried to move. His muscles didn´t work. He saw the green eyed mans lips form the words "Kill

him." A gigantic male to his right took a huge sword out of its sash and approached him. He didn´t even feel it, it happened so fast. And it wasn´t graceful or prideful, he just felt weird. The last thing

the young man saw was his own blood making a bottomless pond right next to his bed. It looked so beautiful.

Grimmjow felt a shiver in his spine and jumped out of his bed. He didn´t know what was going on and wasn't sure if he wanted to know, he felt like one of those stupid horror movie characters who

walked straight into the murderers arms instead of running away and saving their sorry little asses. Still, Grimmjow walked out of his room straight into Luppi's one. Just to meet one of the weirdest

sights in his life.

The room was white and gloomy. It was as the roof had got a hundred feet high and the windows were bigger too. The furniture was gone; there was only a white bed in the middle of the room, with

a red water pond next to it. The sight was beautiful, but also creepy. That was when he saw the man on the window.

-Hey, whattaya doin' here? Who are ya?

The man had brown shoulder-length hair and a weird expression on his face. All the man managed to say was two words.

-I'm sorry, he voiced faintly. After that he stepped out of the window to the dark leaving a confused Grimmjow behind. Before the blue eyed man even noticed, he was glued to the window, staring up

to the sky. The man had been joined by two other figures, one big and one petite one. Just as he thought he caught a glimpse of their features, the dawn broke. The three men suddenly froze and

turned to look at the sun which laid its beams on them. Then something strange happened. The three men shattered. Like glass, they broke into pieces revealing something looking like a corpse inside

them. Then they started falling. The bodies of the three men fell silently towards the ground and quickly vanished out of sight. Grimmjow stared a few more moments to the sky. Then he realized to

look back.

Grimmjow didn´t quite get it first. He saw his friend, staring at him with blank eyes in the white room, but looking so peaceful. Luppi was all white and looked like a doll, even his hair fine as ever. But

then Grimmjow saw it.

Only a small amount of blood was dripping from Luppi's mouth. It looked like a river; running beautifully to the ground making small trails, that eventually descended to the ever growing red pond. A

pond that was made of his friend's blood. That was when it hit him, and as it did, Grimmjow felt everything starting to spin and lose size, he was falling and eventually his body sank into the bottomless

pond.

**to be continued..**

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