Numb and Hollow
Chapter Two
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When he had arrived in this new world he had found himself situated at the southernmost point of some great forest, it appeared as if the forest had seen better days but he could still feel some life in the trees. After undergoing some exploring he had eventually found a peaceful clearing situated in the Eastern part of the forest, where he had proceeded to construct himself a small house in which to live. The Hollows in the surrounding no longer venturedto this part of the forest; it was his territory now and he defended it fiercely.
His home was modest to say the least, but comfortable; it consisted of a bedroom, which was dominated by a very large conjured bed, a bathroom, a living room and a small kitchenette for when he craved something to eat. The rooms were primarily made up of shades with a splash of one colour; Bedroom=Green, Bathroom=Blue, Living Room=Yellow, Kitchen=Red, he was also thinking of adding a guest room for Teddy and a library for himself. It had only been a few years, but he acknowledged that Andromeda wasn't getting any younger and knew he may have to take over looking after Teddy when she did finally pass. He hadchosen to make his home in Hueco Mundo despite its eternal night because, while he could open a portal to the normal world and use his money to establish a life there, he still wasn't sure if it would be noticed or perhaps monitored by somebody up north, even this far south, or if Dumbles was still rightly suspicious over the identity of the artistic massacre he had made of the grand hall...
The otherday he had travelledto the northto simply gain a glimpse of just what sorts of hollows housed such power and displayed such odd behaviour, what he came to glimpse wasn't what he was expecting; he saw a huge white structure which resembled a sort of palace, which he wasn't expecting at all. He'd found that Hollows tended not to bother building buildings for some reason, and if they did decide to build or steal a home it was normally a cave of some sort. So the palace was a bit odd in this landscape. He had been drawn to this place because of the dense layering of Spiritual Pressure soaking the landscape surrounding the compound. Feeling thesudden and continuous spikes in reiatsu, it probably meant people were fighting somewhere over there. As much as heenjoyed fighting and, admittedly, was very good at it, but not enough to expose himself to potentially stronger opponents in greater numbers and risk being used again.
Time had no real meaning here, but he knew that he had been here for a long time. Time enough to master most of both his new and old abilities to the best of his abilities without a teacher. Not only that,he just knew there wasjust something he was missing. Now if only he could find it life would be good. Making his way back to his territory he missed the kitty sulking off from the palace.
-GrimmjowP.O.V-
He needed to get out of thatdam palace for a while. That bastard Tousen had the nerve to just cut off his arm and damn, if that hadn't hurt like a bitch. He would get his revenge mark his words, on that stupid justice freak that is. Blind my ass, that bloke has perfect aim. Grimmjow had decided he had better go hunt in the old forest near his old terrain in order to blow off some steam; it had been a while since he had gone there, and he could probably get a good meal in the process, what with the abundance of monkeys hanging 'round.
When he finally arrived in the forest he immediately noticed something was off about the place; the forest was dead of any sound or noise. Normally this part of the forest was teeming with low class hollows trying to rise up the ranks and claim territory, but now only an eerily quiet was present. Stretching his senses out, he searched for the nearest spiritual signature in the forest. Only one signature was present in the whole entire forest, but it didn't feeling very strong, capturing his attention in the oddness of it. Deciding to investigate, he used sonido to get to his destination as fast as possible before that mysterious presence had the foresight to escape. If it was responsible for the change in the forest, he would like to know what, or who, it is and how, considering how weak it felt, it was probably just a lone survivor or something.
He had to speed up again when he felt his target start moving away from its previous location. It wasn't a very strong one as far as he could tell, quite weak actually,but nevertheless he would remain cautious. He had underestimated that Kurosaki brat as well, and while he could have beaten that punk kid, today was not his day, so it was best not to push his luck anymore then he had; Today anyway.
-Rune P.O.V-
Infra was startled suddenly when the strong presence approaching near his territory suddenly sent out a wave of spiritual pressure. They were currently near the western edge of his territory in the forest, but after that wave of pressure, they had started moving quickly in his direction. It was a presents he had felt only once before; when he had gone north that day, curious to view where the weird Hollows were living; the White Palace, Las Noches. The familiar presence was nearing his home at an alarmingly fast pace. Despite his current power level, he had decided long ago that he didn't want anybody to know where his home was located. Which was why he had erected a multitude of wards, but he had found some Hollows were unaffected or could see threw the for his own safety and the safety of anybody who came to stay with him, he had resorted to eliminating any Hollow who trespassed too close to his home. As such he knew he had to put as much distance between himself and his home as possible if he didn't want the powerful Hollow to track him there; He knew he probably wouldn't get far running normal with no booster, as he couldn't use sonido like he wanted; while it did give the user using it extra speed unmatchedin the natural 'Land of the Living', it could easily be tracked, even when the trail was hours, or even days oldif you were skilled or sensitive enough to do so, and so he began to run for the small river that ran through the entire forest; when the moon was especially strong and clear anyway. It was odd like that.
It was both a very big curse, and a small blessing the fact that he was now too powerful to properly conceal himself anymore. But apparently, despite his extra physical power giving him a nice boost, he was still just too slow for the bloody Hollow chasing him…that or the bastard after him was faster than him naturally…well…either way. Just before he had the chance to enter the large clearing not far from the waterway, he was slammed against the ground face down into the hard sand by a heavy weight. Taking a few seconds to gain his wind back, Infra contemplate his options; he knew he could easily lift the other off of him, but then he would have had to release a good chunk of his reiatsu, as he wasn't physically that strong; that wasn't really something he was willing to do at the moment. He thought it would just make the other feline Hollow even more interested in him, as he knew he was a bit odd, even by Hollow standards; like his human appearance for instance. But as he sensed no killing intent emitting from his pursuer, just curiosity at the moment, he decided to just try bucking the other off of him the old fashioned way rather than reveal himself. Let the other think him weak, until he had no other choice then to reveal his true abilities. He failedto buck the other off him quite miserably; it ended up looking like he was just squirming under the big bloody Hollow really...
"Well well, what do we have here, hmmm?" Grimmjow asked, leering. The body withering beneath his looked like it belonged more to a girl then a guy, but you could still easily tell the pipsqueak was all male, even from a distance, by both the way he ran and his current behaviour.
"'Ey pipsqueak, why were ya running away? Why not play with me?"
He had seen the lithe body attempting to flee from the forest and, with no real thought, caught the fleeing body beneath him. He had even felt him trying to buck him off, but he had just tightened his grip and put more pressure on him; which seemed to irritate the little guy even more…awesome.
"Get off! Get off me you great big bloody lump!"
"Now now, no need to becruelpipsqueak. I was just curious about the little fella tryin' ta run from me." He had managed to still the body beneath him, gripping one of the boy's shoulders firmly he quickly turned the boy around before he decided to struggle againso he could get a good look at the boy's face. Even with one hand he was still able to physically dominate the boy. With that offhanded thought, his mind was directed in some very graphic gutter fantasies. Faintly noticing the body beneath his wiggling again he ignored it for the fantasies, before he was brought back to reality by theboy underneath his regaining his attention outside the fantasies with a brutal flash of pain.
Infra had twisted his body in an almost impossible way and elbowed his attacker where it hurts. Surprised by the violent move and the pain in his nether regions Grimmjow loosened his hold, just enough in his surprise and pain for the other to escape.
"Look, I didn't fight you because I was quite curious myself, but that's no reason to continue to sit on me Mr Kitty" Infrafinally snapped, hands on hips, glaring down at the great big silly cat. Conveniently forgetting he was trying to buck the other off him not two minutes ago. He was thoroughly pissed off because he could just imaginejust what had caused the other male to space out like that with a possible enemy…plus the hardening member way a dead giveaway.
Grimmjow grinned up at the feisty pipsqueak evilly, "Kitty huh, I guess you haven't looked at yourself lately then.I admit I may have some feline traits, but at least I'm not a delicatelittle Kitten like you pipsqueak"
"I'll show you pipsqueak" Infra growled,in a fit of anger he promptly deciding that he wouldn't compress his reiatsu anymore. He would show the bloody perverted cat what he was made of. Delicate indeed!
-Grimmjow P.O.V-
Grimmjow could easily see that he had pissed the little guy off pretty badly; the cuties hair had actually started to stand up, making him look more like an adorably scorned Kitten rather than a dangerous tiger like he was. Grimmjowwas confident that if it came down to a fight he could easily hold his own and dominate the little Kitten. He hadn't sensed a high reiatsu anyway. Therefore he was blown away when the guy in front of him suddenly blurred and attacked his right side with a vicious kick. Had he not had fast enough reflexes orreacted instinctively, his kidneys would be doing a pretty good impression of mashed potatoes, and he would have had at least one broken rib. He grinned, at least this one was seemed to be worthy in a fight, and not some weak ass pansy like Ichigo; even if he did look like some delicate princess. After all, anyone who could cause that much damage in a single blow like that knew what they were doing.
Drawing his single silver blade, which also possessed a normal blue and white hilt, he watched as the petite male before him drew his own twin blades; Hollows who could fight with twin blades were an odd sight, as they were as rare in Hueco Mundo as they were in the Soul Society. The petite Kitten was wielding two intricate twin short swords that were little longer then the length between the Kittens hips and feet. They were made of some sort ofreflective black metal, with green, gold and white inlayed butterfly designs descending from the blades hilt, which was also made from material of the same colouring, the blades were relatively strait, but did possess a wicked curve at the end of the blades, much like the blades of Japanese origin. What was odd was that there were twin blue and pink ribbons descending from both hilts about the same length of the sword blades, each had a pair of gold bells attached to either end.
-Infra P.O.V-
Their swords clashed again and again in a shower of sparks and brutal strikes. Eachpoorly blocked par delivering numerous shallow lacerations to one another, but even those injuries were nothing compared to the massive amounts of carnage delivered to the once pristine forest clearing. Though Infra at least had the peace of mind to not go all out for a fight that he sensed resembled more of a friendly spar then a real battle to the both of them. Bar the heavy injuries accumulated on both sides of course. This continued for a number of hoursuntil Infra decided enough was enough and used one of his new special abilitiesthat made it seem as if his opponent was being attacked from all sides. He wasn't angry anymore but was enjoying the thrill of the fight and the skill of his opponent. He could tell his opponent was probably a more hand-to-hand martial arts type of fighter;rather than one that relied heavily on their weapon like he had found with most of the Witches and Wizards were when he was still alive. Lazy bastards…
-Grimmjow P.O.V-
Grimmjow went for the look alikethat emitted the highest reiastu; locking onto him as the real almost lost his it when the real one snuck up on him, only to wack his ass hard with the flat of his blade; scared the crap out of him! Despite it not being the real one, they still ended in a stalemate after a few more parries. Grimmjow had his sword aimed at Infra's heart, while Infra had one of his swords poisedtoconveniently cut off the family jewels; it didn't bypass Grimmjow's notice that the Little Kitten had a huge mischievous grin plastered wide across his was both impressed and quite worried for his jewels.
"I'm Rune Infra, but I prefer to just be called Infra, what's your name?"
"Grimmjow Jaggerjack"
Grinning at each other, or in Infra's case, smirking. Grimmjow suddenly grabbed the other violently and crashed their mouths together in a sea of wild battle driven lust. The length of which, made Infra dizzy through lack of oxygen.
TBC
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A/N: I'm wondering if I should add some Mpreg later on… it WOULD work brilliantly with one of thepairing ideas for this fic and solve the later issue of Harry wanting a family…opinions and reasons why please
Pairing still undecided;there is a Poll on my profile you can vote on. It has the pairings that have already been suggested as the options.
So far the pairing is Infra x Stark x ?
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SelenaWolf; had the best review this time and they're the reason Stark's up so early
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Nice! Definitely putting my vote in for Starrk - Harry seems to get along well
with the canines after all. :) Not to mention, Starrk's a laid-back, calm
kinda guy - Harry seems like he could use that kind of influence. Not to
mention Lillinette - little sister/daughter/whatever would definitely cheer
him up a bit.
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sousie; Ulquiorra is an option and your right. He does need to be watched
Guest; no Harry's the bottom
Updated: 9/6/13
