Sorry for the late update! Please don't be mad! Anyway, no more delays, here's chapter 4
Chapter 4: Halo + Grimmjow equals Insanity
The sun was shining over Karakura Town, the birds were chirping in the trees and people were walking around, sunglasses on, happily basking in the rays. The only person who wasn't enjoying themselves was Grimmjow. He watched in loathing as everyone cheerfully wandered around the town, fanning themselves or having cooling ice-creams and drinks. As he miserably made his way to his new Human Gaming Hellhole AKA Gaming Planet, he began thinking about what terrible things were going to happen to him today because he knew without a doubt his torment was far from over but also, every so often, the face of the clumsy girl who came to the shop yesterday kept coming into his mind. She was truly interesting and not just in appearance. Her reiatsu had been bothering him for awhile but it was probably nothing and but strangely enough, though not human, she seemed to act like the humans he was forced to live among; happy, cheerful and annoying so it was nothing for him to worry about, besides he was here to get information on that orange haired shinigami brat. He pushed open the door to his Human Gaming Hellhole and instantly came face to face with Geeky Human Tormenter: Chubby Bags AKA Kenny.
"Yo, Grimm. How are ya?" He beamed right in Grimmjow's face.
"Fine." He grumbled, pushing Kenny's face away and walked over to the counter.
"Oh yeah, there was something left for you outside the shop." Said Kenny. Grimmjow raised an eyebrow in curiosity but said nothing. Mysterious Could Be Tormenter: The Human Halibel AKA L, came from the backroom, carrying a big blue box, wrapped in a white bow and placed it on the counter in front of him. There was a note attached to it which he took off the box and read.
"To Mr Blue Haired Guy." He sighed, opened it up and read what was inside.
"Sorry for making you angry yesterday, please accept this gift as my deepest apologies."
"How nice. No name either. Must be a Secret admirer, Grimmjow." Said L, a tiny smile on her face. She's turned from being his Mysterious Could Be Tormenter, to his Mysterious Eventual Tormenter in a matter of seconds.
"Whatever." He had an inkling it was from clumsy girl.
"Come on, open it! Open it!" Kenny was bursting at the seams with interest and excitement. Grimmjow pulled at the bow and lifted up the top of the box.
"Wow, that looks nice!" Drooled Kenny.
"What the hell is it?" Grimmjow looked at it in distain
"It's a cake." Said L
"A cake?" Grimmjow raised an eyebrow.
"Don't you know what it is?"
"Of course I do! Just… surprised that's all." Lied Grimmjow. He didn't know what the hell a cake was. It sounded like something nice though.
"Grimm? C-Can I have a slice, please?" Begged Kenny, positively salivating at the sight.
"I thought you were on a diet." L looked at him suspiciously.
"One slice ain't gonna hurt." He rushed to his office and grabbed one of his dinner knives that he kept in his drawer for some reason or another. Back at the counter, he began strategically cutting the cake into slices. Grimmjow reluctantly grabbed a slice before he didn't get the chance to since Kenny was already diving in, grabbing up the slices with his greedy hands. Sweet white frosting with fruits on top and in between the sponge layers. Grimmjow took a bite, chewing on it. It was a bit too sweet for his tastes but it was surprisingly nice, not that his face showed it.
"Oh yeah, Grimm, we're closing up early today." Kenny said through mouthfuls, spraying Grimmjow with bits of cake
"Why?" He grumbled, wiping off the cake from himself
"We all have to go and some supplies."
"All of us?"
"Yep."
"Oh Great." Grimmjow angrily took a bite out of his cake slice, not sure whether going to get supplies was a good thing or not but it didn't sound like fun, sounded like hard work. He glanced out the window briefly to a flicker of white hair turning around the corner and felt that strange reiatsu.
'That girl.' He thought.
Random Apartment Building in Karakura Town
Thanks to the aid of Kenny's old banger of a car, or The Kennymobile as he insisted they called it, they arrived at an apartment block. They all piled out the car, Grimmjow looked at the building suspiciously.
'This kinda looks like where I live. So you get supplies from apartments?' He thought but then an even strange thought came in his head.
'Maybe they go round stealing from people's homes and sell them in the shop. They are more craftier than I thought…Sweet!' He grinned as he happily followed the pair into the building.
"So whose place are we going to get some things from first?" Grimmjow's hands rubbed together at the prospect of a bit of snatch and grab.
"Ermmm, I'll tell you when we get there." Said Kenny confused. They climbed a few flights of stairs and walked along the corridor until they came to a door at the end of the corridor. Kenny gave a succession of coded knocks on the door. Clicks and tingles of chains and locks being opened for a good few minutes before the door creaked open and a guy's face peered through.
"Who are you?"
"Come on, it's me Kenny."
"How can I be so sure? You could be a mutated alien being with the ability to be able to shape shift and you just so happen to turn into my friend Kenny so you can gain access to my apartment and eat my brain." The man said, narrowing his eyes in suspicion.
"Who would want to eat your fluff for brains? Just open the door." Said L calmly, staring into the man's brown eyes.
"L! My darling mysterious goddess of the-"
"Let us in." She wasn't in the mood for this.
"Your wish is my command." The door flew open and he bowed in front of them as they all walked in. The man closed the door and turned to face the group.
"I've ordered the pizzas; it should be coming in precisely… 10 minutes, if not we get it free… Who are you?" The man walked over to Grimmjow, eyeing him up.
"He's alright. He's one of us." Smiled Kenny, sitting down on the couch.
'One of us? In your dreams, chubby bags!'
"Great, why didn't you say you were bringing someone. He's going to ruin our Halo afternoon! There are suppose to be four players and how many of us are there?" The man moaned, looking over at Kenny, L and Yoshi, who had been there for some time. Grimmjow already dislike this guy already.
"There's five of us that's what!!" He screeched, pointing at them all.
"Get over yourself Moo Moo." Sighed L, who was sitting on a beanbag, twiddling with her candyfloss hair.
"It's Mugen!"
"To think you named yourself after the coolest guy from Samurai Champloo. It's an insult to him. You don't even look like him for starters." She looked over at him. His hair was tied up in a ponytail and it was a dirty blonde colour and had a numerous tattoos on his neck.
"So what?" Grimmjow was just standing there, feeling very confused, just to clear up his confusion he asked Kenny what the hell was going on and why he wasn't robbing anybody of their games yet.
"About that. We invited you to our Halo afternoon as part of welcoming you to the group." Blue eyes stared at Kenny with murderous intent.
"I'm leaving." He said and walked towards the door, only for Kenny to block the way quickly.
"Don't go! You know you'll still get paid just for being here." Grimmjow thought this over. All he had to do was sit here with these geeks and get paid for doing it. It was the Gaming Planet but in a different location.
"Whatever." He walked back and sat on a beanbag next to L. How he was cursing Kenny, the Geeky Human Deceitful Tormenter.
Many, Many Hours Later
How he was praising his Geeky Human Deceitful Tormenter! He was actually enjoying himself, not that he would ever voice that to any of them. They spent hours playing on Halo 3, occasionally stopping to have a slice of pizza and some beer. Grimmjow, not knowing exactly how to use the buttons on the controller, was so fired up it was bordering on the insane.
'Killing for fun, as a game! These humans aren't so fucking boring after all.' He had taken over from L since she found it so boring and they refused to change games, so she just sat and ate from the fourth box of pizza, watching the males blow and shoot each other to pieces. Grimmjow was really considering buying this for his own pleasure so he could play whenever he wanted back at his apartment. It was too much fun.
"Do you know what it's like to be blown to pieces, Grass Head?" Grimmjow smirked at Yoshi.
"No, not rea-"
"Well ya gonna find out!!" An explosion appeared on the screen as Grimmjow's character blown Yoshi's character sky high. Grimmjow laughed manically, making everyone squirm in their seats, wondering if it was really such a good idea to bring him in the first place.
"You know, Grimm Reaper-" Mugen piped up
"Grimmjow, Moo Moo!!" He snarled at the blonde man, his eyes wide like a madman.
"My name is Mugen."
"Like I give a damn."
"Don't you think you're getting a little carried away?" Grimmjow stared at the screen, ignoring him before bursting out into a wide grin.
"Not really, no." He said before putting a few rounds in Mugen's character. Another maniacal laugh and the words, "Die, Die, DIE!!" were heard and Mugen was no more.
How Grimmjow hated this pompous man. He was just as geeky as the rest, but he was so stuck his own ass and thought he was better than everyone else, it was irritating, just like Ulquiorra and, man, he hated that bastard. Ulquiorra's Human Clone: Moo Moo AKA Mugen, just sat and pouted, whining about how rude Grimmjow was. Grimmjow didn't care, he was having too much fun to care as the next round of Halo matches commenced.
Toto's Coffee House, Downtown Karakura
It was well into the night and L managed to tear the group away from killing each other and down to the late night coffee house. Grimmjow found out that for a couple of nights a week, L drags them down to the coffee shop to get some culture into their lives and to socialise instead of socialising in the comforts of their own home on their computers. They entered the establishment. It was moodily lit, giving the feel of a beatnik club, candles flickering on tables, young people sitting in groups listening to a man spouting some moody poetry from a stage. Finding a booth a way away, the group sat down and all of a sudden a waitress came out of nowhere beaming at them.
"Good evening, I'll be your waitress tonight. If you need anything just give me a shout and-"
"Hey Yumi." Said Yoshi with a lazy smile on his face.
"Oh, ermmm, hello Yoshi." She said before quickly walking away.
"Who was that?" Asked Grimmjow intrigued about Probable Annoying Tormenter: Grass Head AKA Yoshi's sudden slip to goofiness.
"That was Yumi, who he has an unhealthy obsession with and doesn't have the guts to ask out." Said L, peering over the menu on the stand on the table.
"It is not an obsession! I just admire her like any man would do."
"So knowing practically every pointless thing about her, when all she knows is your name and finding out and memorizing her work timetable so you can 'coincidently' bump into her is not an unhealthy obsession?"
"No." L just sighed and carried on looking over the menu.
"Anyway enough about me, I heard you got a present this morning Grimmjow. From a secret admirer." Yoshi wiggled his eyebrows at him. Grimmjow tutted at him thinking how Yoshi was living up to his name as Probable Annoying Tormenter.
"It was probably from that stupid clumsy girl from yesterday." He scoffed.
"From a girl eh? So was she absolutely cute, hot, sexy, beautiful, gorgeous-"
"She wasn't any of those. Just average."
'Just average in her footwork but pretty in the rest- WAIT! I did not just think that!'
"She's pretty?!" Yoshi gasped.
'Crap! I said it out loud!'
"Too right she's pretty. She was like a mysterious elven beauty." Sighed Kenny wistfully.
"You sure she ain't pretty to you, Grimmjow?" Grimmjow realised it was Kenny who said she was pretty.
'Maybe not. Phew.'
"No. I don't do pretty. I do pretty hot." Smirked Grimmjow.
"Typical men." Muttered L. The waitress called Yumi appeared again to take their orders. Before she left, Grimmjow stopped her.
"Hey! You!" She looked at him and practically drooled all over herself, taken aback by his dazzling good looks.
"My name's Kawazaki Yumi. I'm an Aquarius and I love long walks, poetry and shopping, I dislike-"
"Yeah, yeah, save that for someone who cares. Grass- Yoshi here fancies you and wants to ask you out, don't ya?" Yoshi's face had turned a very pale colour, on the verge of throwing up out of fear.
"He does really. So ya wanna go out with him?"
"Sure." She smiled at Yoshi. The table was gob smacked, utterly gob smacked. Yoshi was finding it difficult to speak and breathe for that matter.
"Great. Now go get us those drinks." Grimmjow shooed her away.
"I can't believe it." Gasped Mugen.
"Neither can I. I thought after all this time, she didn't like him." said Kenny.
"Well it's done now. So fix yourself up, Grass Head, you look like an idiot." Grimmjow said sternly. Yumi came back with their drinks, giving Yoshi a smile and walked off.
"You know we don't know that much about you Grimmjow." Stated L, sipping on her cappuccino.
"Yeah, that's true. Not once have you told us something about you." Said Yoshi, recovering thanks to his mocha.
"I've only been here for a few days. You people are nosy." He sneered.
"Well all I know about you is that ya Spanish." Said Kenny
"Spanish? I thought so, with a name like that." Commented L
"What's so good about being Spanish?" Scoffed Mugen, stirring his latte with a spoon. Grimmjow glared at him and began to say a few choice insults to him in Spanish.
"What did you say?"
"If ya knew Spanish, you would know, Moo Moo."
"It's Mugen!" He screeched, making Grimmjow smirk. He was so easy to wind up, it was just too much fun.
"Oh my gosh, it's her!" Gasped Kenny.
"Her?" Asked Mugen.
"The white haired elven beauty." He sighed. Everyone snapped to where he was looking and there she was. Grimmjow's eyes couldn't help but be drawn to her. It was like time stood still as she floated into the coffee house, her white hair trailing behind her in a long high ponytail but then the moment was ruined when he saw the object of his mission, the whole reason he was there, trailing behind her. His face paled slightly. If he so much as looked in Grimmjow's direction, he was screwed.
"Wow, she is pretty but not as beautiful as you, my darling L." Gushed Mugen. L just snorted in amusement.
"Aren't you going to thank her for the cake?" She asked Grimmjow.
"Why would I?"
"It's called being polite."
"Since when am I polite?" L scoffed but expected nothing less from a man like Grimmjow.
"Fine, I'll tell her for you." Grimmjow panicked. If she so much as told her his name especially in front of his orange haired target, then it would be all over.
"No wait, don't tell her."
"Too late, I'm going."
"Just don't tell her my name, ok?" He begged.
"Why?"
"To give me an air of mystery." He smirked. L shook her head but agreed and walked over to the clumsy girl and his orange haired shinigami target. He watched anxiously as L began talking to the girl. Ichigo just stood there with a frown on his face and the girl was really animated, doing lots of hand movements which looked so elegant. L walked back over to the group.
"What did she say? What was she like?" Asked Yoshi.
"She's very nice, a bit kooky but nice, and pretty up close. She'ss too nice for you Grimmjow."
"Oh thanks." He grumbled
"She said, she was really sorry and she was glad you enjoyed the cake."
"So do you know who that guy she's with is?" asked Kenny hopeful
"It seems like her friend. So you guys are slightly closer to even getting a glance from her." Mocked L. Kenny was practically jumping in his seat with joy. Suddenly a ringing noise was heard.
"Is that yours Grimmjow?"
'Dammit! Now of all times.'
"Back in a minute." He quickly got up, his eyes kept glancing over to where Ichigo was, just to make sure he wasn't looking and made his way to the toilets. Once he knew he was safe and no one was around, he got out his phone and flipped it open.
"Yes?!"
"Are you Grimmjow Jaegerjaques?" Came a weird voice.
"Who the hell is this?"
"This is…your father!"
"What the fuck?!"
Loud laughing was heard from the other end which he instantly recognised as…
"Gin!" He growled
"Oh that was good, you can't say that wasn't funny now, Grimm-chan."
'I'll kill Gin, one day I will kill him.'
"What the hell do ya want?"
"Can't I have a talk with one of my most favourite espada?"
"No."
"Well I'm gonna." He could imagine Gin's evil smirk spread on his face.
"This ain't-" He suddenly heard the door to the toilet's open and actually gasped, fleeing into one of the cubicles after seeing orange hair in the reflection of the mirrors.
"Grimm-chan, are ya there?" He could hear a muffled voice on the phone. What was he going to do? He did the only thing that came to mind.
"I know you're angry with me but I will be home soon" He started saying down the phone in a fake Spanish accent.
"I know ya will be back soon, Grimm-chan, don't need to tell me that." Grimmjow could hear the sound of taps running.
"Honey please…"
"Honey? I know we are good friends but that is taking it a little far now." Gin was getting confused by the conversation and Grimmjow's change in voice. Grimmjow wasn't enjoying this either but once he heard the door to the toilets swing open and then closed, he breathed a sigh of relief.
"Soz bout that. That Shinigami almost caught me."
"Don't use excuses to cover for the way you feel about me, but unfortunately for you, I'm not interested."
"What the?! Don't be so full of yourself! Why would I like you?"
"Oh Grimm-chan, I'll have to inform Aizen-taicho about this. High ranking people like me and subordinates like you cannot possible engage in such a relationship. It just can't work. What would everyone say? Well bye bye now."
"Gin! GIN! Just you wait-" The line went dead. This was bad. Now everyone in Las Noches will think he's got a thing for Gin and there was nothing he could do.
"Fucking brilliant."
People were starting to leave as the coffee house was at closing time. The group all piled out onto the street, a bit high from all the caffeine they consumed. Mugen was spouting some rubbish about how Grimmjow should show him some respect and occasionally making googly eyes at L, who just turned her back on him and ignored him. Yoshi was talking to Yumi outside and finally rejoined the group after getting her number. Grimmjow was still wondering how on earth he managed to dodge Ichigo. When he got off the phone to Gin, he rejoined the group, slightly sloping in his seat so it would be harder for Ichigo to spot him, but a guy with bright teal hair was always easy to spot but Ichigo never did spot him. So he came to the conclusion that either Ichigo needed some glasses, was colour blind or, his favourite, just plain stupid. Whatever the reason, he was counting his lucky stars he wasn't caught. It was becoming clear it was going to be harder than he thought it would be.
"Hey Grimm, need a ride home?" Asked Kenny, clinking his keys in his hand.s
"Nah, I'll walk."
'Like I want you knowing where I live. Nice try, chubby bags.'
"Alright then, day off tomorrow, so we'll see you the day after." Everyone said their goodbyes to him and piled into The Kennymobile and drove off, leaving Grimmjow still standing on the side. He wasn't ready to go home yet because he was still interested in the clumsy girl, whether he would admit it or not. Her reiatsu was still around and inside the coffee house. Wanting to know why, he peered through the glass and watched her closely. She had her cleaning equipment but was a bit confused with how to use the various cleaning agents. Ichigo had explained and demonstrated at home but she was still confused. Taking a spray out the box, she tried to spray it put nothing came out, so she began tapping it on the side of the counter in frustration. Grimmjow just watched her in amusement. She finally figured out that the top was on and sprayed the counter and using her cloth, she began cleaning the counter. His blue eyes never left her. He might look strange to passers by just staring into a window for ages but he couldn't help it. Now she was cleaning the floor, at least she knew how to do that. The mop was slopping over the floor as she glided across the ground, it was like her feet weren't touching the ground at all, dancing around with the mop in her hands. It was comical but pretty. Suddenly he wasn't staring at her but she was staring at him in confusion. She dropped the mop and began walking towards him.
'Crap, she saw me! Got make a run for it.' But he couldn't. He was stuck in place. Her hands were pressed on the window, staring at him. He was sure she would run out the shop and start talking to him but she didn't. She gave him a tiny smile. He stared at her still before regaining his senses and giving her a dirty look. She was taken a back suddenly and went back to her cleaning.
'That was strange.' He thought before walking away off down the street. For that moment, it was like he lost all control of his senses, which had never happened to him before but he was intrigued now about how in fact she knew that shinigami. Maybe he could use her to his advantage.
And it's done! A brief Gin appearance! Even if he was on the phone. Reviews please my lovely readers.
Next Chapter: Tsukiko helps Ichigo out with his love life, even if he doesn't want the help, Grimmjow turns stalker and disaster strikes which leads to a close encounter.