Glad ppl liked the first chapter, now here's another! And yes, I am bringing in the occasional (future) Espada, at least the ones that have animal-like qualities so I can make them demons. Every1 else…maybe. There will b a bit of a time skip, but I am trying here. Now enjoy! ^^

Oh, b4 I forget. I got a review that said 'boo, you suck noob' or sumthing along those lines and all I gotta say to that is 'you're a freaking idiot and didn't even need to read the story. You probably do that to every story u read just to make yourself feel better becuz u stories suck so hard, no one wants to add them to their faves, alert, or add u to either. U'r just an attention-seeking asshole trying to tear others down to make yourself feel better when your stories suck ass.' Sorry everyone else, but I got short temper

Now that I got that out of my system, here u go! a new chapter!

Disclaimer: No, I do not own Bleach or Inuyasha.

His territory was large, which he was proud of. The larger the territory, the more powerful the one who owns the piece of land is. He battled demon after demon for their lands and added them to his, creating a territory that wolves would be jealous of. True there were patches in it that weren't his, (those patches generally were filled with humans) but he acted more as a landlord over those parts he didn't own since his territory surrounded those patches. He could go into these patches whenever he wanted to remind other residents who was in charge.

So he was not surprised when he repeatedly found the group on his land. It was vast, after all. He kept an eye on them to make sure they didn't do anything that he wouldn't like. What did surprise him was that they stopped in one of the villages that were in one of the patches of his land. He could go there if he wanted to, but he hated being surrounded by humans. He just watched from a distance.

The human girl proved to be more and more intriguing. She treated all the children in the village as her own, playing games with them or taking care of them when they got hurt. She ignored the pain he knew she felt in favor to keep the young happy and content. Strange female indeed. Though when night fell, he felt that something was going to happen. Whether it was good or bad, he didn't know.

Soft glowing creatures entered his line of vision as the scent of earth and death assaulted his nose, forcing him to cover it so he couldn't smell a thing. His eyes looked around for a moment before spotting a priestess that almost looked like Kagome, but her hair was long and tied in a ponytail and her face was impassive. Actually, her face almost reminded him of a certain bat of despair.

He glanced towards the village the new miko was staring at before the half-breed left the hut where he and his pride rested and headed towards the reeking priestess. Once she saw he was heading her way, she turned and left, as if she knew he would follow her. Unsurprisingly, the half-breed did and Grimmjow just scoffed in annoyance. It disgusted him that the king of the pride left to go rut with some undead wench while leaving the rest to defend themselves. They could probably handle themselves just fine, but that wasn't the point!

His eyes shot back towards the hut where the half-breed emerged when he saw movement, startled to find the younger priestess coming out with her bow and arrows. He sighed slightly. This won't end well. He could tell that even if she got angry at him, the miko did care for the hanyou. A lot.

As she ran into the forest, Grimmjow followed after her at a safe distance away, just to be sure no demon tried to attack her while the half-breed was occupied with someone that made a cat's nose burn. How a half-dog could handle it, he didn't know and could care less. He suspected where the young miko would go and just knew that she would probably do something drastic. She seemed to do such things from what he'd seen of her so far.

He stopped a few branches away from the female that watched the scene in front of her from behind a tree. He could already smell the salty tears that threatened to spill from her eyes as the half-breed took the undead into his arms and promised to go to Hell with her. Grimmjow scoffed once again. Who the hell was insane enough to go to Hell willingly with an undead wench that had eyes full or hate and malice? Obviously the moron.

A sharp inhale brought his attention to the young miko before she snapped around and ran off once more. With a roll of his eyes, he followed after her, though not sure why he was. He just felt like he should. The girl broke into a clearing that had an empty well covered with vines in the middle of it. She sat on the ledge before throwing her legs over and pushed herself off.

Shocked by the sudden action, he rushed over and grabbed her wrist before pulling her out and placing her on the grass. "What the hell are you doing?! Are you trying to commit suicide over that half-breed?!" he growled at her.

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Seeing Inuyasha with Kikyo always did hurt, but this time it hurt more than ever. He told Kikyo he loved her more than anyone and would go to Hell with her as soon as they killed Naraku. Why would he say something like that after he told her that he loved her instead of Kikyo?! The bastard!

She broke from the trees and headed towards the well, sitting on it before swinging her legs over the edge and pushing herself in to go home. The well was just starting to light up with its magic when a clawed hand grabbed her wrist and pulled her out before dropping her on grassy ground.

"What the hell are you doing?!" she heard someone snap at her. "Are you trying to commit suicide over that half-breed?!"

Surprised, she looked up to see Grimmjow in front of her with an annoyed look on his face. "What are you doing here?" she asked him.

"My territory surrounds that village, now answer my question," he growled at her with his arms crossed over his chest.

A soft sigh escaped her as she got to her feet. "I wasn't committing suicide, I was going home!" she told him.

His eyebrow rose slightly as his head tilted in confusion. "You live in a well?" he asked. Kagome couldn't help it. The confusion in his tone mixed with disbelief and the way he was looking at her like she was crazy. She couldn't take it anymore and broke down laughing. "What's so fucking funny?!"

"I'm sorry!" she managed to say through her laughs. "But that was just too funny!" She was glad he gave her a few minutes to calm herself down before looking at him again to see he was still looking at her like she was crazy. "I don't live in a well," she said. "It's a portal to my real home."

Grimmjow shrugged slightly. He's probably heard stranger things. "Well," he said with a small shrug of his shoulder, "I suppose it kind of makes sense. I mean, I know a bat that runs around through shadows. So not the strangest thing I've heard. You spelled it?"

"Not really," Kagome replied, rubbing the back of her head. "I was kind of grabbed by another demon and dragged into it."

"Huh," he scoffed, staring at the well curiously.

There was a brief silence before Kagome broke it. "How'd you know?"

"Know what?" he asked.

"That Inuyasha was the reason why I was trying to jump into the well?"

"I've been watching," he bluntly replied, slipping his hands into his pockets.

"Why?"

He shrugged. "Don't know. Just was." He glanced back at her. "You know, running only shows how weak you are."

Kagome huffed as she glared at him.

"I'm just saying," he said uncaringly, not affected by her attitude. "Running every time you see something you don't like never solves anything. It only proves that you're too weak to handle it. If you stand your ground and just accept what happens happened, then you're showing that you're stronger than what others believe."

She stared at him with wide eyes before tilting her head downward. He was right. Running away from her problems didn't solve them and only made her look weak and useless. No matter how much it hurt, she couldn't run away. She couldn't let it bother her. Still, she probably couldn't accept Inuyasha with Kikyo, she would do as Grimmjow said and stand her ground and act like it didn't bother her.

"Getting it?" his voice broke from her thoughts.

With a nod of her head, she looked back up at the panther demon, who was looking at the trees.

"That half-breed finally figured out you were there and is heading this way," he stated before grinning a shit-eating grin. "Wanna mess with his mind a little?"

Kagome giggled slightly. "What do you have in mind?" she asked before he suddenly picked her up and leapt into the trees moments before Inuyasha tore into the clearing and headed towards the well. He suddenly stopped and sniffed the air a little bit before dropping to the ground and sniffing some more.

Grimmjow shook his head in disbelief. "He actually does that?" he asked before Kagome nodded.

"How do you know he won't find us?" she asked him.

"I leapt from that spot to here, so my scent isn't on the ground for him to follow or to give him a general direction," Grimmjow replied, sitting on the branch before placing Kagome on his legs. "Also, we're downwind, so he can't catch my scent over here. If the wind shifts, then we'll have to move if we wanna keep playing with his mind."

"This is actually kind of fun, so why not?" Kagome admitted as Inuyasha spun around in his spot, yelling out her name.

"I never understand why others do that," Grimmjow grumbled before Kagome looked at him curiously. "Someone's in danger or some kind of trouble and all anyone else can think of doing is yelling that person's name instead of going into action. It's stupid. Help, don't yell out names!"

Kagome giggled again. She had to admit, Grimmjow made good points and was kind of funny. He was also nicer to her than Inuyasha ever was, even though this was their second meeting. Even more strange, she felt safer with him than being surrounded by all of her friends.

He suddenly shifted and picked her up once more before moving to a different tree that surrounded the clearing. She saw Inuyasha land on the branch they were on previously occupying before he growled and ran back to the village, probably to get the others.

"Haven't had this much fun since my last fight with Ulquiorra," Grimmjow commented. "Well, do you want to go back to play with his head some more or play cat and mouse for a while."

"I really don't want to worry anyone," Kagome replied with a small sigh. Inuyasha would be infuriated as soon as he learned it was a game. Who knew what Miroku's reaction would be. Sango would give her a lecture and who knew what else. And Shippo would be crying with worry. She suddenly snapped her fingers. "Hey, Grimmjow! Why don't you travel with us?"

Grimmjow fell silent. There was a chance they would mostly stay close to his territory, if not in it most of the time, so no other demon would try to play dumb and claim his land with him still so close. But he was normally a loner. He occasionally met with Ulquiorra, Nnoitra (with Tesla), Nel, and few others, but he was mostly a loner.

"I mean, you don't have to if you don't want to," Kagome quickly said. "If you'd rather be on your own, okay. That's fine. I won't ask again. I just thought I'd ask, you know-"

"You talk a lot," Grimmjow interrupted her. "I suppose I could for a while. I'll need to go back to my territory every now and then to make sure no one moved in trying to take it from me. But I think I can manage."

Kagome grinned at him before wrapping her arms around his neck. "I'm glad to hear that!" she exclaimed.

Grimmjow blushed slightly, barely noticeable, but enough for him to know he was blushing and attempted to will the blush away. This wasn't like him! And he just knew that if Nnoitra was around and saw this, he would never hear the end of it.

She released him, noticing Grimmjow went stiff at her hug. He was probably not used to such contact. "Sorry," she murmured before the panther youkai leapt to the ground and placed her on her feet. "Come on! Let's go tell everyone!" Grimmjow rolled his eyes, muttering about hating to be surrounded by humans under his breath. Kagome giggled at him, but ignored his complaints. "We can call this playing with Inuyasha's mind a little more." The panther seemed to perk up a little bit, if his grin was anything to go by.

He suddenly picked her up once again before rushing through the forest and slowing to a stop once they were at the outlines of the village. "I think I'm gonna enjoy playing with his mind," he commented as he placed her down once again.

Kagome giggled again as she led the way into the village towards Kaede's hut. He stayed right next to her the entire walk and nearly jumped out of his skin when they heard a sudden yell from inside the large hut in front of them.

"I bet you were with Kikyo again!" the young voice Kagome instantly recognized as Shippo exclaimed. "And Kagome probably saw you and now she's never coming back!" He started to cry loudly before a sound similar to a punch was heard. "Ow! You bastard!" He continued to cry.

"Inuyasha!" Sango's voice snapped. "Don't hit Shippo just because he's stating the obvious!"

"Happens a lot?" Grimmjow asked, looking at Kagome from the corner of his eyes.

"Yeah, and I hate it every time he takes his anger out on Shippo," she replied before inhaling deeply and yelling out, "Sit!"

A thud and groan of pain was heard inside before a little blur shot from the hut and collided into Kagome's chest. "Kagome!" Shippo cried. "I thought the baka made you go away for good!"

Kagome gently shushed him, reassuring that she would never leave for good just because of Inuyasha. The interaction still amazed Grimmjow. Not many humans would take in a demon child and a demon child wouldn't truly accept a human as a parent. Yet here were these two, acting like mother and son. He was sure even the 'emotionless' Ulquiorra would be amazed at the sight.

The demon slayer and monk came out at a calm pace as Kagome calmed down the sniffling kit in her arms. "Hey, guys," Kagome greeted with a smile. "Sorry if I worried anyone."

"It's okay, Kagome," Sango said with a nod of her head. "Just don't do it again."

The kit stopped sniffling before noticing the male demon by Kagome. He tugged on her shirt before asking, "Who's he?"

"Oh!" Kagome suddenly exclaimed. "Guys, this is Grimmjow. Grimmjow, this is Sango and Miroku, and this little guy is Shippo. Inuyasha's probably still in there waiting for the 'sit'," another thud was heard, "to wear off."

"Stop saying that, bitch!" Inuyasha yelled from inside.

"Sit!" Kagome yelled. "My name is Kagome! And don't hit Shippo, even when I'm gone! I'll hear about it!"

"Why does the name Grimmjow sound so familiar?" Sango asked, looking over at Miroku.

"It does sound familiar, doesn't it?" the monk said, placing a finger on his chin.

Shippo stared at Grimmjow for a moment before jumping out of Kagome's arms and onto the panther demon's shoulder. "You're the one who saved Kagome from that boar demon and gave us the healing flower, aren't you?" he asked before Grimmjow nodded. Shippo smiled brightly. "Thank you for both!"

Grimmjow stared at him in shock. It's one thing hearing thanks from the person you help, but hearing thanks from someone you didn't help for helping the person that was helped was different. This little pack would definitely be interesting to be around for a while.

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It was almost needless to say that Inuyasha did not appreciate Grimmjow joining the group since they barely knew him, and he was absolutely pissed that Kagome's 'disappearance' that he thought was a demon kidnapping her was just a game. Grimmjow couldn't help but tell him that.

Shippo already mentally declared he liked Grimmjow more than Inuyasha after a week of traveling with the panther. He never hit him or yelled at him. If Shippo was upset about something, he either went to Kagome, Sango, or Grimmjow. Kagome and Sango comforted him, but Grimmjow motivated him to get stronger. Inuyasha normally insulted him.

In his mind, Shippo already declared Kagome as his new mother, Sango as his aunt, but he never figured who he could call his new father. Miroku was more of an uncle, so that would only leave Inuyasha, but he didn't like the way he treated his adopted mother and the others. He wasn't a suitable mate for his mother and Shippo knew it. He always ran off during the nights to see Kikyo when she was around instead of thinking about Kagome's reaction to it and staying put. Then Grimmjow came into the picture and Shippo liked how Grimmjow treated his mother and everyone else. Maybe he could be his new father.

Sango wasn't completely sure about Grimmjow, seeing as he was a panther demon and most panthers were known to be solitary as well as vicious. He behaved well when around the group, but they had seen him fight. There was a bear demon with a Shikon shard that surprisingly didn't get affected greatly by Tetsusaiga. Grimmjow scoffed at Inuyasha before charging in and slicing through the bear demon like it was nothing. Inuyasha seethed for a few hours after that.

She was wary of him, but he seemed gentle enough around them. He treated Shippo like a young man instead of a child and encouraged him to do better. He did it with Kagome also. He did more for those two than they themselves did. They always comforted the two and told them that nothing was their fault. Yet here was Grimmjow pointing stuff out and encouraging them to do better. Sango noticed that since Grimmjow joined, Kagome and Shippo both seemed to do better in fights.

Miroku thought Grimmjow was pleasant to be around. He and Inuyasha got into amusing arguments. Also, the panther didn't try insulting everyone every chance he got. He was more calm and collected than Inuyasha was, especially on the battlefield, even if he didn't look it at first sight. Grimmjow was a natural born warrior. He knew what to expect in battle and what not to expect. More times than once, Grimmjow managed to kill a demon in one attack after countless furious attacks from Inuyasha did little to nothing.

The monk did like having Grimmjow around, but he knew that the panther could turn on them at any second and hoped he never did. They wouldn't be able to do much against him, though he doubted Grimmjow would try to kill them. He seemed pretty attached to Kagome and hurting them would hurt Kagome.

Kagome enjoyed having Grimmjow around. He called her by her name instead of name-calling. He treated her with respect. And if she got tired, he would make her sit down and rest, completely ignoring Inuyasha's shouting. He did snap at him once, though. "If you're really an alpha, you should think about your pack instead of your battles!" he told him. "If they're tired, then they're too weak to defend themselves. So shut the hell up and let them rest." It started an argument between the two, but Grimmjow eventually won it and everyone got to rest.

Though he was serious, Grimmjow was funny at times. He played with Shippo quite a bit, and was both delicate and rough with him at the same time. They wrestled sometimes, but Grimmjow wasn't rough enough to hurt Shippo. He helped Sango stay in top shape with her katana, seeing as he had one as well. He was kind of cautious around Miroku, but that was to be expected since they were demon and monk. With Inuyasha…they mostly argued.

Inuyasha hated the panther with a passion. He wanted him out of his pack. He was dominant and he was the leader! No one every challenged him! Then this cat showed up and kept setting up challenge after challenge, showing he was a better leader from his words to his battles. He'd rather deal with the flea-bitten wolf than this feline! At least he never touched his ramen.

Grimmjow was actually having the time of his life. He got to annoy the half-breed, fight with a demon-slayer without getting killed or killing the slayer, got to understand a little more about monks, played with a fox kit that he was starting to consider his own cub (though he would never admit it out loud), and was still amazed by the priestess.

He and Sango became quick sparring partners since neither had to worry about the other's katana breaking their own. Miroku was calm, though perverted at times. He had to drag him from hot springs when the girls bathed before he got a peak. Shippo would sometimes ride on his shoulder and show him new tricks he made up, like he was trying to make him proud. He admitted that he was whenever the kit came out with a new trick that would both confuse and hurt the enemy.

Kagome, though, he liked being around the most. She was kind and made sure to treat everyone equally, though fierce and determined when in either a battle or an argument with the half-breed. He didn't like the mutt. And he made it loud and clear. The half-breed wasn't fit to be king. He treated his pride like Nnoitra treats Tesla. He was also confusing. The miko made excellent food, yet he only wanted the strange tasting noodles. He preferred the grilled fish or anything else Kagome was able to make up. Every now and again, Grimmjow would go out and hunt for fresh meat to cook. Sango cooked sometimes, but he liked Kagome's better. Her way was just unique.

He had never really been part of a pride, seeing as he was a solitary species, but he had to admit he kind of enjoyed being around this pride. Others drove him crazy, like his sister's. He still shivered whenever he thought of that flower panther that kept flirting with him every chance she got.

"Hey, how big is your territory?" Shippo suddenly asked the panther.

"Large enough," he replied with a shrug of his shoulder. "I would make it larger, but Nnoitra's territory circles mine just like Ulquiorra's circles his. I can't beat either of them."

"Who are Nnoitra and Ulquiorra?" Kagome asked.

Grimmjow just mentally shook his head. "Nnoitra's a mantis demon with a boar demon for a servant. He's a down right ass. Also permanently in a fighting frenzy. If he doesn't know you, he will try to fight and kill you if he finds you to be powerful enough. If he does know you, hope you're on his good side."

"You can't beat a mantis?" Inuyasha mocked.

"Fine. You have a go at him. Let's see how long you last."

"How powerful is he?" Miroku asked.

"Well you know how the bigger the mantis, the more powerful it is?" Grimmjow said before Sango and Miroku nodded. "Nnoitra has a human form."

"Wow!" Shippo commented in awe. "He's powerful!"

"What do you mean?" the miko asked.

"Generally, the bigger the mantis, the stronger it is," Sango replied. "But if a mantis demon has a human form, it's means they're truly powerful. We can exactly have mantis demon the size of mountains running around, after all. When they get close to that size, they eventually gain a human form."

"What about this Ulquiorra, then?" Miroku broke in.

"He's a bat demon always drowning in his own despair," Grimmjow scoffed with a roll of his eyes. "His territory is wrapped around Nnoitra's. You would know if you ever go through it since it has more shadows than one would deem normal. He acts like he doesn't have emotions and just by looking at him, you would really think he doesn't. He kind of walks around as half bat-half human. Don't let it fool you, though. He's stronger than Nnoitra."

"You got quite a few friends, huh?" Kagome chirped.

Grimmjow shrugged. "Wouldn't exactly call them friends," he stated gruffly. "More like sparring partners."

"Would we run into them?" Shippo cautiously asked.

"Nnoitra…maybe," Grimmjow replied with a shrug of his shoulder. "If we keep going at this pace, we'll be in his part of the forest by midday tomorrow. If we don't run into him, we'll run into Tesla. He isn't as bad as Nnoitra, though."

"Well even if he does try to pick a fight, we'll just kill him and keep going," Inuyasha scoffed.

"You're not talking about Tesla, are you?" Grimmjow chuckled. "Killing Tesla's a bad move. Everyone in the forest knows he's Nnoitra's. And Nnoitra is very protective of what's his, even if he doesn't act like it. Kill Tesla, you've pissed off Nnoitra and he would really kill you. But if you're talking about Nnoitra, good luck with that because he'll slice you to pieces."

"I doubt that!" the half-demon snorted.

"I don't," Grimmjow argued.

"That confidence it going to get you in trouble, Inuyasha," Kagome pointed out.

"Says who?" Inuyasha gruffly asked.

"Says-"

"Grimmjow!" someone yelled out before the group turned to look at who it was. "You're traveling in a pack?!"

So who is it? Someone Grimmjow mentioned or another future Espada I may just bring in? Will it even be an Espada? Review and I shall update sooner for you to find out! I'm so evil.

Oh, and someone mentioned that when souls become Hollows, they don't remember anything from their pasts and they don't really look like their selves from when they were alive. Deal with it, it's fanfiction. Crap happens. I plan on having these guys remember Kagome at least.