This story was created because the plot bunny wouldn't leave me alone. It was intended to be a one shot, but then I kept going. It's rated for later chapters, hope you enjoy.
It was late at night and Ichigo was headed back home after taking down another hollow. As he walked by an alleyway he heard what sounded like a dying cat. When he went to check out it out, he found that it was indeed a dying cat. A small exotic blue tabby. Who seemed to be slightly sick and in pain. He picked the cat up from where he grimly laid. Cradling him in his arms, the tabby relaxed and slowly started to purr. While Ichigo continued his walk back home, he could feel the kitty shiver.
When he got home to the clinic, his dad took a look at the blue cat. He said that the feline had a high fever and was starving. He went and got some medicine from one of the cabinets, it was green and powdery. After handing it to the caret top, he went back to bed. Ichigo was instructed to warm up some milk and mix in a table spoon of the medicine, when he was done it should look a light shade of pink. His dad would go pick up some cat food, but in the meantime Ichigo had to nurse the cat they named Grimm. They decided on the name because of how Ichigo found him grimly laying in the ally.
Before Ichigo started on the milk medicine, he grabbed a small basket, lined it with blankets, then tucked the sick Grimm into his new bed. He could here the kitty whine as he walked out of the room, headed strait for the kitchen. He poured a cup of milk and warmed it up in the microwave as he looked for something to feed Grim with. When the microwave dinged he settled on a large dropper.
Ichigo sat on the couch with Grim cradled in one arm, and setting down the pink milk on a side with the other. He took a small wet cloth off of the blue forehead and dunked it in a bowl of ice water he had previously set on the table. His fever had gone down but he was still shivering. Ichigo filled the dropper and brought it to Grim's mouth. Bright blue eyes hazily opened, along with his mouth. Ichigo slid the dropper into his mouth and slightly squeezed it as Grim slowly, but hungrily drank.
By the time the sky started to lighten, the pink milk was all gone, and Ichigo was starting to feel the effects of staying up all night. The fever was almost gone, and Grimm was now fast asleep, quite content in Ichigo's arms with a blanket rapped around him. Not long after, Ichigo fell to sleep as well.
That morning Ichigo's sisters, Karin and Yuzu, found their beloved orange haired brother on the couch, with an unfamiliar blue haired cat snuggled against his chest. Before the girls had a chance to wake him, their dad rushed them off and they went to get the cat food.
Ichigo woke up to his new cat purring softly. He pet Grimm and then scratched behind his ear, causing him to purr even louder. Ichigo smiled at him, then got up to clear the dishes from the night before. He unwrapped the sleeping cat and laid him back down on the couch. Seeing as his temperature was now back to normal, Ichigo took the blanket to the laundry room and put the powdery medicine away.
When Ichigo got back to the couch, Grim was starting to stir. He sat down, put his feet up, and turned on the T.V. A few moments later, Grim came crawling into Ichigo's lap, rubbing his head against the carrot tops stomach and chest. When said teen looked down, he could clearly see the sparkling blues that he could only get glimpses of before. As Grim tilted his head and looked back at Ichigo, Ichigo looked closer into the bright globes shining In front of him.
Then sudenly, "Meow!"
"Hungry huh?" Ichigo sat back and put grim on the floor as he stood up. "Let's see if we have any food" he looked down at the cat as it rubbed his head and face against his leg.
He walked into the kitchen and found the bag of food his dad had gotten earlier. Attached to it was a letter from his sisters, basically they were out and would be back later. He tore open a hole in the bag, poured some food into a small bowl, and set it on the floor. Grim walked up to the bowl and sniffed it. Sneezing, he looked up at Ichigo like 'what the heck is this?'.
Ichigo looked back at him, "what? It's cat food".
Grim cocked his head to the side, still looking at Ichigo as if he was confused.
"It's cat food... You're a cat... you eat it".
Grimm looked back at the food, growled a little, then started to eat. He ate the whole bowl then went and laid on the couch and purred.
Ichigo looked at Grimm and smirked, "told you so"
I'm currently working on editing 2-4 and writing chapter 5. More chapters should be up soon.
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