Ichigo drowsily woke up in an unfamiliar bed, with black satin sheets covering him. Rubbing his face, he felt a scab on his bottom lip, bringing up memories of yesterday. Ichigo lay on the bed staring off into the distance as he remembered being kidnapped by a man with light blue hair and his brother coming after him as he was dragged off into the water. Had his kidnapper really taken him underwater? Something else tugged on the corner of subconscious, but he couldn't figure out what it was.
Getting out of the bed, Ichigo meandered over to a window to see if he could figure out where he was. He expected to see if it was day or night, but not fish swimming past. Gawking at the sight of fish outside the window, he stumbled backwards until his legs hit the bed and he plopped down on it. He remembered what had been tugging on the edge of his mind. The glimpse of a teal fin glittering in the dying light of the sun. But there was no such thing as mermaids, or mermen for that matter. The door to the room opened to reveal the blue haired man that had kidnapped him. He was dressed now in a blue yukata with white koi on it.
Ichigo didn't waste any time and asked right away, "Who are you and where am I?"
"I'm Grimmjow Jeagerjaques," the man said introducing himself, "king of the merpeople and you are in my castle."
"Merpeople don't exist," Ichigo stated in denial. "And just where is your castle at?"
"My castle is underwater," Grimmjow said, confirming Ichigo's thoughts. "Since you don't believe merpeople exist, I'll just have to make you believe. Follow me."
Ichigo cautiously left the bed following Grimmjow into a different door than the one he came in from. On the way to the door Grimmjow had already been slipping out of his yukata, so that it was hanging at his wrists by the time they had entered the room. They had entered a large bathroom, with what looked like a small pool in the floor. Ichigo gaped at the extravagant things in the bathroom, not noticing Grimmjow had let his yukata pool at his feet.
"Human," Grimmjow said, gaining Ichigo's attention.
Ichigo turned bright red again, yelling, "Damn it! Put some clothes on!"
Grimmjow ignored Ichigo's outburst and stepped into the water. "Watch."
Ichigo did like he was told, watching Grimmjow curiously as he stepped farther into the water. Sitting on one of the steps, Grimmjow watched Ichigo through half-mast eyes as his legs fused together, turning into a tail and his feet transforming into a fin. The teal scales gleamed and glittered in the light, like gems underwater, and the fin was a translucent teal color. Grimmjow's ears had, also, once again elongated. In all, Grimmjow was quite a sight to behold. Ichigo wanted to touch it to make sure that this wasn't all just a dream.
Grimmjow noticed his fingers twitch, lounging in the water, he said, "You can touch it."
Ichigo hesitantly moved towards the pool, kneeling at the water's edge and dipping his hand in to touch the larger man's tail. The scales on his tail were smooth and silky surprisingly. Rubbing his hand on the tail, Ichigo didn't notice Grimmjow smirking. Grimmjow grabbed Ichigo's hand pulling the teen into the water. Ichigo surfaced sputtering and glaring at the merman lounging along the steps.
"Bastard," Ichigo snapped, heading towards the edge of the water to get out.
Ichigo almost made it to the edge, when arms encircled around his waist and dragged him into the deeper part of the pool. The arms turned him around so that he was facing Grimmjow's grinning face. Using his arms and legs, Ichigo pushed himself out of Grimmjow's hold, only to plunge beneath the water's surface. Grimmjow easily grabbed the front of Ichigo's shirt and hauled him above the water's surface.
"You're awfully clumsy, human," Grimmjow said, before his lips crashed down on Ichigo's.
Ichigo's eyes opened wide in surprise at the feel of velvet soft lips pressing against his own. Quickly pushing the large male away from him again, Ichigo put some distance between the two of them.
"Why aren't I feeling drugged like the last time you kissed me," Ichigo asked watching the molesting merman before him. "And my name isn't human, it's Ichigo."
The merman grinned showing off sharp teeth. "I don't know. Why don't you come find out?"
"Hell no," Ichigo said swimming out of the merman's reach.
The two swam around the pool, Ichigo avoiding the merman that seemed insistent on molesting him. Ichigo could tell that Grimmjow wasn't really trying to fullest of his abilities, as he easily glided through the water after him. It was a scary thought that if Grimmjow wanted to he could catch Ichigo easily. Waist-length, light blue hair trailed along after Grimmjow's barely exposed head. His feral blue eyes stalking Ichigo's every move as he tried to get out of the water, only to have his attempts foiled every time. At last Grimmjow caught hold of Ichigo again. Ichigo struggled in the merman's hold, as Grimmjow grazed the younger's neck with his sharp teeth. Not getting anywhere, Ichigo yelled out for help hoping that someone would come to his rescue.
The door to the room opened and a childish voice asked, "Grimmy what's going on in here?"
The voice belonged to busty, teal haired woman, her hazel eyes instantly turning hard at the sight before her. She strode over to the pool and pulled Ichigo out of Grimmjow's hold and out of the pool. Clutching Ichigo to her, his face was nearly smashed into her massive cleavage.
"Grimmjow Jeagerjaques," she yelled to which Grimmjow flinched. "You know better than to treat a submissive like this. Now he's coming with me, so that you don't rape him if I leave him here with you."
Grimmjow opened his mouth to protest, but the woman chucked the nearest object at him, which happened to be a bar of soap, before storming out of the room with Ichigo in tow. She dragged Ichigo through a couple different halls, before she slowed down and let go of his hand. Water dripped off his drenched clothes as he stood in the hall with the woman that had saved him from almost being raped.
"I'm Neliel, but you can call me Nel," she said brightly. "I hope my idiot of a brother didn't hurt you or anything. He can be a real dumbass sometimes."
"He didn't hurt me, just molested me a bit," Ichigo said, scowling. "I'm Ichigo," he said as more of an afterthought than anything.
"Well Ichigo," Nel chippered, "let's go get you some dry clothes."
With that she was dragging Ichigo down some more halls.
Nel had given Ichigo a black yukata with colorful koi on it for Ichigo to wear, instead of his sopping wet clothes. After he was dressed, Nel had insisted that they go eat together. This time as they walked down the hall Nel wasn't dragging him.
"Hey Nel, do you mind me asking you something," Ichigo asked, gazing at anything but Nel.
"Not at all," she replied.
"Why did kissing Grimmjow make me feel kind of like I was drugged," Ichigo quickly asked, his face flushing in embarrassment.
"Did he bite you," Nel asked in turn.
Ichigo thought about it for a bit, before answering, "Yeah."
"Well that's because when our saliva gets into the bloodstream, which is why he bit you, it acts like a drug or a virus and makes your body go lax and takes away your will to fight back," Nel explained. "It can also make you fall asleep depending on how much saliva gets into your bloodstream and if that's your first time having that happen to you."
Ichigo walked silently besides her processing everything that she told him. Their steps echoed in the hall as the only sound, until they started getting closer to the dining room, where many voices could be heard plan as day through the doors of the room. Nel opened the door to the room to show that many people were already in the room.
A man that reminded Ichigo of a spoon asked, "Who the fucks that?"
"This is Ichi," Nel said childishly, introducing Ichigo to the room of people.
"Ichigo," he said, correcting Nel.
Nel ushered Ichigo into the room, shutting the doors behind her. She led him to a spot by a blond amazon woman, where Ichigo ended up sitting between the only two women in the room. A man with pink hair and glasses study Ichigo silently, like he was an interesting specimen. A man with emerald eyes regarded him quietly, before going back to ignoring him. A man with brown hair was sitting opposite of the blonde woman, his head resting on his arms. On the other side of Nel sat a man silver hair and a fox like expression.
"This is Halibel, Starrk, Szayel," Nel said, taking it upon herself to introduce everybody and pointing out each person in turn, "Ulquiorra, Nnoitra, and Gin."
Ichigo meekly waved, unsure of what to do, as servants came in with platters of food. As the food was set on the table the people just grabbed the things that they wanted and started talking amongst themselves. Grabbing some food, Ichigo quietly ate while thinking about how the hell he was going to get out of here. Ichigo didn't know where he was exactly, which only made it harder to get home. The castle being underwater, also, made it quite difficult, too. Ichigo definitely couldn't hold his breath long enough to swim to the surface, and even if he could he doubted he'd be able to out swim mermaids.
The doors to the room banged open and in sulked Grimmjow, he glowered at Nel as he made his way to the head of the table. He plopped down in his seat, before grabbing some food to eat. Not saying or looking at anyone, he glared at the food on his plate as he picked it apart. He was like a child throwing temper tantrum, a child that was going to do everything his power to get back what was taken away from him. Ichigo, though, wasn't willing to go back to him. Hell, Ichigo didn't want to be here in general. His family was probably worried sick about him.
The sound of a bang snapped Ichigo out of his thoughts. Grimmjow was in front of Nnoitra, who was grinning with what looked like piano keys for teeth. The blue haired merman was snarling at the man that reminded Ichigo of a spoon, like a wild animal. Grimmjow's hand gripped the front of Nnoitra's yukata, lifting the taller man a little out of his seat.
"That's my bitch," Grimmjow growled possessively.
"Then claim him," Nnoitra suggested, grinning even wider.
Grimmjow snarled, before smashing his fist into Nnoitra's face. Dropping the taller man, Nnoitra slumped down in his chair holding a hand to his face. Grimmjow whirled around, grabbing hold of Ichigo, before leaving the room in a flourish. The larger man's grip was tight on Ichigo's wrist as he was dragged away from the stunned on lookers. Ichigo followed along behind Grimmjow in a daze, with only one thought going around in his mind. 'Did that bastard just call me his bitch?'
A/N: Alright here you guys go the second chapter of Spin Me a Fairytale. So, as you can see I've decided to continue the story. Tell me what you guys think. Hmm, I seem to have an issue with having Ichigo walking up in unknown places. Oh, well.