Giving A Heart

A Bleach Story

Chapter 1:

The Arrival

"You only live once, but if you do it right, once is enough."
Mae West

A soft green glow enveloped the hall in a white castle in a barren land. A girl with auburn hair stumbled and fell against the wall, grunting as she hit the ground. She tried to look around but her vision was failing her, and her sight went dark. However, someone was walking down the hall. His pink hair swished against his shoulders and his white hakama grazed the ground as he walked.

Turning the corner, he spotted the girl on the ground. She obviously didn't belong to this place for her clothes were not of those that lived there. She wore a dark emerald green leather duster that had swirls of light emerald running all over it, and her hands were gloved in the same light emerald green. Her feet were encased in black leather boots that went up to her thighs and from there the pants that she wore were leather too and sat low on her hips. Her toned stomach was bare, as her shirt only went down to just below her breasts, and it seemed to have no sleeves.

Around her neck was a red leather choker with a silver heart holding the two pieces of red leather together. Hanging from that silver heart was a large red orb that was glowing with a mysterious light. The man knelt down and reached out to touch the girl, moving to push her hair out of her face. As his hand neared her, the orb around her throat flared to life and a red glow surrounded her body, forcing his hand away and keeping him from touching her. Studying the red glow, he tilted his head to the side.

Reaching out again, this time to try and touch the orb, the red glow flowed away from the girl and up his arm and around his body before he could react. Pulling away from the girl, he studied his body as the red glow surrounded him. It didn't seem to be hurting him. All it seemed to be doing was encasing his body in the light. Then suddenly, the light raced from around his body down his left arm and into his left hand.

His hand glowed brightly for a few seconds, then the glow faded. He studied his hand for a few seconds longer, then turned back to the girl. From how she was breathing she seemed to be unconscious. He reached for her again, and this time nothing happened to stop his hand. His gloved fingers came into contact with her hair and he gently moved it away from her face.

He tilted his head, again studying what he saw. She seemed to be no older than him, her face a soft cream color, auburn lashes feathered closed. His hand brushed against her cheek for a few seconds admiring what he was seeing. He had to admit she was strikingly beautiful, a treasure that would be worth keeping, not something to be experimented on maybe. Giving one more gentle touch to her cheek, he then slid one arm under her knees and the other under her shoulders and lifted the girl into his arms.

As he started walking back towards his lab, light clicking caught his attention. Someone was coming. He froze, if he was caught with this girl without having said something to his Lord he would be in trouble. He quickly dashed down a side hall and slipped around the corner. Listening as the clicking of shoes got louder, he held his breath and pushed his power down as low as he could so he wouldn't be noticed.

The clicking of shoes paused as if the person were waiting or looking around for someone, then slowly continued down the hall. Once he couldn't hear the clicking any more, he let out a soft breath, looking down at the girl in his arms. No, he didn't want his Lord knowing about her yet, or maybe not even knowing about her at all. Turning back down the hall he hurried his way towards his lab, checking around every corner he turned and listening intently for anyone else that could be walking around. Once he had made it to his lab, he slid inside and backed the door shut.

Letting out a sigh of relief, he walked through the room that was his lab and through another door. This door lead to his personal rooms. Walking into his room brought him great relief. Here in his room all power was shielded. Nothing from the outside world could feel inside of it.

The girl would be safe in here. Walking over to the feather-soft bed, he pulled back the wine-colored sheets and laid the girl down. He wasn't quite sure what to do next though. Did he try and make her wake up with a concoction that he had, or did he wait for her to wake up on her own. As he argued with himself, he didn't know that his dilemma had already been solved as the girl was already shifting and starting to wake up by herself.

Looking down, still trying to decide he noticed her moving and froze. The girl slowly rose a hand to her head and covered her eyes before giving a soft groan. The voice that came forth was almost heavenly to him.

"Wh-where a-am I..." she managed to whisper out.

Stunned into silence, he merely stared down at her as her hand left her eyes. She looked to her right, then down, then up, then her eyes focused on him, and he felt his breath catch in his throat. Her eyes...they were so beautiful. That of a cats, yet azure blue, like an ocean on a calm day. There was no fear in them as she stared up at him, just acceptance of the situation.

"Wh-who a-ar-are y-you." she whispered out.

For a moment he couldn't talk, but somehow he managed to dredge his voice up out of his voice box to answer, "Szayelaporro Granz..."

AN: OH MY SHIT! I HAVE BEEN MISPELLING HIS NAME WRONG I'M GOING BACK TO CORRECT ALL OF THIS! PLEASE FORGIVE ME FOR ALL OF YOU WHO HAVE NOTICED THIS! ALSO, WHY HAVE NONE OF YOU TOLD ME! I FEEL SO STUPID! ESPECIALLY CONSIDERING HOW MUCH I LIKE HIM! It's either going to be a few hours or a a day meaning sometime tomorrow that everything will be up and corrected. Yeah I know I was really holding back about who this was at first, but there were little hints of who it was if you were paying attention correctly. If you didn't catch them before the end, well...shame on you for not paying attention. And he will be OOC in this, I just can't help but write him the way I want him in this, if you don't like it...HIT THE ROAD! THIS FIC AIN'T FOR YOU! The reason I am writing this is, 1, Szayelaporro doesn't get enough screen time in the "Straight" fics if you know what I mean. Too many people have him pegged as gay. I can see where you're coming from, but hey the man is sexy, why does he HAVE to be gay? Men that have pink hair can be straight. Take Marluxia from Kingdom Hearts for example. He has a Pink Scythe, has pink flower petals around him all the time, and has pink hair, and he's still sexy. (Not the same level of sexy as Szayel (What I am going to dub Szayelaporro because writing his entire name out is such a pain)) but hey men with pink anything can still be straight and sexy! And 2 He is JUST PLAIN SEXY and that is all there is to it. I mean his powers are a little on the creepy side (Take what he does to Nemu into account when he loses against Mayuri) but still they're kick ass! Having him as my man (even though I do have a little hate towards scientists, see what Hojo and Hollander do in FFVII and FFVII: Crisis Core) I can let him being a scientist slide) cause he is so hot. Sure he's a little crazy, but I think we would balance each other out. I've got a pretty crazy side too when I want to. (not as bad as his but hey what can I say the man's a sex god to me) ALSO I do not own Bleach, IF I DID Szayel wouldn't be dead, he would be MINE FOREVER!