A/N: This story kinda came to my head suddenly… well the truth is I woke up and I was like BINGO: Story idea. I should really be finishing my other story, but what the hell!
Chapter one: Exotic Pets
Sicily, Italy.
Present Year.
Sicily, home of the world's mafia, only the strong and wealthy men and women have the power around here. Survival of the strongest you might call it.
But of course in this kind of environment, almost that of a jungle, there's always the 'King'. Or in this case this case the leader of the mafia known as Espada. The Espada were ruthless killers who knew no limit in their bloodlust.
Their leader was a high-school student.
Their headquarters were called Las Noches, and it was actually one their leader's many mansions in Sicily. It wasn't in a much crowded area, but the reason was because it was so big, it took pretty much all the space around it, giving other buildings no chance of being there at all. Let's take a look inside this invincible fortress, shall we?
"GRIMMJOW!" The pink-haired men rubbed his temples trying to calm down.
Grimmjow Jeagerjaques was sitting behind his desk, legs up on it, a lazy look on his face as he stared at his secretary. Grimmjow was commented to be as strong, if not strongest, than his father, Toushiro Hitsugaya and had the sexual charms of his mother, Matsumoto Rangiku.
"Don't fucking raise your voice so much Szayel, I am trying to sleep"
"Don Grimmjow Jeagerjaques-capitano! You might be the god-damned leader but I will not let you skip your paperwork!"
"Seccante… Well like you won't let me skip it then call Abarai" Szayel stomped out of his office and Grimmjow let out an annoyed grunt. His secretary was like a fucking babysitter.
A tanned man with broad shoulders, muscular build and blood red hair tied up on a pony tail opened the door of his office.
"Yo Grimmjow! What did you do dude? Szayel looks like he could kill anybody, even Yylfordt, and that's saying something" he said sitting across him.
"It wasn't my fault he got pissed Renji! That fucking pink bastard wants me to do my paperwork"
"Ah, poor you" Renji said in a mocking tone "But if you do your work… I'll tell you where they say you can get the most exotic pets in the world.
This made Grimmjow take his feet off the table and lean forward. Everybody in the Espada mafia knew their leader was a sucker for exotic animals, and as proof of this statement Pantera existed. Pantera was one of Grimmjow's precious pet. He was a blue panther, as big as his owner, and they even resembled one another. Grimmjow brought his pet out when he wanted to kill someone slow and painfully. Sadly the blue panther had died a year ago and Grimmjow lost his faithful friend.
"I am listening" he told his red-headed friend who chuckled.
"Do your work and I will take you"
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Grimmjow got out of his slick black limousine, followed by Renji. The sound of hip-hop music filled their ears. It was the typical scenario in this part of town where the casinos and pubs were all located. Grimmjow didn't, well more couldn't, give himself the pleasure to hang around wherever he pleased as he was a mafia leader. The chances of him getting assassinated were very, very high.
Renji motioned for a pair of doors hidden in the darkness, two bodyguards at each side who eyed them suspiciously, but at the mention of the name Don Jeagerjaques-capitano they looked like they could pee their pants just by seeing the bluenette's maniatic smirk.
After they got in the building they were surrounded by huge glass cages, each one of them with a different animal making Grimmjow felt like he was in heaven. He took a quick glance around, his smirk suddenly transforming into a frown and Renji looked at him concerned.
"What's wrong? You don't like them?" he asked him.
"It's not that… it just feels kinda old ya know? If you had asked me a couple of months before I would be drooling over the glass, but now… it just bores me" He glanced around once again disinterested.
"And it doesn't surprise me!" Renji and Grimmjow turned around, a guy with what looked like a blue toilet seat on his head had appeared behind them.
"Who are you?" Grimmjow raised an eyebrow at his appearance.
"Mayuri Kurotsuchi, owner of this place" The man bowed slightly "And of course I know who you're Don Jeagerjaques, such a young soul you're!" Grimmjow stared at the weirdo in front of him stupefied.
"As I was saying before, it doesn't surprise me you find these animals boring; after all you deserve the best. I got just what you will like… follow me!" Grimmjow glanced at Renji who simply shrugged following the weird guy to the back.
As they passed by one of the doors Grimmjow heard low whispers coming somewhere and he saw a tan hand wave at him.
"Ugh, he's at it again" Mayuri said sighing and walking past the hand that reached out for him.
"OI, MAYURI! DON'T LEAVE ME HERE YOU BASTARD" came a male voice, apparently the owner of the tan hand.
Renji passed by it, trying his best to ignore when the hand caressed his cheek and walked faster behind Mayuri, but Grimmjow's curiosity got the best of him and he stopped to examine the mysterious hand.
"Yo, stranger. I am Akira Ryuugiro, at your service"
The voice belonged a teen about his age with red hair that went down to his shoulders and soft silver eyes. He was wearing a kitty hat on his head and was completely dressed in light brown with leopard prints on his t-shirt. He was standing behind iron bars that formed a cage.
"Tell me what you wish to find in this place and I will tell you where you can find it"
"I am looking for a strong, beautiful animal" Grimmjow answered without hesitation, somehow finding a strange beauty in his informer too.
"Hn… Oh I think I got just the thing for you! The strongest of all, the black bat or the sakura phoenix. You will find them at the very back of the room, where only a ray of light touches. I would offer myself but-"
"AKIRA!" Mayuri pushed by Grimmjow and a the sound of a whip and a drowned cry echoed in the bluenette's ears "Stay away from my costumers you beast"
The so called beast chuckled and looking at Grimmjow he said "Good luck in the jungle, stranger" and with those words he disappeared in the darkness of the cage.
Mayuri motioned for Grimmjow to follow him into another room, and when Grimmjow went in he could've sworn he heard angels fucking singing.
The place was like a jungle, with small paths here and there, the sounds of animals filled the air. The scent was wild and the atmosphere emanated an atmosphere of power and peace.
"Come your friend has already started to take a look to the animals" Mayuri said while walking in a small tiled path in the middle of all this jungle. Grimmjow couldn't understand what Akira had meant by offering himself, he obviously was no animal. He spotted Renji drooling over something and when the
'something' came into view Grimmjow nearly fainted.
Before them stood a man, tall and strong but yet so extremely elegant and pretty much had an invisible sign that yelled "NOBLE", his black hair sprawled over his shoulders made him look beautiful. But what called his attention wasn't the delicate form of this person but the patterns of feathers on his skin. They ran down his figure, the pink feather tattoos looked so extremely real but the most amazing part were the two wing-like tattoos in the man's back.
"Ah you have good taste young man" Mayuri patted Renji on the back "That is the sakura phoenix one of my most beautiful specimens-"
"Wait, WHAT?" Renji interrupted "That guy is an animal?"
"Yes, but he's a very special one. They're called arrancars, and they're part animal and part human. Almost every wealthy person has one these days"
"Those look like tattoos to me"
"In that case allow him to demonstrate. Byakuya, go ahead" Renji eyed the man expectantly and when the gray eye of the man looked at him the redhead's own eyes lit up.
"As if I would disgrace myself so much as to 'perform' for this child" Byakuya narrowed his eyes and Grimmjow could tell his words had hit Renji like a bucket of ice-cold water.
"Do it" Mayuri warned the dark-haired man.
Byakuya closed his eyes reluctantly lifting his arms from his sides and placing them behind his back touching his tattooed wings. Grimmjow thought it looked kind of painful.
"Scatter, Senbonzakura" After he said those words the patterns of feathers suddenly freed themselves from his skin and started dancing around him like sakura petals. Grimmjow couldn't believe his eyes as most of them formed to actual pink wings behind the man's back and the rest settled down on his bottom uniting with the before unnoticed pink feathery tail.
"GRIMMJOW CAN I KEEP HIM?" Renji suddenly attacked his sides nearly kneeing next to him begging like a child would for candy.
Grimmjow looked at the sakura phoenix before him who's eyes narrowed into slits in warning, as if to say 'Don't you dare' which just edged Grimmjow on and with a smirk he told the begging redhead.
"Sure, you can keep him"
He saw Byakuya's eyes widen and Mayuri smiled satisfactorily.
"I must tell you Capitano, Byakuya is an expensive one"
"I will pay you all you want, Renji deserves it"
Renji was now pretty much worshipping the sakura phoenix who sat on a rock his wings trying their best to keep the anxious redhead away who just kept running his hands down the soft feathers.
Grimmjow couldn't believe this kinds of animals existed, well if he hadn't seen it with his own two eyes he would've never believed it, but it was true.
He glanced around trying to find more animals but it seems that having them free also meant they would hide from him and everybody else who wished to buy them. He kept walking down the path silently followed by Mayuri who simply smiled.
Grimmjow pushed a branch away and his breath caught on his throat at the scene that filled his eyes.
In a small stream next to a dark cave stood a pale figure with the darkest raven hair he had ever seen. Milky pale skin glistened under the light, his delicate figure slowly lifting water from the stream with his hands and sipping slowly. His back was completely bare and only a pair of black short covered his figures. A demon-like black tail came from his bottom and tattooed in his back where a pair of black bat wings. When he opened his eyes the most beautiful shade of emerald appeared in his features.
Grimmjow turned to Mayuri and he smirked.
"I want him"
A/N: That's for today folks ^^
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