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Someone Be My Escape
Chapter 2: If We're Friends, We Help Each Other
Finally the two weeks of detention were over! At last she was free and could do whatever she wanted within that hour after school. Over the past two weeks her group had kind of gotten to know the new transfer students, but Tamara and Grimmjow still didn't get along well. But they were getting better. At least they weren't trying to rip each others heads off. Maybe that was because they had to spend an hour for 2 weeks together. Maybe they got to know each other? Ya right!
"FINALLY!", exclaimed Tamara, stretching as she stood outside the school building with her old and newly found friends. "No more stupid detention", she stated, stretching slightly. "OOHHH!! YES!! Finally we can hang out longer!!", exclaimed Natalie. "Oh!! Oh!! You guys HAVE to come to our place!! OUR PARENTS JUST GOT A HUGE FLAT SCREEN!!", exclaimed Tasha, "It's HUGE! We can watch movies and what not!". Yes, the twins were rich. But despite that, were not snobs like most and were actually pretty awesome people, and so were her parents. "Ehh, sorry guys..", Zeke murmured, "Gunna have to skip out. The old man has me working at the shop till 11 tonight...". "Awww!", the twins frowned. "Ah, well maybe tomorrow or something. Shiro can't come either, his step parents are still pretty pissed about his suspension so their keeping him on a tight leash", stated Tamara. "Aww!", the twins repeated. "We still got our new additions to the gang", Tamara pointed at the four, "What do ya say guys? The twins have lots of games like pool and what not. There house is probably the most interesting place in this whole bloody town". The four Espada were silent, as if silently discussing it with one another on whether or not they would do this. "We have nothing planned...", replied Ulquiorra before everyone now gazed at Grimmjow, wondering if he would comply as well. "I'll come...", murmured Grimmjow, crossing his arms and looking away. "Aww, ya make it sound like it's a death sentence!!", the twins exclaimed, now grabbing both of Grimmjow's arms and clinging to them as they dragged him along. "Hey! LET GO!", he hissed at them, but they obviously didn't listen as they pulled him from the school yard, "It'll be SO much fun!", laughed the twins.
"Well see ya guys sometime over the weekend...", murmured Zeke, waving everyone goodbye before heading off down the street. Everyone else followed after the twins, who were still dragging Grimmjow. "I swear those two aren't afraid of anything..", murmured Tamara. "What do ya mean?", questioned Yammy. She looked back at the large male, "Well Grimmjow, especially with his threats, isn't the nicest guy around. To most, he would appear creepy. But to those two girls, even if there like a third of his height, they don't care. Who knows, Maybe some of there hyper and kindness'll brush off on him". She let out a small laugh. Ya, like that was gunna happen.
"So where have you guys been staying anyway? You all just moved here, and surprisingly showed up together and seem to know each other pretty well. So what's your stories?", Tamara asked, looking back at the three. They seemed to stay silent, which only heightened her curiosity. "We're all orphans...and so we take care of each other...", Halibel, who had finally spoken more than two words since she had been there, finally spoke. "Ah, that's cool. I'm an orphan myself. Parents dumped me at some orphanage", she chuckled, shaking her head, "But whatever. Who needs parents, I'm fine on my own".
The group had finally arrived at the twins house, and they FINALLY released Grimmjow as they entered the large mansion like home. "WELCOME TO OUR HOME!!", they exclaimed in unison. The group seemed to be a bit surprised that the twins owned such a large house. The fact for that was probably because humans normally owned tiny little things, or so they all had seen in Karakura Town anyway. It was a surprise that humans actually had a house like this. Mind you, it was no where near as large as Las Noches, but for a human it was pretty big.
"TO THE BASEMENT!", Natalie exclaimed, standing 'epically' by a large door, which she opened and it had a stair case that led into the basement. The group followed the twins down into the large, quite open basement, which had a theater like area in front of the new and quite large big screen TV and they had pool, air hockey, table tennis, and table soccer tables and a few shelves of various board games and the twins even owned a poker set. They also had a various assortment of video games and game systems. "Pick a game guys and have some fun", commented Tamara as she walked over to the pool table, "Who wants to play some pool?!". "Aww, we always play that!!", complained the twins. "Fine, you don't have to play", her gaze shifted to the other four, "You guys up for a game?". Halibel stepped forward and grabbed one of the sticks, looking at Tamara as if to say, "I'll play". Grimmjow grabbed one of the sticks, raising a brow at it for a moment before looking at Tamara, "I'm in too". Ulquiorra and Yammy took a seat on the large sofa in front of the large tv and starred blankly at it. The twins began showing them various video games that they could play. Yammy was really getting into the games where you got to kill people. It didn't seem odd though since guys normally liked those games.
Tamara turned the stereo on and grinned, "Let's do this". She set up the balls on the pool table, "Halibel, you break them". Halibel looked at Tamara before looking back at the balls and walking around, lining her stick up with the white ball before pushing it into the white ball, causing it to shoot into the crowd of stripped and colored balls, the group now separating and going everywhere. In a game like this, there was no one who was strips or colors. It was just how many balls you could get in since they didn't have teams. They even had a chalk board to keep score. Tamara walked around, "My turn", she stated, lining her stick up with the white ball and hitting it, knocking the yellow stripped ball into the right bottom pocket. "Yaah, one point for me!!", she stated, going to shoot another.
By the end of the first match between Halibel, Tamara and Grimmjow, Halibel had lost. Only having sunk 2 balls, the rest tying Tamara and Grimmjow up. "Time for a tie breaker match", Tamara announced, Halibel going over to watch the others play video games now. "This is boring..", grunted Grimmjow, finding this game annoying. All it was, was hitting balls into holes with sticks. Annoying. "Oh? Well...how bout we bring it up a notch and bet something, huh?", she questioned, grinning as she leaned on her pool stick. Everyone went silent, the video game being paused as everyone looked over at the two.
Grimmjow seemed intrigued by this, "Oh yeah? Is it just gunna be some petty bet where we bet some crap like buying someone food or that shit or is it gunna be a serious bet?". "A serious bet", she stated. "Ok then...", Grimmjow smirked, crossing his arms. Oh the things he could think of to make her do if he won the bet. "If I win, you gotta be my slave for a week", Tamara stated, "Doing everything I want you to do". Oh how she could make him suffer. "Fine, but if I win, I get a strip show", he stated, half joking, or was he? She smirked, knowing she was going to win anyway so that didn't bother her. She held out her hand and they shook on it. They put the balls back into a group and this time Grimmjow went first. He separated the balls and got a solid red in. He was solids and she was stripes. He tried again for another solid, but just missed getting it in the pocket. Tamara got 2 balls in before hers missed.
This went on for a while now and the two were now tied for who could knock in the eight ball. The group was on the edge of their seats now as they watched the game. "Hello down there!", the twins mother suddenly shouted down, "Are you kids hungry?". Everyone looked around and agreed they were hungry. "Ya!", the twins exclaimed. "Well come on up and get some food!", their mother called back down. This would leave Grimmjow and Tamara's game unfinished. Everyone headed upstairs and into the large dining room, which had a large rectangular table, which reminded the four Espada of a meeting table.
The group sat around it and waited as different dishes of food were brought to the table. "We heard our twins had some new friends so we decided to prepare a feast to welcome you all!", stated the twins mother. She was a blonde just like her daughters, except with a more orangey color to her hair. The twins father then walked into the room. He had dark black hair and seemed to stick out of the family since they all had lighter hair. "I heard my girls had some new friends. It's nice to meet you all. I'm Iaratsu Hakumei, and this is my wife, Aria Hakumei", the man stated, welcoming his wife into his arms. "DADDY!", exclaimed the twins, glomping him now. "Haha, hello girls", he laughed.
After everyone was seated and introduced they began to feast. The food was quite good. At first the four Espada seemed to be hesitant on eating it but once they had a few bites, they were eating just like everybody else.
It was getting quite late now since after they all had finished eating, they just talked for a while, getting to know each other. "Hey, what about our game?", grumbled Grimmjow, looking at Tamara. She looked over at him, "Oh...hm...Guess you can be my slave cause you were gunna lose anyway". "WHAT?!", growled Grimmjow, glaring at Tamara, "I'm not being your fucking slave. I wasn't going to lose". "Well whatever, let's just forget about it anyway. It's getting late, should start heading home", stated Tamara, getting to her feet and stretching, "Thanks a lot Mr and Mrs. H, the food was awesome!". "Any time. You all are welcome here whenever you like", replied Mrs. H, smiling at them all. "See you tomorrow Nat, Tasha, we'll grab Zeke and sneak Shiro out and hang out all day", she stated to the twins. "Yep! See you guys tomorrow!", the twins waved them goodbye at the door and the remainder of the group began walking down the streets.
"You know, you guys never did say where you've been staying", Tamara stated, looking at the group. "What's it matter to you?", Grimmjow questioned, narrowing his gaze at her. "Well we're friends now, right? You're all part of the gang now, even if the 'gang' will no longer be together in a years time. Friends have to wonder these things, besides I gotta know so we can come get ya in the morning", stated Tamara. Grimmjow raised a brow, human ways confused him. 'Friendship' was even more confusing. He would never understand humans. "We're staying in the old apartment buildings at the far end of town...", Ulquiorra finally answered her question. They hadn't actually had a room there, they merely stayed on the roof top at night while one of them watched over Tamara's apartment. But they wouldn't tell her that. "Oh cool, well guess we're separating here cause my apartments this way", she pointed down a dimly lit street, "See ya guys tomorrow".
She stuffed her hands in her pockets as she walked down the dark street. It was always like this. Dark and creepy. Her neighborhood wasn't the best one around either, especially at night. It was quite dangerous. But she never gave it no thought since she knew she could take care of herself anyway, at least that's what she thought. Her gaze shifted towards the surprisingly clear night sky and fell on the pale orb that always resided there in the darkness, the moon. 'Life'll be so dull after we all split up after graduation, and Shiro'll be all alone in that blasted high school. Man, I wish we didn't have to split up, wish we could be together for-', her thoughts were cut short as she heard some sounds down an alleyway up ahead. Her heart pounded slightly at the sudden startle, but she calmed herself down by just telling herself it was a stray cat. As she got closer though, two men emerged from the alley, both wielding pipes. She stopped, glancing back as she saw three other guys behind her. She looked back at the two in front of her. "What the hell do you want?", she growled, quite unamused by the situation. "We're gunna have some fun, that's what we want. If ya come nicely, maybe we won't have to bash in your head with these pipes", stated the one man closest to the alley.
Tamara rolled her eyes, shaking her head slightly, "Look", she paused as she pulled out her wallet and threw 5 dollars his way, "There's five bucks, go find yourself a cheap hooker. Night". She tried to walk around them but the men only closed in on her, not even bothering with the money. She stopped once again. This was getting annoying. "Fuck off already", she growled. "Not until we have our fun first!", called one of the men behind her. She heard him running at her and she side stepped, holding out her arm so she clothes lined him. "Why you little bitch!", growled another, now coming at her as well. He swung at her head and she ducked down, kicking his feet out from under him. She didn't have much time to react to the pipe coming at her head though so she merely held up her arm as a last defense, wincing as it hit her arm with a bone wrenching crunch. "You're a stupid little bitch. Should've come quietly", stated another one as she was suddenly hit in the back by another pipe and forced to the ground, "Fuck man, let's just knock her our!!". "No, this bitch needs to be taught a lesson!", stated one of the others, suddenly kicking her in the face.
They all began kicking and beating her with the pipes, murmuring quite a few curse words. "Bitches need to know there place in the wo-", but the man never got his last words out as he was thrown aside by someone. "Who the fuck are you?!", grunted one of them. Tamara couldn't see what was happening since she was curled up on the ground in the fetal position, but if she was looking she would see her savior, or rather saviors were Ulquiorra and Yammy. "You're nothing but trash – all of you", Tamara recognized that voice as Ulquiorra's, and was quite relieved by it, but she found her body hurt when she moved so she just continued to lay there, hoping the pain would just stop soon. "Heeyyy! Let's get outta here!", exclaimed one of the attackers, Tamara managed to lift her head to watch the five men running off, a couple of them supporting one of there members white two others were limping off behind them.
She dropped her head back to the ground, not being able to support it anymore. A few seconds passed and she suddenly felt gentle arms around her form, which lifted her up bridal style. She opened her eyes, seeing it was Ulquiorra. It was funny, but she never really noticed just how oddly green his eyes were, but they were nice none the less. "Sorry...", she murmured, "Wish ya didn't...have to catch me like that...". The silence from Ulquiorra made her rather nervous. He didn't try to comfort, he didn't try to show his worry. He was definitely an odd one. "Where's the hospital in this town...?", Ulquiorra asked. "Hm..?", she murmured, still in quite a daze, "Oh uhm...we don't have one...We have to go to Karakura Town for the hospital...". Just what Ulquiorra didn't want to hear. "Alright...", he finally murmured, "You rest. I will get you to the hospital". "Mhm...", Tamara murmured, drifting off into unconsciousness. It probably wasn't the best thing for her at the moment, but it was the only way Ulquiorra could get her there faster without her knowing something was wrong about him and the others.
Once Ulquiorra was sure she was asleep he opened up a gargantua, only glancing over at Yammy for a moment. "Inform the other two of this. Tell them I have taken her to the hospital in Karakura Town. If you end up coming, be careful. We do not need those shinigami there involved in this", and with that, Ulquiorra stepped into the gargantua and it closed behind him.
"WHAT?!", growled Grimmjow as he heard the news from Yammy. He cursed lowly. This was not good. He was now blaming Ulquiorra for this. He should've shown up at the scene before the damn fighting started, and if he was there he would've killed every last one of the attackers. "Calm down Grimmjow...", Halibel muttered in a slight whisper, but loud enough to be heard. "Now Aizen's gunna have our heads...", he muttered lowly, bunching the wall of the roof top entrance, causing it to crack a little. "Yes, indeed Aizen-sama is very upset about this", came a voice and the three gazed upward towards a certain silver haired shinigami. "Gin...", murmured Grimmjow, crossing his arms. "But Aizen-sama doesn't believe it was anyone's fault, which is very lucky for you four. Humans are very unpredictable and since the attackers had no reitsu you wouldn't have known about the attack. Lucky that Aizen-sama is so understanding", Gin stated, grinning at the three now as he stood on the roof top. "So what, ya just come here to mock us?!", growled Grimmjow. "Not entirely", Gin replied, noticing that just pissed Grimmjow off even more, "I actually came to give you a little bit of a warning".
After Ulquiorra had brought Tamara into the hospital, she was taken to emergency right away and Ulquiorra had to give a statement as to what happened. He spoke the truth and only the truth. That he had found her being attacked while on his way home, and that they were 'friends'. He was told to wait in the waiting room, which just annoyed him since he would much rather be in the same room as Tamara. You never know who could randomly walk into the hospital in Karakura Town. It wasn't safe there. Why this had to happen tonight of all nights was beyond him. Humans were annoying trash.
Ulquiorra had been sitting in the waiting room for about two hours now. This hospital was annoying. Two whole hours and no new information. His gaze shifted as he spotted the three other Espada enter the hospital and come into the waiting room. They came and took seats near him. "Any information?", Halibel questioned. "No..", Ulquiorra replied simply, "She's been in the emergency for two hours, that's all I know...". "God damn it...", murmured Grimmjow, annoyed at how slow the hospital was.
The group suddenly heard a scream and it sounded a lot like Tamara. They quickly rushed to the emergency area, hearing more screams and shouting. As they opened the door, they had to side step a fire extinguisher that was being thrown out of the room. "GET ME OUTTA HERE!!", as the group looked in they could see Tamara on her feet. She was quite bruised, but surprisingly she was standing. Her one arm was in a sling and she was trying to fend off doctors and nurses that were around her. Her head was also bandaged. "What the heck are you doing women?!", growled Grimmjow. "Trying to leave, that's what!!", she replied, throwing some other items at the doctors and nurses, who were now trying to tell her to calm down. "Why the hell do ya wanna leave? You're injured you idiot!", Grimmjow retorted. "I HATE hospitals!!", she replied once more, backing away from the doctors.
Grimmjow growled, this was annoying as all hell. Halibel suddenly stepped into the room and by the doctors. "H-Hey...what are you doing...?!", Tamara questioned, backing away from Halibel slightly, "Halibel...?". Suddenly she was pulled into a hug by Halibel, who whispered some words of kindness and stated that everything was going to be fine. While they were there nothing bad would happen to her. That was a promise. Surprisingly Halibel's comfort calmed Tamara down and she stopped throwing stuff and trying to run away. "Ok...I'll stay...But you guys have to be in the room at all times!", Tamara stated. Hospitals were her number one fear. Probably because of some trauma she had suffered when she was a young child that she didn't particularly like. Hell, no one would've liked what she had to go through. The doctors agreed to let the four stay in the room with Tamara. There would be no point in arguing with the stubborn teen.
After the doctors finished their work on Tamara, she now sat back in the bed and let out a soft sigh, "Man...sorry again that I troubled you guys with this. At least you didn't tell the twins, Zeke or Shiro yet. That would really be an embarrassment...". "Embarrassment?!", growled Grimmjow, "You could've gotten yourself killed. What the hell were you thinking taking on five guys alone?!". "Uhm, let's see. They surrounded me and left me no exit to get away, idiot!", she barked back. "You're not aloud to walk around at night alone anymore!", hissed Grimmjow. "AND WHY NOT?!", she exclaimed. "BECAUSE WE DON'T NEED ANOTHER TRIP TO THE HOSPITAL, THAT'S WHY!!", Grimmjow yelled back. "Stop arguing...", Ulquiorra chimed in, "As long as she's not dead yet then there's no need to fight...". That was putting it bluntly, but Ulquiorra had a point.
"So why do you hate 'hospitals' anyway?", grumbled Yammy, yawning slightly. "Let's just say bad childhood experiences...", Tamara replied, shuttering slightly before leaning back on the pillows behind her. "Rest now", Ulquiorra said, or rather ordered. She didn't feel like arguing against it. She was tired. "Thanks for being here guys...", she murmured as she made herself comfy in the bed and closed her eyes. Now drifting off to sleep. As she slept, the group quietly discussed what Gin had told them. The Soul Society was still clueless about Tamara, but the other people that were after her were watching from a distance. It was still unknown as to their motives. But whatever their reasons, they would keep Tamara away from them. She belonged to Aizen.
Tamara awoke late the next morning to notice she was laying in her bed at home. She still had the bandages on her so last night did happen, but she was home. She sat up slightly, letting out a soft sigh, "That was a rough night...". She pushed the covers aside with her un-bandaged arm and climbed from the bed, heading down the hall and stopping just at the entrance of the living room. Grimmjow was passed out on the couch, Yammy sprawled out over the floor, Halibel was sitting in the recliner asleep, and Ulquiorra appeared to be no where. She saw that the screen door to the small balcony was open and just the screen was shut. She walked over and saw Ulquiorra outside, "Morning". Ulquiorra looked back at her now, nodding slightly in response. She opened the screen door, shutting it as she came out onto the balcony with him. She lived on the 4th floor, which was the top floor in her building. Tamara leaned on the railing of the balcony, looking out over the small town, "Guess you guys found out where I live and brought me home, huh?". "Hm..", was all Ulquiorra said, his gaze not leaving her. "Did the others stop by? It's late and we were supposed to hang out..", she looked over at Ulquiorra. "Halibel went and informed them what happened but they have not been by today. She told them you needed your rest", Ulquiorra responded, finally looking away from her.
"Oh, I see...", Tamara let out an annoyed sigh, "Sorry again for all the trouble I caused you guys last night. There are some real idiots who live around this town. Unlike Karakura Town, this place is full of poverty and a lot of people struggle to live, but Natalie and Natasha's parents help the town out with funds and that since they're pretty wealthy. Which is a good thing. They even pay my rent here so I can focus on my education instead of struggling to get the money for rent and food. Last night I should've just stayed at the twins or something, five against one isn't a good number when they have pipes...". "You think if they didn't have weapons you would have won..?", Ulquiorra suddenly asked. She looked at him and smirked, "Ya I do, guys aren't something I worry about. That's why when you guys first showed up, Grimmjow wasn't intimidating. I don't think sex has anything to do with power, nore how much muscle the other guy has. You have to rely on more than just brawn when fighting. I'm fast and can dodge easily, but since there were five of them with pipes, one got me then the other and before I knew it I was on the ground. Really sucks when I didn't have a weapon...". Ulquiorra stared at her for a moment. He agree with her logic. To win a battle you needed more than just brawn. Speed, brains, the proper strategy – all of that and much more were other key things that were required when fighting. She may have only been human, but she had the knowledge to be a skilled fighter. "Before....when you apologize. It has no meaning...", Ulquiorra stated bluntly. She looked at him in disbelief, "What, my apology not good enough?!". "It's no needed", Ulquiorra replied simply. "What do ya mean it's not needed...?", she asked. "It's like you said the other day, 'friends' help each other out and worry for each other. We're friends, so of course we would worry...", Ulquiorra replied, repeating what she had said the other day.
She looked at him, a bit surprised that he had actually been listening to her the other day. She then smiled, patting him on the back slightly, which seemed to surprised Ulquiorra. "You're a good guy, ya know that Ulquiorra. Sure ya look weird, but looks don't count in my world. You're just like me and the others people see differently. We don't belong, only with each other are we considered normal", Tamara stated. "Oih!! WOMEN!", exclaimed Grimmjow, "WHAT THE HELL ARE YOU DOING OUT OF BED?!". That just ruined the moment. Tamara glared back towards the screen door where Grimmjow now stood, "What, I can't even get out of bed now?!". "No ya can't!", growled Grimmjow. He didn't want her getting hurt anymore and if she stayed in bed then they could keep an eye on her better since while she was injured like this, she was quite vulnerable. "You're annoying as all hell, Grimmjow...", Tamara murmured, heading back inside her apartment.
Yammy and Halibel had woken up from Grimmjow's angry yell. Yammy was sitting up and scratching his head in annoyance while Halibel was just staring at Grimmjow, annoyed that he had yelled. "You really gotta learn not to shout", Tamara stated, "I DO have neighbors, ya know?!". "Pfft, maybe if you listened better I wouldn't yell", Grimmjow stated. Tamara turned around, shaking a fist at Grimmjow, "Ok Grimmy, ya wanna start something AGAIN?!". "GRIMMY?!", he growled. "Ya, Grimmy! BRING IT ON!", Tamara exclaimed, only to have a hand rest on her head. Grimmjow's hand. "Be quiet shrimp...We can fight once you're healed. You wouldn't last 10 seconds in your state", stated Grimmjow before walking passed her and out of the apartment. "Well...that was...random...", Tamara murmured to herself.
END:~ I know, sappy and boring Chapter but I promise number 3 will be WAY better and lots of action stuff and maybe some bloody murder =D If I get that into it....xD But ya...Please review guys! That would be much appreciated.