Chapter 1
Summary: After his many trials and tribulations, Ichigo's experiences open a new world, including new beings and new enemies. With all the things he has now to face, many things from his past come to haunt him and Grimmjow.
Author's note: I left you guys hanging and I am sorry, but think of this as the Fallen series, a series that explains many things in like four freakin books. Let's just hope this is not like that.
Ichigo sat on the sand, the wind whipping at his hair as the water from the roaring sea slammed against the shore. After what had happened a month before, and with their house still in ruins they returned to the summer house, the original mansion like building having been fixed. His stomach had a small bump to it now, and though Ichigo was still not to sure about the situation, he felt more calm knowing he was pregnant with Grimmjow's kittens and not Nnoitra's. He looked over his shoulder when heard light footsteps, seeing only Grimmjow.
He was clad in white knee length shorts, his shirt nowhere to be seen. They were alone out here thankfully so Ichigo wasn't tempted to yell at him to put a shirt on, looking back to the rolling waves of the sea.
"Is it time to go back already?" he asked quietly when Grimmjow sat down next to him, sitting indian style with a sigh.
"Yeah, we can't have you give birth in the sea," Grimmjow joked, Ichigo smirking as he ran a finger over his stomach.
"I still have five more weeks," he pointed out, Grimmjow snorting as he looked to him.
"Shut up we're going anyway," Grimmjow told him, Ichigo frowning. He reached over and slapped him across the head before returning his hand to his lap, acting as if he had done nothing.
Grimmjow grunted and looked over to him angrily, Ichigo looking to him, raising an eyebrow.
"What?" he asked, yelping when Grimmjow tackled him, pinning him to the sand.
"Would you not do that!" Ichigo yelled angrily at him, Grimmjow smirking as he ran his tongue up his neck, Ichigo gasping as his groin stirred.
"You two lovebirds done?"
Ichigo's eyes snapped open as he kicked Grimmjow off of him, standing up and dusting himself off, looking to Renji. He had been assigned to them as their bodyguard after there was word that there were more groups like Rukia's out there in search of him, Ichigo clearing his throat as his cheeks burned a light red. He had thought he would stay in the house.
"Sorry to interrupt," he apologized as Grimmjow stood, giving him a sour look.
The one problem was that Grimmjow already hated him.
"Your car is ready," Renji informed them, Ichigo nodding as he walked past him, Grimmjow lingering for just a second, his eyes locked with Renji's.
"Any word?" he asked, Renji shaking his head.
"After the fall and arrest of Rukia's group the other's have laid low. Our insiders say they are dormant for now," Renji informed, Grimmjow nodding before brushing past him, not caring anymore to hear his voice. Renji stood there for a moment, his gaze concentrated on the waves.
They would find out soon enough.
Ichigo frowned as they drove to a hotel a few blocks from Grimmjow's nonexistent mansion, his expression grim. He felt sick to his stomach from the tension in the car, Grimmjow's unknowingly battling with Renji's Ichigo on the verge of jumping out of the car just to escape it.
After the event back in the Kuchiki mansion his ability to feel other's people energy had increased ten fold and it was starting to get on his nerves, withholding a growl. He just hope Renji would drive faster.
when they finally arrived at the hotel he was eager to get out of the car, slamming the door behind him. He walked to the entrance, turning when Grimmjow called him, turning and crossing his arms over his chest, glaring at him irritably.
"What?" Grimmjow asked as he grabbed Ichigo's arm lightly and led him into the building, Renji giving the keys to a young boy as he followed them in.
"You are acting like a child," Ichigo hissed lowly at him, Grimmjow frowning as he got them a room, letting Renji get his own as he then dragged him to the elevator.
He was quick to respond once the elevator doors closed.
"He gets too close to you," he accused, Ichigo pulling his arm free as he rolled his eyes.
"You always say that, I can't even have one friend without you criticizing them!" Ichigo snapped at him, Grimmjow growling as he grabbed his arm and forcefully pulled him closer to him till they nearly shared the same breath.
"You got close to Orihime and look what happened?" he growled lowly, Ichigo tugging on his arm but unable to get it from his grip.
"She was just being used!" Ichigo claimed, Grimmjow narrowing his eyes dangerously.
The elevator doors opened on their floor and Grimmjow looked away from him when someone gasped. An old lady no younger than eighty stood there, a wrinkled hand put to her lips.
Grimmjow released him and stormed past her, Ichigo following him with a frown on his lips.
He turned to the old lady as the doors closed, bowing.
"Forgive us, he has a short temper," he told her, the old lady smiling as she nodded.
"I understand young man," she told him, Ichigo straightening as he gave her a tight smile.
"That's why your babies are going to burn."
Ichigo froze, his smile falling.
"What did you just say?" he asked, feeling as if he misheard her.
"Your babies are going to burn my child," she told him with a sweet smile, her black beady eyes that seemed to have receded into the wrinkles of her face turning a bright red.
Ichigo took a step back in shock, the old lady screaming. Her scream was unlike any he had ever heard, the windows shattering around him as her face began to turn purple like it was dead, her skin cracking like a glass. He fell to his knees as his head began to throb, the old ladies scream seeming to almost make his brain feel on the verge of combusting.
"You all will burn!" she screeched, her scream cut short when Grimmjow punched her in the face, the old lady shattering like a porcelain doll, Ichigo staring in disbelief at the eyes that still seemed fully intact, the eye looking to him. He didn't have time to scream before he was scooped up into Grimmjow's arms, his body shaking as his head throbbed, his eyes shut tight as he fisted Grimmjow's shirt.
"Holy shit," Grimmjow panted, Ichigo looking up seeing some blood trickling down Grimmjow's left ear.
"Your hurt!" he gasped, Grimmjow growling as he picked him up bridal style, heading for the stairway.
"Grimmjow you're hurt!" Ichigo yelped when he kicked open the door, the sign on the side reading third floor.
"I thought they were laying low," Grimmjow growled, his cell phone beginning to ring but he ignored it, Ichigo still very much in shock to do anything else as he was carried down the stairs.
He kicked open the stairway door once they got to the first level, Renji standing in the lobby, his expression rather calm as was everyone else in the lobby, seeming as if no one had noticed the old ladies screams.
"Get the car," Grimmjow ordered, Renji nodding as he left.
People were staring at them strangely since Grimmjow was holding him in such a way, Ichigo's cheeks burning red.
"Put me down," he hissed, Grimmjow only holding him tighter.
"Grimmjow this is embarrassing, put me down," Ichigo hissed lowly, growling when he chose to ignore him.
"Sir, please put the neko down," the lady at the front desk told him, Ichigo giving her a grateful smile when Grimmjow relented.
"Sorry he is kind of clingy," he told her, the woman giving him a tight smile, handing Grimmjow a napkin. His gratitude sank. Not everyone liked nekos he knew but that was just rude.
"Sir, your car is ready," Renji replied, Ichigo jumping slightly when it seemed he had appeared out of thin air.
Grimmjow was quick to get Ichigo into the car, sitting next to him and placing a hand on his thigh, Ichigo's cheeks turning a slight red from the contact.
"What was that Abarai?" Grimmjow demanded as he used the napkin to clean the blood from his ear, Ichigo feeling a bit guilty for accusing the woman so quickly. He still didn't like her though.
"That will be explained once we get to a safer location," Renji told them, Ichigo feeling irritated by his answer.
"What in the world do you mean by safe location? You said the hotel was safe and I almost got my eardrums blown out by a screaming old lady that fucken shattered!" he yelled, Grimmjow squeezing his thigh.
"Calm down Ichigo," he told him, Ichigo slapping his hand away irritatedly.
"No I won't calm down! I want some fucken answers!" he yelled, Grimmjow frowning.
Ichigo gasped when Grimmjow kissed him, his eyes wide before narrowing, biting his bottom lip.
Grimmjow pulled away with a hiss, touching a finger to his lip. He wasn't bleeding but it sure as hell hurt.
"It was a banshee," Renji said over his shoulder, Ichigo sitting up in his seat with a disbelieving look.
"Those things actually exist?" Ichigo asked, Renji nodding his head.
"You are not the only monster that lurks," he said, Ichigo's mouth falling open.
"Monster! I am not a fucken monster!" he yelled angrily as they pulled up in front of a penthouse, Ichigo cutting his rant short as he looked to it, recognizing it.
Urahara's shop.