Complicated
Chapter 3
AN: Thank you to Senbonzakura11, xbloody-mangax, ice devil cat demon, Hana-chan, Iamnotanobsessedfangirl, and Kumani Arentoi for reviewing! As to WammyBoysFTW…a special thanks for making your review the freaking most LONGEST review I've ever received! WOO! I'm honored! XD Now please enjoy chapter three~! It's a long one! (THAT'S WHAT SHE SAID…Sorry, HAD to say it…lol)
~G~
Grimmjow didn't say anything. He couldn't really because Mai's hand was over his mouth. All he did was stare into her eyes, obviously seeing that she was a bit afraid of going on this mission. 'What is Aizen thinking, sending her out?' It wasn't that he doubted her abilities, but he was just worried for her. 'Even if she DID sleep with another guy.' thought Grimmjow. He couldn't help but frown a bit.
Mai removed her hand from his face. "Grimmjow…? Are you okay?" she asked as Grimmjow frowned. When he didn't answer, she waved her hand in front of his face. "Grimmjow?" He didn't respond. 'Great, he's ignoring me.'
In Grimmjow's mind, he was thinking about the pros and cons of this mission Mai was going on. 'Good thing number one; I don't have to worry about avoiding her. She'll be away and I can have a few days of peace to myself.' His face lit up with a small smile. That was good; with Mai away, he can roam around and actually throw a wild crazy party like Nnoitra does. He always wanted to beat the Quinta at party-throwing, but Mai was always in the way. She was always in a bad mood when he came to tell her about his idea, so he usually quickly dismissed it.
"Grimmjow," a light slap to the face brought him back to reality. "I have to go soon." Mai smiled a sad smile. She looked liked she wanted to say something. When she didn't, Grimmjow went back to his pros and cons list.
'Bad thing number one; this mission is dangerous. Mai might get killed.' Grimmjow shook his head; he shouldn't think like that. Mai wasn't that much weaker then him. She should be capable of taking care of herself. 'Plus, she'll have Ulquiorra with her. If the emo bastard is useful to me in any way; it should be that he can protect Mai…but he's been known to not care about his comrades…Damn it…'
A light pressure being eased off his bed brought his attention back to reality again. Mai had gotten up and was heading toward the door. She was probably annoyed that he was ignoring her. Grimmjow thought he should try and stop her, but it would probably be best if they started over in the morning and said proper good-byes then.
~G~
She was gone.
The next morning, Grimmjow had woken up early to go and say a proper good-bye to Mai. He was planning to make sure that she knew he wasn't mad at her, but when he opened the door to her fraccion's room, they told her she was gone. Grimmjow knew before they even said anything. Hana was still in bed, even though she always woke up before everyone else. Kiatcero was sitting on the bed that was in the middle of the room, toying with the red ribbon that Mai always wore, but left behind this time. Leola was trying to keep herself together, wiping away a nonexistent tear every few minutes. It was clear that she was being a bit overemotional, but she, along with Hana and Kiatcero, all missed having their Espada around to lead them.
"Around three in the morning…Ulqui-san came in and woke us up. He said that it was time to go and took Mai-chan with him…" said Hana quietly. She may be upset, but she never ceases to call everyone by her nicknames. "Grimmy…Mai-chan's gonna be okay…right?"
Grimmjow just nodded; he was trying to be confident about Mai's abilities, but he couldn't help worrying about it.
"…Grimmjow-san…" It was surprising that Kiatcero would talk to him. He usually seemed afraid of the Sexta. "Before Mai-sama left…she told me to tell something."
"What? What did she say?" Grimmjow was probably scaring Mai's poor fraccion. Even though Kiatcero was taller then Grimmjow, he was still scared of the Sexta at times. This was one of them.
"W-well…she looked like she wanted to say something else…but all she said was "Don't let him have the party without me." Kiatcero went back to toying with the ribbon.
Mai's fraccion looked miserable. She went on missions before, but they knew that this one was far more dangerous. It must be more dangerous then Grimmjow thought if the three were this upset. 'I'm no good at making people feel better…but…'
"Mai's going to be fine." The three fraccion looked up. "She can fight for herself. Mai wouldn't go down without a fight. And even if they drug her and knock her out, she'll have that Ulquiorra there!"
"You mean she's going to get drugged and knocked out?" screeched Leola as she bolted up. Grimmjow shook his head.
"No! I didn't mean tha-!"
"What if Ulquiorra gets drugged and knocked out?" yelled Leola as she stomped over to Grimmjow. "Mai-san will definitely get killed if Ulquiorra gets killed!" She shoved Grimmjow as she continued. "Why didn't you stop Mai-san from going on this mission? Did something happen between you two? Did it really make you hate her that much? Do you REALLY want her to die?" cried Leola as she burst into tears. Hana and Kiatcero watched silently, giving Grimmjow no help what-so-ever. "If you really loved her, you would've stopped her from going to her death!"
"I never said I lo-!" Hana stopped him in mid-sentence. She was so quiet that they barely even heard her.
"Stop it…" She got up and walked over to the door. "Mai-chan will be fine…if…if you really think she's going to die…" Hana didn't finish her sentence. She just stood there holding the door open. "Mai-chan will be fine…" she said again, looking down at the floor.
Leola wiped at her eyes. "Hana's right… Mai-san's going to be okay. I mean seriously, she's the Sexta point Quinta Espada! If we all believe in her, she'll make it home. After that, we can have that party and celebrate!" said Leola, trying to keep everyone happy, especially herself. "I believe Mai-san's going to come home. She'll be alive and well too. Better then well; she'll barely have a scratch on her!" Leola was standing tall now. She was trying to convince everyone, but herself also.
~G~
It was now lunch time and Grimmjow was having lunch with his fraccion today. Usually, he would have lunch with Mai, since they both had lunch at the same time and usually ate with all their fraccion. Today, though, he was having lunch with his fraccion; and his fraccion only.
"Grimmjow, it's not like you to be so emotional," said Yylfordt as he swallowed the last his sandwich. D-Roy nodded as he poked his leftovers with a fork.
"Yeah, I mean seriously, if you're so worried, start thinkin' bad things 'bout 'er and you'll feel less worried!" said D-Roy as he stole one of Shawlong's fries. "That's what I would do." He seemed thoughtful for a bit. "Hmm…I hate how she won't let you have that party. You don't gotta listen to her! You're a higher rank!"
A shadow appeared over them. When Grimmjow turned around, he saw none other then Nnoitra Jiruga, Quinta Espada himself.
"So, Grimmjow, you're worried about your bitch? How kind of you," he sneered as he sat down beside the Sexta. "You shouldn't be worrying. She's easily replaceable if you're worried about your 'needs'," said Nnoitra with his usual grin. Grimmjow's fraccion laughed as they all got up to throw their trash away. "But big head's right; just think 'bout all the things ya hate about her and you won't miss her at all!"
Grimmjow shrugged, "I guess…"
"Well, I can't stay for long. Just think about what I said," said the Quinta as he got up. "See ya later, Grim."
'I guess they're right…' thought Grimmjow as he got up. 'Well…Yylfordt and D-Roy…Nnoitra was just Nnoitra.'
After lunch, there was free time. Usually, the Espada and fraccion would just spend their times relaxing and stuff like that. Since Ulquiorra wasn't here, Grimmjow had no one to bother. Mai wasn't here either, so he didn't have anyone to hang out with. He could hang out with Nnoitra or his fraccion…but they weren't helping him…at all.
"Grimmjow?" He turned around to see Leola standing there with a baggie. She was munching on some mini chocolate cookies. With a slightly relieved, but still slightly distressed look, Leola went up to Grimmjow. "Are you on your break?"
He nodded as the orange haired fraccion continued to eat her mini cookies. "Where's Kiatcero and Hana?"
Leola swallowed another cookie. "Hana's eating lunch in our room. Kiatcero-kun's training." She wiped the crumbs away from her face with her hand. "What are you doing?"
Grimmjow shrugged as he walked back to his room. Leola was still following him, but he didn't feel annoyed today, so he let her. Past the doorway, past some doors, through a hall or two, then they got to the Sexta Quarters. Leola followed Grimmjow right into his room. She continued eating the mini cookies as she sat herself on the couch.
"So…aren't you going to eat with Hana?" questioned Grimmjow a bit awkwardly. He wasn't used to having non-Espada in his room. The only non-Espada person was Yylfordt, but that was only he needed the blonde to help him fix the TV that Nnoitra always constantly broke.
Mai's fraccion shook her head. "No, Hana wants to be left alone. Kiatcero uses training as his escape from the world, so I have no right to bother them." Leola stuffed another cookie in her mouth before putting the bag away.
Grimmjow still had half an hour left before he had to go back to work. With nothing to do, no one to talk to, he just decided to take a nap…if Leola weren't sitting there watching him… So Grimmjow settled for going out on the balcony. It was windy out and Aizen's artificial sky had begun to let down a light artificial rain.
There was silence. No sounds except for the occasional breeze or the rain lightly hitting the railing. Everything seemed peaceful. Grimmjow just stood, staring out over the sand. He didn't care that his hair was getting wet; a lot of people said they liked it when his hair was down anyways.
~G~
It was two days later and Grimmjow found himself out on the balcony again. It was also rainy, just like two days before. Leola had been following him around for a while. She was usually with him before breakfast, after lunch, a few hours in the afternoon, and a bit before she went to sleep.
"…Grimmjow?" he looked over to see Leola walking out to the balcony with him. She didn't say anything as she looked up at the clouds. After another moment of silence, she climbed up on the railing and balanced on it. "I love rainy weather…" she said quietly as she glanced down at the railing that she was using as a seat.
Grimmjow looked over at her as she stared out at the sand.
"Mai-san seems to like windy and rainy weather too… Did you know that?" Leola asked quietly as she glanced over at Grimmjow. She smiled when he turned to her direction. "I wonder why?"
Grimmjow looked back over the railing. With all this rain, it was kind of depressing in his opinion. 'How could Mai possibly like this kind of weather?' It was amazing at the bonds some fraccion have with their Espada. He wondered if Leola and the other two were that close to Mai to be affected by her leaving like this. "Do you and Mai talk a lot?" He asked as Leola looked over at him. "I mean, I don't really give a damn about my fraccion."
She laughed a bit before looking out at the sand again. "Yeah, Mai-san and I talk sometimes…" Leola looked down before continuing. "Well, most of the time, we only talk if she gives me orders… Mai-san talks to Kiatcero a lot more, but she talks to us all. She usually only talks to him to give him advice or to tell him that he doesn't need to worry so much."
"Oh…" Something clicked in Grimmjow's head. He frowned as he pieced it together. 'That night that Mai was screaming…and Leola says that she likes to talk to Kiatcero a lot… That bastard!' "I'm going to kill him," growled Grimmjow as he headed back in from the rain.
"Grimmjow? Kill who?" Leola hopped off the railing and followed him, ignoring the water that was dripping from their clothes and hair. "Kill who? Grimmjow!" He ignored her as he continued trudging through the halls. There was only five minutes left in break, so he had to make it fast. "If you're going to kill Kiatcero-kun-!"
"Exactly," Grimmjow kept walking. In no time, he reached the training hall and found the purple haired fraccion wielding his sword. He was about to hit one of the practice dummies when Grimmjow spoke up. "Kiatcero!"
"Grimmjow-san?" He turned around and sonido'ed over to him. Leola poked him in the shoulder.
"Grimmjow, kill who? Why? Why Kiatcero? He hasn't done anything. He's always with one of us." Leola continued talking. "Kiatcero-kun never did anything to you. You shouldn't hurt him. He's never done anything wrong."
Jerico looked a bit scared at the fact that the Sexta Espada was about to try and kill him. "Wh-what…?"
"You were in it too!" Grimmjow yelled as he turned to Leola. 'That bastard Kiatcero isn't as innocent as he looks! He slept with Mai and that's why she was screaming! I can't believe he got Leola in on it! A threesome? I would usually congratulate him, but not when Mai's involved!' "You slept with Mai! Didn't you? Admit it, Kiatcero! If you do, I might make your death less painful!"
Instantly, Jerico started blushing. Leola was quiet for a second before laughing so hard that she fell to the ground. Grimmjow scowled at the two; he didn't get what was so funny.
"What's so funny?" he demanded as he glared at them. Kiatcero held up his hands defensively.
"I-I would never sleep with Mai-sama!" he cried as Grimmjow narrowed his eyes. Once he saw the questioning look on the Sexta's face, he knew he worded it wrong. "No! I mean, it's not because she's unattractive, but-!"
Grimmjow continued glaring at the fraccion. The Sexta took a step closer to the fraccion, who would probably be hyperventilating if he wasn't about to be killed.
"No! She IS pretty, but I-!" Kiatcero quickly jumped out of the way as Grimmjow bala'ed the spot he was just standing in. "No! Grimmjow-san, listen!"
Leola had continued laughing, not helping Jerico in any way. She sounded like she was trying to say something, but it only came out: "You…heard…BWAHAHAHA!"
"GRIMMJOW-SAN!" Kiatcero whipped out his zanpaktou and blocked Grimmjow's fist that was aiming at his face. "Listen to me! I was trying to say that she isn't ugly and I would never try to take her away from you!"
Grimmjow stopped and landed on his feet. Kiatcero also landed, but made sure he was way on the other side of the room. He was by the door, in case he had to run. He may be strong enough to be an Espada, but he wasn't about to challenge the Sexta for a position. Especially since he was quite worn out from training and Grimmjow was ready to kill at moment's notice. 'He's trying to catch me off guard…' thought Kiatcero as he carefully watched Grimmjow's every movement.
"Grimmjow-san…?" The Sexta didn't respond for a moment. Leola had ceased her laughing, thankfully, and was now calming down.
"Grimmjow, why are you being so defensive about Mai-san anyways?" Leola wiped a tear away as she held back another laugh. "Oh! I think I know why! You heard some screaming and moaning a few nights back; didn't you?"
Grimmjow nodded. "Yeah…Mai was sleeping with someone…wasn't she?" Leola burst out laughing all over again, leaving Kiatcero to explain everything.
The fraccion cautiously sonido'ed over, still keeping quite a distance between them. "Grimmjow-san, you mistook the…sounds…" He glanced over at Leola as he continued explaining. "Leola-san was imitating Mai-sama's voice and…you heard…" Kiatcero glanced down at his feet as his face turned pink.
"It was YOU?"
All Leola did in reply was laugh.
~L~
While Grimmjow was calming down, Leola and Jerico stood by. They were planning to go and get another lunch together (since while Leola's depressed, she eats), but before they could leave, Jerico started blushing a lot.
"L-Leola?" He turned away, trying to hide his oh-so-obvious blush. She turned to him, still trying to dry her damp hair.
"What?"
"Y-your shirt…" he stammered as he tried to stop blushing with no success.
"What about my shirt?" Leola looked down and didn't see anything wrong…to her…
"I-it's see through!" cried Jerico as he threw Leola her jacket. She was supposed to have a jacket with her since her dress was so revealing, but of course, Leola was Leola.
"Oops…I forgot. I was sitting in the rain for a while, so haha…sorry, Kiatcero-kun!" Leola gave a light laugh before leaving the room. "But c'mon Kiatcero, you're so innocent! Live a lil'!" she chirped as she bounced on her toes.
That caused a few disturbing images.
~G~
Since Grimmjow had tried to kill Jerico, they agreed it was only fair if he helped the fraccion train. While they trained, they talked. Mostly it was Grimmjow that was doing the talking, but Kiatcero listened and answered any questions he had.
"Oi, Kiatcero…" Grimmjow deflected the fraccion's cero. "Don't you miss Mai? The other two seems to."
Jerico sent a bala at Grimmjow's direction, but the Sexta sonido'ed away before it hit him. "Yes…but don't you? Mai-sama talks about you a lot." He flipped out of the way as Grimmjow sent his own cero.
It was kind of surprising that Mai talked about him. Sure, it would be obvious that he turns up in their conversations from time to time, but it was surprising that she talked about him a lot. 'I bet he's just saying it to make me feel better. Che; bastard.'
"Really? What does she say about me?" asked Grimmjow almost casually as he made a move towards Kiatcero's head. The fraccion sonido'ed away before appearing behind Grimmjow again, giving him a kick to the back.
"Mai-sama usually complains about all your bad habits." Kiatcero barely finished his sentence before Grimmjow punched him to the ground. "Ow! That actually hurt…"
"Suck it up," was all Grimmjow told him. "So what are my so called bad habits?" asked Grimmjow as he settled down on a pillar. He watched as Mai's fraccion got up and brushed himself off. He care checked to see if anything was broken before glancing up at the Sexta.
"Being ignorant," said Jerico as he appeared behind Grimmjow, aiming his zanpaktou at the Espada's neck. Once Grimmjow turned around, he found a punch aimed at his face. He jumped down from the pillar before he could get any bruises from a mere fraccion. "She also says you snore too loud when you have…erotic dreams…" The fraccion blushed as he deflected a light cero.
"WHAT?" Grimmjow barely paid attention as he made a swipe at the fraccion's arm. "How the hell does she know if I have a wet dream?" Now that's just an invasion of privacy. It was one thing to have a girl as your roommate, but another thing if she can tell when you have colorful dreams.
"W-well…" Kiatcero placed himself up on the highest pillar. "Mai-sama says that she always know because you always wake up in the middle of the night after your…dream. She mentioned that you usually take a shower, or wake her up."
"Seriously? She knows the reason why I wake her up?" Grimmjow was surprised. He usually woke Mai up after one of his colorful dreams for one reason. He knew if he stared at her sleeping figure for too long, he'll get the urge to do something. He always woke her up and just told her that he didn't mean to.
"Mai-sama says that you have odd ways of waking her up though…"
"Yeah, well…"
FLASHBACK
Grimmjow opened his eyes and let out a sigh. He had just woken up after one of his wonderfully wet dreams. What woke him was the sound of water. He saw that Mai just washed her hand and was currently getting back into bed. Actually, she got the couch that night, so she got back into the couch…
Grimmjow felt 'urges' rising within him. He knew it wasn't the best idea, but hey, he just woke up from his 'dream'. If Mai went to sleep now, he'd probably regret everything in the morning.
She seemed to be just about to fall asleep when Grimmjow decided how to keep his 'urges' down. If he didn't, well, like he said, he'd regret it.
"MAI!" he suddenly yelled, scaring the living daylights out of her. She bolted up and stared wearingly at him. By the looks of things, it looked like she was thinking someone broke in.
"Grimmjow?" she got off the couch to go turn on the lights. "Are you okay?" Next, she walked over to him and crouched down groggily beside him. "Seriously, your face is all red."
He nodded, "Y-yeah, I'm fine." He didn't say anything, just hoping that his outburst would get Mai to stay awake for long enough for him calm down. She didn't move from her spot beside him; that didn't help him at all. From his point of view, Grimmjow could see down her shirt. Sure, she wasn't as 'blessed' as Harribel, but eh, girls are girls. He wasn't too picky.
Mai didn't seem to believe him. "Are you sure?" she asked with a worried look. He could just feel his face heat up even more. 'No…I can't tell her that I had a wet dream! Especially not that it was about her…'
"Then why did you wake me up?" She turned off the lights and started to go back to the couch.
"Wait, Mai!" She turned back around, looking a bit annoyed.
"What?" Grimmjow tried to think of an excuse. 'Crap, crap, crap, crap…What am I supposed to say? Oh, crap, crap, crap…'
"Um…I..." he tried to think of something to say. "…had a nightmare." Mai just stood there, staring dumbfounded at him. "Will you stay awake for a while?"
Mai sighed before glancing over at Grimmjow again. He was seriously hoping she would stay awake. He needed to fall asleep before she did…or else. "Fine, you big baby." She groggily got up once again and walked over to the other side of the bed. Mai crawled in and under the blankets. She turned over to face Grimmjow. "If you're that scared, I'll sleep with you, tsk, idiot." She turned around and let out another sigh. "Night…"
'What? I wanted her to stay awake! Not sleep in the same bed as me! No!' Grimmjow stared at Mai's back, willing her to go back to the couch. 'I said stay awake, not sleep with me!' She didn't move. It also didn't help that she didn't feel too awkward about it. 'I can't sleep!'
END FLASHBACK
"The next morning, it was freakin' awkward," finished Grimmjow. Kiatcero was blushing like crazy and started babbling about how he didn't need to know that.
"You looked down Mai-sama's shirt? That's disrespectful! I didn't need to know that and I really didn't want to know and I just, oh no, I'll never be able to get that image out of my head!" cried Jerico as he jumped off the pillar. He excused himself before jogging out of the training area.
"Tsk, he's secretly a pervert. I swear." Grimmjow grinned before sonido'ing back to his room.
~G~
One week later, Grimmjow found himself sitting in his room on a rainy and miserably night. He was sitting there playing with the red ribbon that Kiatcero had. The fraccion had given it to him. When Grimmjow asked why he gave it to him, Jerico gave a smile. "Because I think you will need it more then we do."
'Tsk, what does he mean by that?' thought Grimmjow as he leaned back. It just felt so empty without the Sexta point Quinta around. He could always sense her reiatsu somewhere nearby, but there was barely any trace of it right now. That mission was far. It was deep into Hueco Mundo where even Aizen doesn't know what's there. All he knew was that there was strong Vasto Lorde there. 'But why is he sending Mai? He knows she's probably not strong enough to defeat a Vasto Lorde. Why didn't he send Harribel?' Grimmjow continued toying with the ribbon. 'Red…red…red…' The red of the ribbon wasn't really calming his nerves at all.
"Red…just reminds me of blood," mumbled Grimmjow to himself as he started arranging the ribbon to form shapes and letters. 'This is just freaking confusing,' thought Grimmjow as he glanced at the picture Mai had put on the nightstand. One showed her three fraccion sitting with her. There was only one chair, and Kiatcero was sitting on it. Leola had decided to sit on his lap, causing him to blush and Hana had an arm around the two of them from behind, getting between the two with a wide grin. Mai has her head resting on her hand, propping her elbow on the chair and leaning in with everyone else.
Grimmjow remembered that he had called Kiatcero a lucky bastard that was surrounded by babes 24/7. Of course, that caused him to blush even more.
'My fraccion tell me to think bad thought about Mai. Sure, that helps me get over it a little bit…but Mai's fraccion tell me to think good thoughts and remember her.' Grimmjow scowled mentally and shook his head. 'I'll ignore all of them. Mai's gonna come home and life will get back to normal.'
He messed with the ribbon a bit more and glanced up at the other picture Mai had on the nightstand. Grimmjow couldn't help but get distracted as he stared at the picture, still messing with the ribbon as he did so.
The picture was taken on Grimmjow's birthday. 'I remember that…it was just last year…' Grimmjow had just woken up when he found Mai sitting on his bed with a smile on her face. What surprised him was that she wasn't in her uniform, even though it was already past noon. She was wearing a black tank top and white shorts; her sleepwear. Grimmjow remembered that he was only in his boxers, and that was certainly a fact Mai ignored as she crawled into his lap and wrapped her arms around his neck. She planted a kiss on his cheek as Leola snapped a picture.
When asked why she did it, Mai frowned with a blush. "To give you a happy memory of me," she would reply. When Grimmjow asked Leola, she said that she dared Mai to do it and she couldn't say because she was dared.
The sound of a door opening brought Grimmjow's attention back to his reality. Hana was coming into the room, hugging her pillow as she quietly shut the door behind her. "Grimmy…" Hana silently got onto the couch and tucked herself in. "Can I sleep in here tonight…?"
Grimmjow shrugged, "I don't care." He didn't really care about anything right now. Hana was probably missing Mai the most out of all of them. She was the youngest, but also was Mai's comrades when she was living in the wide desert of Hueco Mundo. She seemed happy most of the time, but according to everyone, she hadn't been very lively lately.
The room was silent, except for the sound of rain hitting the balcony railing. Grimmjow glanced at the ribbon he was toying around with. Unconsciously, he had spelled out MAI with it. 'That's just creepy.'
"Grimmy…do you think Mai-chan will be alright?" asked Hana as she turned over on the couch.
Grimmjow nodded, "Weren't you the one always saying she'll come back home and be okay?" asked Grimmjow as he pulled the ribbon out of it's spelling. "She'll be fi-"
Leola suddenly slammed the door open with Kiatcero right behind her. She had a panicked look on her face. Kiatcero seemed worried and they both were in an obvious hurry. "Grimmjow!"
"What?" Grimmjow and Hana both sat up, ready for almost any emergency situation.
"It's Mai-san…" Leola said with panic.
"What about her?" asked Grimmjow, feeling dread, but hope at the same time. No one said anything for a while. Leola had tears streaming down her face and Kiatcero stood there silently.
"She's-!"
"Is Mai okay?" Grimmjow got out of bed with Hana following him. "Tell me! Is Mai alright?" He shook Leola's shoulders, but not a word came from her. He couldn't tell if her tears were from happiness or from sadness. "Leola…is Mai okay?"
The fraccion started crying all over again. Kiatcero put his hand on Leola's shoulder and Hana looked scared and worried. Leola sobbed as she buried her face into Jerico's jacket.
"Kiatcero…is Mai okay?" Grimmjow looked up at him. Jerico looked at him with sad eyes.
He shook his head, "No."