Yays! My cousin came back from Japan and brought me some cool Bleach stuff! I thought you wrote Ulquiorra Schiffer and Grimmjow Jaggerjack like that, but the Japanese write Ulquiorra Cifer and Grimmjow Jaegerjacques (what the hell's that, German-French mixture?). Oh well, I'll just write the names like that in my newer fics, but for now I'll leave it like before. Now have fun with the new chapter!
Disclaimer: I don't own Bleach, Tite Kubo does.
"Are you alright?" the beautiful woman asked.
"Uhm, yeah, thanks for letting us in and saving us from that Kenpachi guy," Ichigo answered. He contemplated the woman: She had short, straight and shiny black hair, innocent grey eyes, soft pale skin, alluring thin lips and…
"What are those things hanging out from your eyelashes and eyebrow? Are those some kind of feathers?" Renji asked out of the blue, pointing at the yellow and red 'feathers' around the woman's eyes.
Ishida wacked the swordsman's head and pinched his nose. "Don't you think before you say something, idiot?" he hissed.
The woman suddenly glared at Renji and the swordsman thought for moment that the 'feathers' slightly moved. Then she approached and touched Ichigo's cheek. Her smile came back.
"You must be Prince Ichigo. It is a pleasure to meet you. You must know, I always memorize beautiful faces like yours," she said. "My name is Yumichika, and I live with the seven dwarfs of the South forest."
The priest pulled onto Renji's hair and glared at the woman. "Ishida, let go, that hurts!" Renji pleaded. Yet he had to agree with her, she was right that Ichigo was beautiful.
"Wait, you live with the seven dwarfs? Aren't you the woman who mysteriously disappeared from this small village in the East and who apparently lives in the forest?" Rukia asked.
Ichigo nodded. "Yes, I've heard that too, and they say that she was the most beautiful girl from that village."
Yumichika then laughed graciously and patted the prince's head. "You mistook something, my darlings. I'm not a woman. But it always makes me happy being called beautiful."
For a moment, Rukia, Renji, Ishida, Ichigo and even Shiro just blankly stared at Yumichika. She was a guy? They all rubbed their eyes at the same time and blinked at him.
"No way," Renji whispered. "So why are you wearing a dress?" he then asked.
Yumichika blushed and wiggled his butt. "You know, as I first came here, my clothes were dirty from all the wandering around in the forest, and I really had to change them, and the only things the dwarfs had were dresses," he explained.
Ichigo's frown grew deeper. He asked himself why dwarfs had nice women's dresses in their house, but in the end he didn't really want to know. After the conversation, Yumichika showed them the house: There was a small kitchen with a long table in the middle of the room, a cosy fireplace, seven little armchairs (one was broken, perhaps it was Kenpachi's, Renji thought), and drawings were hanging on the walls.
"Oh, the dwarfs made these drawings themselves, aren't they pretty?" Yumichika said, proudly smiling at the drawings. The group looked at the first one: it looked like as if a child drew it. There was a pink-haired girl sitting on a big guy's back who had cat eyes and sharp teeth. Beside that drawing was another one: it was a portrait of Yachiru.
"Wow, that portrait is beautiful!" Ichigo said. "Let me guess, this drawing (he pointed at the first one) is Yachiru's, and that one (he pointed at the portrait) is Kenpachi's."
Yumichika laughed. "Actually, it's the opposite," he answered. The group sweat-dropped and continued the house tour. Then they went up the stairs and checked out the bathroom: it was pretty old-fashioned and narrow.
"Where's the toilet?" Renji asked.
"It's outside, you can see it from this window," Yumichika said, pointing at the window. The gang looked out and saw a small wooden shack.
"Holy shit, that's a privy!" Renji gasped. Then they continued to the dwarfs' bedroom: It was a large room with seven small beds (and once again, one was broken).
"And where do you sleep?" Rukia asked out of curiosity.
"Normally I don't show my part of the house to strangers, but you're an exception," Yumichika replied, winking at Ichigo.
"Part of the house…?" Ichigo thought. His eyes widened as they came to that part. It was located behind the house and was the complete opposite from the dwarfs' house. Flashy colours like pink, yellow and orange could be see everywhere, kitschy curtains covered the giant windows, the floor was decorated with soft, fluffy, white carpets, and lots of unnecessary stuff where situated on every little table.
"The dwarfs built this part for me, since I wanted my privacy," Yumichika explained, pushing a stunned prince forward to show him the rest. Ichigo could swear that this 'part of the house' was a lot bigger than that of the dwarfs. Yumichika had everything: a living room, a personal kitchen, a reading room, a dressing room with all his dresses, a cosy bedroom, a giant bathroom with a bathtub, and a room with pictures of himself hanging on the wall. That was his 'beautiful room', where he would style himself every morning and evening.
"You have a very…nice part of the house," Ichigo said, forcing a smile. He didn't know why, but he felt a little uncomfortable. Yumichika asked if they wanted some tea, so they all headed to the reading room and drank chamomile tea.
Yumichika told them his story: Some years ago, he lived in a small village where he was known as the most beautiful man. People mistook him for a girl when he was younger, but it didn't bother him. He loved beautiful things and being beautiful. The fact that he was beautiful came across the country, and one day his parents (who were poor), got an invitation from a king, who lived in a far away kingdom. This king wanted him (Yumichika) to marry his daughter, who fell in love with his portrait (yes, many painters wanted to draw his beautiful, perfect face). Yet, Yumichika didn't find her beautiful, but his parents wanted to become rich and forced their son to marry the princess.
"That's when I decided to run away from home and find someone who appreciates my beauty, and whose beauty is great enough to tempt me," Yumichika told them. "One day I got lost in the woods; I ran out of food, and I'm sure that my face looked horrible at that time. Then one of the seven dwarfs found me and brought me here. They let me stay at their house, under the condition that I take care for them," he finished with a sweet smile.
The group nodded and sipped from their tea, trying to smile at the conceited man sitting in front of them.
After a short silence, Ishida broke it. "So you take care of the seven dwarfs. We've seen two of them. So where are the other five?" he asked.
Yumichika held the tea kettle in his right hand and smiled. Once again silence filled the room. Then he poured some tea into his cup and laughed.
"Does anyone want more tea?" he asked.
"Hey, don't change subjects!" Ishida said in a cold way.
The feminine man sighed and put the kettle back in the kitchen. He came back with a pink tissue and let it rest on his laps.
"A few days ago, they all decided to go play in the woods, and the only ones who came back in the evening were Kenpachi and Yachiru," he said, wiping away some tears away with the tissue.
"That's horrible," Rukia said, covering her mouth with one hand.
"And did you go look for them?" Renji asked.
"I didn't want my new shoes and dress get dirty, so I ordered Kenpachi and Yachiru to look for them, and today they came back," Yumichika answered.
The gang frowned at him. "You do know that you're a selfish bastard, Yumichika," Renji said, crossing his arms. "And now you're letting those two freeze outside in the cold," he added.
Yumichika cried even more (he still looked beautiful). "You don't know how I feel," he said. "I really care for my dwarfs, and I really wanted to go look for them, but I just couldn't, it was the law of beauty that held me back."
"Law of beauty my ass," Renji thought.
Then Ichigo interfered. "Yumichika, if you want we can look for the dwarfs," he proposed. Rukia, Renji and Ishida quickly turned the heads to look at the prince in a shocked way.
"Excuse us, Yumichika, but could we talk with the prince for a while in the living room?" Rukia asked, pulling Ichigo to said room. Yumichika nodded and continued drinking his tea.
"Ichigo, are you out of your mind?" Renji hissed. "You want to help that selfish, gay bastard, who abandoned the dwarfs in the woods? He'll just use them when they're all back. Look at this crazy place!" he said, gazing around the colourful room.
The prince frowned. "Guys, I'm doing this for us, and not for her, I mean, him," he answered. "Did you forget that we wanted to stay in this cottage to rest?"
Ishida smiled. "Right, and if we start blaming Yumichika, we'll never be able to stay here. You're so smart, Prince Ichigo," he said, blushing.
Renji and Rukia looked at each other. "You're right. And I'm worried about the other dwarfs, what's if something happened to them?" the ice mage said. The group went back to the reading room and smiled at Yumichika.
"We're going to look for them for you, but first let Kenpachi and Yachiru get into the house," Ichigo said.
Yumichika's eyes brightened up, and the tears quickly vanished. Then he said: "You are so kind, Prince Ichigo, so it's true that you're so generous, warm-hearted, handsome, brave, and strong, and…"
"Okay, that's enough, but thank you," the prince replied, blushing slightly. Ishida noticed this and nearly got nosebleeds, but held it back.
"But only under one condition," he added. "You have to let us stay in your cottage."
"Of course," Yumichika replied. "If you want you can sleep with me in my bedroom, my prince."
Ishida nearly broke his cup, when Ichigo answered: "No thank you, I'll stay with my friends."
They all laughed and didn't notice blue eyes looking at them from outside. A certain teal-haired man followed the group all the way to the dwarfs' cottage, and listened to everything they said. He still didn't find the opportunity to capture the prince, so he decided to stay hidden and wait for the perfect moment.
He shivered slightly and frowned at the people inside the warm house, drinking hot tea. First he thought that this task Aizen gave him was an easy one, but how should he know that the prince attracted the weirdest people? Maybe the prince was a weirdo himself. Grimmjow took his time to observe the orange-haired boy. Like the drag queen said, he had a handsome face. And he seemed to be intelligent. There was something about the way he moved. Was he gay? No, that wasn't it. But it seemed that he attracted gay people.
"I mean, look at that priest," Grimmjow thought. "It's so obvious that he has a crush on our little prince. And let's not forget the drag queen." Did the prince have homo-pheromones? Grimmjow chuckled at that. Then he shook his head. It was time to think of a plan to kidnap Ichigo.
Ha! Another update! Hope you liked it. I'll first update my two other stories before updating this one again. Thanks for reading and please review!
