Me: Greetings. This is Lizzy-Gold, and welcome to my GrimmIchi story. Thanks to my beta, a good friend of mine, Jenn.
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A Slave to Your Love
Chapter One
By: Lizzy-Gold
Don't own Bleach. *cries*
It was a cool autumn day in Tokyo, and I was on my way to the hell known as the public education system. The only relief I had there was my two best friends, Shinji Hirako and Renji Abarai. I've known the two for as long as I can remember. Together, we've gotten into a lot of trouble. I smirk at the memories. Yeah, those were the good times.
"Yo! Strawberry!" I heard Renji call, stirring me from my memories. I always seem to be drifting off in my thoughts. Sometimes, I feel like there's something missing, but I can't seem to find it.
"Hey Pineapple! How was the concert?"
"Fucking awesome man! It was the most epic thing ever! Dir En Grey was just as amazing in real life as in their albums!" Renji exclaimed, a wild look in his eyes. That was Renji for you, always talking about either sports or music.
"What about your weekend, Ichigo?" Shinji interrupted.
"Nothing eventful. The orphanage went to the movies." Yeah, I said orphanage. My parents died a long time ago, I never knew them.
"I see. So, how was your weekend Shinji?" Renji said, changing the subject. He knows talking about the orphanage makes me sad.
"Amazing, I went to the new club downtown!"
"You and your clubbing." I shake my head, pretending to be angry.
"Would Ichigo Kurosaki please report to the front office? There is someone here to pick you up." A message came over the PA. I didn't notice Shinji and Renji exchange worried glances.
"I'll see ya guys later, okay? We'll go to that tea shop after school."
"Yeah, see ya Ichigo…" I walked away, ignoring Renji's silence. I don't know what crawled up his ass, but he'd been in a pissy mood for the past several weeks. When I tried to confront him about it, he always denied it.
When I arrived at the front office, a man in a white suit, with black sunglasses covering his eyes, sat waiting for me.
"Ichigo Kurosaki?" He asks in a deep, almost robotic, voice.
"Yeah, What do you want?"
"I'm here to take you to your orphanage, there's been a fire there and we need some help identifying the dead."
"A… Fire? The… dead?" I parrot, not believing what I'm hearing.
"Yes, I'm sorry for your loss, but please, come with me."
"Okay." I follow the man to his white Cadillac sitting in the front drive. I sit in the back seat, and wait for the man to enter the car. Once he's strapped in, he presses a button on the dashboard, and a set of chains shoot out of the seat I'm sitting in and wrap around me.
"What the hell? What are you restraining me for?" I demand.
"So you don't try and escape. Come on, Ichigo, we're going home." And, with that, the man presses another button on the dashboard, and the car takes off at full speed. The car keeps speeding up, going right through the other cars. Soon, I see a tunnel coming up. Where did that come from? I thought to myself. As we entered the tunnel, I felt something change. I see 1's and 0's go streaming looking like something out of a sci-fi movie. I see a light appear at the end of the tunnel, and we race into open daylight. I don't think we're in Tokyo anymore… I was in a city alright, but it didn't look like any city I've ever seen before. The buildings were much taller, but, at the same time, plainer. They were all the same shade of white, perfectly matching the man's suit.
"W-where are we?" I ask in wonder and fear at the same time.
"This is New Tokyo, built over the ruins of Old Tokyo." The man says as he pulls to a stop, and leads me, in the chains, to the tallest building I've ever seen. As I was gawking, a group of men in matching suits and sunglasses gather around me. The group leads me into the building, which is the same color as the outside. All the walls are white, the floor was made of grey marble, and the furniture matched the walls. It was pretty drab. On the far wall were a set of elevators, made of white metal. The men activated the elevator, and hustled me into it. A swipe of a key-card and a button pressing later, and we were off to the top of the tower.
When we finally arrived at the top, the men led me to a set of very tall double doors, which opened when we approached. It appeared like we were in a long hall, with a long black carpet leading up to a throne of white marble. The men kneeled before the throne, and the man sitting in it. He stood out like a sore thumb. He had bright blue hair and matching eyes, with greenish blue eye paint around them. He was also very tall and built. He seemed to exude an aura of power.
"Welcome, Ichigo Kurosaki, to my home. I am Grimmjow Jaegerjaquez, Emperor of the Hollow Empire."
"W-what's going on?" I ask, shaking and gripping my shirt.
"Hey, don't be scared. I won't hurt you."
"Hurt me? HURT ME? You've already hurt me! You've taken my entire world from me! And you claim to not be hurting me?" I scream at the man. I don't care how powerful he is, he needs to be brought down to Earth.
"Ichigo, that wasn't your world. The world you were in was nothing more than a computer program."
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