Hello people! just wanted to let you noe i am done editing finally! i took forever what with work and friends being mean and not helping but oh well. i will try to have the next chapter up as soon as i can. i have already started it and am well on my way to be finished with it. so as some of you should noe Aleiana is my oc if i could draw i would have a picture of her for you to see. but anyways i had a very clear idea of where this story would go when i started and now i have to get that back so this weekend is knuckle down time for me...i hope.
DISCLAIMER: I DO NOT OWN BLEACH...UNFORTUNATELY.
Project 42
Chapter one: The Meeting
Seven years ago, in New York City
Aleiana stood next to her parents' graves trying to figure out how she survived. She shouldn't have, her father protected her. He hid her behind a trash bin. She stared blankly at the head stones while her mind went back to that day unwillingly…
"Daddy!" Aleiana cried as her father sat her behind the smelly trash bin.
Her father turned and smiled at her saying, "It's okay baby. Daddy will be right back. I just have to go save mommy from the bad guy."
He then turned and ran back out of the ally he had gone into when he saw the man walking toward them.
Aleiana tried to stay put, but being nine and with a slight case of ADD, was not able to accomplish the feat. So she walked to the corner of the ally and looked out only to see her mother dead on the ground with her throat slit open wide. She then started looking for her father thinking surly he was okay and had stopped the bad man, only to see the man sitting on her father's chest stabbing him in the throat repeatedly.
She tried to scream but couldn't bring herself to do it. Her daddy was looking towards the ally she was hiding in, tears streaming down his face repeating one word over and over again.
"Sorry. Sorry. Sorry. Sorry." She could just barely hear him over the man laughing. She started crying, unable to stop the tears, and backed back into the ally, running towards the opposite street hoping to find someone to help. She ran out of the ally full speed, so she couldn't stop in time when she ran face first into a young man.
He looked down at her surprised to see such a little girl all by herself. He looked around for any sign of her parents when a small cry made him look back at her face. Extremely crystal blue eyes stared back at him, tears brimming over.
"Please mister! Please save them before the bad man hurts them anymore! I don't want them to hurt anymore!" Aleiana screamed making many people stop and look over.
" Wait," confused, the man crouched down to his knees until he was eye level with the girl," Who is hurting? What's wrong?"
Aleiana tried to pull him with her to the ally saying," This way! They are in the ally, please my mommy and daddy is hurting! Make him stop! Make him stop!"
She was screaming at this point. The man looked at her and then into the ally. What he saw had him picking her up and pulling out his military issued Sig Sauer 9mm.
He held the pistol at his side pointing at the ground and asked," What's your name sweetheart?"
"It's Aleiana. Aleiana Rane," she said.
"That's a very pretty name," he said.
He smiled reassuringly at her. Aleiana looked up at him about to ask his name in return, she opened her mouth to ask but the man put her down and put his finger to his mouth making the shhh motion. Aleiana nodded. The man looked around the corner of the wall into the deserted street beyond and his mouth went dry.
"Oh dear God," he whispered.
Aleiana Rane was still staring at the headstones of her parents graves when the man that became her hero walked up next to her and bent down whispering," Aleiana, it's time to go sweetheart."
She looked at him and asked in a horse voice," I'm staying with you right?"
He gave her a smile and replied," Yes, Aleiana, you are."
She gave him a small smile then pulled at his hand saying, "Then let's go…Aizen."
Two years later in London, England
Ulquiorra Cifer looked at the cop from over his shoulder as he was putting the cuffs on and sighed. This was not how his day was supposed to go. He was going to steal a little money and then get something to eat. Oh no, God forbid something should go right for him at this stage in his life! That's when he just happened to see a girl who looked maybe a year or two younger than him tugging on a man's sleeve and pointing at him, in which the man looked at him and frowned looking back at the girl.
He must have asked her something because she nodded and they walked over to the cops and he pulled one aside and talked to him. The police man looked stunned for a moment before he walked over to Ulquorra and undid the handcuffs saying.
"You're going to go with this man and from now on he is going to take care of you. Understand?" said the policeman.
"You're just going to give me to some stranger I don't even know?" Ulquiorra looked at the police man in amazement," You're a very irresponsible officer."
The officer in question turned red.
"This man is a part of the American military. So, you're safer with him than you are on the streets," he said.
The officer then turned and got in his car. The little girl came up to Ulquiorra; he realized she was very pretty; long black hair half way down her back, clear crystal blue eyes looking at him calmly. Her eyes looked far older than the rest of her. She smiled sweetly at him before speaking.
"Won't you please come with us?" she asked, "I could really use the company and you look like you could use a bath, food, and a good night's sleep."
Ulquiorra looked at her and realized he trusted this girl, maybe not the man, but the girl was sweet and he felt the need to protect her.
He nodded his head and reached for the hand she had held out to him. She smiled brightly up at him and turned to walk away with him in tow.
Two years later in Sydney, Australia
Two boys of the same age sat in the library of St. Michael's orphanage doing their homework from that day's lesson. Gin Ichimaru, a young boy at the age of 13 with light blonde hair and startling green blue eyes, stopped and looked out the window hearing a girl laugh. It was implausible, for you see this was an all boys orphanage, but when he looked up what he saw made his mouth drop.
"Ay Grimm, look at this 'ere!", the boy exclaimed.
Grimmjow Jaegerjaques, as well as 13 with light brown hair and cyan blue eyes that seem to glow with mischief, looked at his best friend (they had been friends since they came to this place) and saw him staring out the window in wide eyed amazement. Grimm was intrigued as to what had amazed his friend. He turned his head towards the window to see a girl with long black hair, and maybe a little younger than them, running around the yard chasing a boy with darker black hair. He showed no emotion on his face. In fact, he looked bored. Whereas, the girl looked like she was having the time of her life.
As if feeling their eyes on them, both children stopped what they were doing and looked over at the window. Grimm sucked in a breath when he saw the children's eyes then looked at his friend from out the corner of his own.
"Gin did you see that? Their eyes…" he started to say.
Gin nodded but just kept staring at their eyes; one had bright, almost glowing, emerald green eyes and the others were clear and crystalline blue, both equally gorgeous. Then they both turned when a man came walking out of the building, both children ran up to him. The blonde man smiled and then his eyes got big as his head snapped up to the window where the boys stood staring.
"Damn now we are in for it," Grimm swore.
"Why would you think that?" Gin asked, "We didn't do anything. We saw some kids playing in the yard and didn't know if they belonged here."
Gin looked back down at his papers, but Grimm couldn't help but peek out the window one last time and saw one of the Sisters outside talking to the blonde man. A brunette man had joined him but wasn't looking at the man and woman talking. He was watching the boys.
That's when they both heard the door open and they saw Sister Rose walk in looking for them. When she found them she looked rather sad.
"Boys come. Follow me," she said.
She then turned to walk out when the boys went to pack up their work she turned back and said.
"Leave it, you won't need it anymore."
She turned back around sadly. Grimm looked at Gin and frowned but got up leaving his stuff behind and followed after the Sister. Gin followed behind him. When they reached the front entrance, both men were standing at the door with two suitcases. Grimm and Gin looked at the Sisters confused.
"What's going on?" they asked in unison.
"You've been adopted by these two men," said Sister Agitha.
"They are with the American military and can provide a better living for you than this orphanage ever could," she sadly continued, "And they have two other children your age as well."
At the mention of this, the girl from outside came skipping up to Grimmjow and smiled at him while holding out her hand.
"Hi I'm Aleiana and this," she gestured behind her to the green eyed boy, "is Ulquiorra. It's very nice to meet you."
Grimm looked at her hand and slowly slipped his much bigger hand into hers shaking it.
"I'm Grimmjow and this," he pointed next to him, "is Gin."
The girl smiled and then Grimm realized why he was so hesitant to go with these people. Her smile didn't match her eyes. Grimm swallowed and looked back at the Sisters for help but they had gone with one of the men to get the paperwork done.
The brunette looked at him and smiled walking over.
"Aleiana I think you're making him nervous," said the brunette.
The girl gave him a sharp look and dropped his hand backing up into Ulquiorra and staring at her feet. The man sighed and walked away again. Ulquiorra glared at the older man's back and wrapped a protective arm around Aleiana. Grimm and Gin shared a look, but when they were about to question them on it the blonde man came back out and he saw the other two kids relax a little bit. The man smiled kindly at them.
"Okay all set. Time to head out."
Grimmjows' eyes got wide.
"What about the rest of our stuff?"
The blonde man looked down at him and simply replied, "We will have it sent for."
The children walk towards the van that is in the parking lot Mr. Aizen and Mr. Urahara right behind them. When they were all in the van, Mr. Aizen made an announcement
"So I have been transferred again and Mr. Kisuke and his wife will be coming with us," said Mr. Aizen.
Aleiana looked out the window, full of boredom.
"Oh, where are we going this time?" she asked.
"A small town in Japan called Karakura," Aizen said, looking at her in the rearview mirror and smiling chillingly.
Present day - April 3rd, 2013
"Oi, Hichigo, come on. Time to get up! Don't want to be late for the first day now, do you?" Hichigo opened his eyes a crack to see his twin brother Ichigo as well as his sisters Karin and Yuzu staring at him. He sighed and rolled out of bed.
"Okay! See, I'm up. Now get out of my room."
Hichigo got dressed and ran down the stairs, just barely dodging his fathers' usual good morning kick.
"Dad, I don't have time! I'm already running late!"
He ran out of the house and ran straight into Ichigo, who had waited for him. Ichigo yelped.
"What the hell are you running for, dip shit? We have plenty of time," Ichigo growled.
Hichigo just smiled and said, "Sorry, thought it was later then it was, I guess."
At that point, the rest of their friends made it to the front of their dads' clinic and started walking to school. Orihime Inoue, a naive 16 year old girl with orange red hair and soft gray eyes, gasped and pointed at a newly built apartment complex .
"When did they finish this?" she said.
At that same moment four teens ran out the door with a woman chasing them.
"You brats need to eat before you go this isn't America anymore you need to eat and be more active!" she screamed.
One of the boys just laughed and continued walking.
"If we ate your food Yoruichi we would be dead before we could be active," he yelled back.
Hichigo was intrigued, to say the least, about this boy with the blue hair for more reasons than one. For one, he was overtly flamboyant. Secondly, his brother was practically drooling over him, but Hichigo could not figure out why. He was thinking over this when he felt something hit his chest and he looked down to see a girl no older than his sisters with her head on his chest. He tilted his head to the side when he heard a curse come out of one of the other kids' mouths.
"Shit man, I'm sorry. She does this sometimes," said Grimm running up to the girl.
The girl had absentmindedly run into Hichigo. Grimm went to reach for the girls arm and before he could grab it she had a hold of his hand and bent it behind his back. The bluenette cried out. The girl chuckled.
"Grimm you let your guard down."
That was when a white haired boy pulled on the girl's ear.
"Now, now. Aleiana, you know better than to pick on Grimmjow," said the white haired boy.
The girl Aleiana was crying out.
"Oww, Gin, that hurts! Stop it or I'm gonna tell!"
Gin sneered.
"Go right ahead. But first say you're sorry for running into…" He paused and held out his hand to Hichigo as if indicating that he was to say his name.
"Kurosaki. Kurosaki Hichigo," replied Hichigo
Aleiana's head snapped in his direction when he spoke and she frowned. Then she just glared at him.
"Sorry for not noticing you shared the same space as me Hichigo, but I really don't care."
She looked at her wrist watch.
"We are gonna be late."
With that, she turned and left her long hair swaying back and forth. Gin grinned at him apologetically and turned to follow. Grimm looked at them and gave a toothy grin.
"Later," he said
Hichigo watched as they walked off and only just then realized that the damn girl had insulted him.
"Hey!" he yelled.
Everyone in his group laughed at his slowness. Ichigo put an arm around his brother.
"You always were the dumb one," said Ichigo.
"Is that why I have better grades then you?" said Hichigo.
And so their morning went back to the way it was every morning. That is, until they arrived to their class room.