Chapter 3 - The Confrontation

Disclaimer: If I owned Bleach, I'd have killed off Inoue Orihime in the first episode already. Reason of death? Food poisoning from the food she cooks.

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Previously…

Without saying a word, Grimmjow stood up and lifted Ichigo onto his back and kept him there. He then proceeded to open a Garganta and sonidoed into it. If Ulquiorra had seen Inoue, he made no indication to show it so she followed after Grimmjow. The rest of the group left, via the Garganta, as well.

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In Karakura Town, a Garganta opened above the Kurosaki House. The group of Shinigami and humans came out of it and landed on its roof. Rukia and Renji were given the task of staying behind to keep an eye on Grimmjow while the others left to report to, as Kyouraku Shunsui put it, Yama-jii.

After the Shinigami, except Rukia and Renji, left, Grimmjow hopped onto the windowsill of Ichigo's bedroom, ripped the blanket off the bed and gently laid Ichigo on it. Rukia and Renji had already gotten into their Gigai and came into the room just in time to see Grimmjow putting the blanket on Ichigo. The two turned the chairs in the room to face Grimmjow and sat on it, intending to stare at him until he says something about their relationship. Meanwhile, Grimmjow walked over to the other side of the bed and sat on it.

After a few minutes, a tic mark appeared on Grimmjow's cheek. He shouted, "What the hell are you staring at?"

Rukia and Renji shushed him with a finger on their lips. They pointed to Ichigo who half-opened his tired eyes. Grimmjow leaned forward and stroked his hair until he fell asleep again. Grimmjow then turned to the two Shinigami in the room and gave them a look that clearly said: "Tell me what you're staring at or else I'll blast you with a cero."

Renji was the first one to speak, "How did the both of you become a couple?"

He sighed. "I so did not want to talk about this."

"You'd better start talking now." Rukia said and tried to give her best imitation of Unohana's 'scary face'. Turned out good though, cause Grimmjow started talking.

"Yeesh! Fine, I'll talk. Keep that face away. After Ulquiorra and Yammy went back to Hueco Mundo from their mission to… I don't know what but they came here to do it, Ulquiorra showed us what happened here in a meeting by crushing his eye." Rukia made a face at this information. "The dust from the crushed eye can convey the information. At that time, I didn't really know Ichigo so I almost attacked Ulquiorra for not killing him. So I made my own plans and brought my Fracción here. I ordered them to kill anyone with a shred of reiatsu. Then off they went to their deaths!

"If this midget here came remember, after she killed Di Roy, I appeared and demanded which one of you," he gestured to Ichigo and Rukia. "is stronger. Neither one of you answered so I went ahead and stabbed her in the gut. After she collapsed, this baka here, charged at me.

"I don't want to go into details so I'll just skip to the ending. He used the Getsuga Tenshou on me. I tried to block it but it left me with this freaking scar on me. I was kind of surprised and then I told Ichigo that I found him worth killing. I took out my Zanpakutou and tried to stab him but was stopped but that blind guy who came to Hueco Mundo with Aizen. I left with him because of two reasons. One, because with Tousen around, I couldn't do anything. Two, I kind of got this feeling, I don't know how to describe it but… I didn't want to kill Ichi. When I went back to Hueco Mundo, that Tousen bastard cut off my arm and burnt it with Kidou.

"The second time I fought him, he told me his feelings in the middle of the fight. We stopped fighting then. I hid my reiatsu and we came into this room to talk. After a while, we decided to go back outside and remain 'fighting' so as to, as Ichi put it, 'not arouse anyone's suspicions'. Just in time too. Once we started charging at each other, Ulquiorra came and told me that his mission was over. So I went back. I kept coming here everyday since then."

"Before you continue, what was Ulquiorra's mission?" Renji asked.

"Kidnapping that woman." Grimmjow replied.

When Rukia told him to continue, he said, "Once he knows that woman was kidnapped, he told me to keep an eye on that woman while I'm in Hueco Mundo since he wanted to wait for the permission to break into Hueco Mundo. Then a few days later, he told me that he wasn't allowed to go. So he asked me to open a Garganta into Hueco Mundo from the Urahara's Shouten."

"Wait… That was you? I thought it was Urahara!" Rukia said.

"Please! Do you think that a Shinigami could open a Garganta? I mean, come on! It's a hollow's ability!"

"Then how did we get through? Ichigo, Sado and Ishida left before us." Renji asked.

"I kept it open. Even though Soul Society wouldn't allow you to come here, I know you'll still find a way to get here. You're Ichi's friends after all." Renji nodded.

"So, what are you going to do now that Aizen branded you a traitor?" Rukia asked.

"Easy question! Fight along side you guys, go against Aizen and be with Ichi!" Grimmjow replied with a grin.

"Okay! I'll tell Soul Society about this!" Rukia declared and before anyone could say anything, she vanished from the room.

Renji sighed and stood up. "I'd better check on her. She might change your story." He also left the room but through the door and not out the window.

Grimmjow stared at the door for a few seconds before looking down at Ichigo. He put Ichigo back into his human body before running his hand through Ichigo's hair. He stopped abruptly when the door opened.

"What the… Who are you?"

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Me: Please tell me what you think of this chapter. I don't think I did that well. I want to thank bloodytears87 cause she gave me some ideas for this chapter. Arigato!

Ichigo: I did basically nothing in this chapter except sleep.

Me: Yep! Cause I didn't feel like having you in conversation today!

Ichigo: What the hell-

Me: Language, Ichigo.

Ichigo: Japanese!

Me: (Laughs till I fall from the chair) I meant 'Watch your language'.

Ichigo: (Fumes and walks away)

Ulquiorra: I thought you wanted to tell the readers something.

Me: Oh yeah! Almost forgot! The next chapter, I'm MAYBE going to skip to the war part. I'm not good at writing fighting scenes so forgive me if it's bad. I'm going to end this chapter now. Grimmjow! Drag Ichigo back here! It's his turn to end this chapter!

Grimmjow: Yes, miss! (Salutes and march out the door. Three seconds later, comes back with a still fuming Ichigo)

Ichigo: What do you want now?

Me: End this chapter.

Ichigo: Fine. Please review! Happy now… woman?

Me: You! (Pulls out Zangetsu and attacks him)

Ichigo: Gah! (runs for his life) Where the hell did you get Zangetsu from?