Sorry
for the delay in this one folks. I promised Tairei9 I would get
done with a Urahara and Yoruichi's daughter fanfic first, and I
apologize for not having it done, but I'm having a writer's block
with it, or more or less, just can't think of an idea for the current
chaps. Apologies again, just hoping that writing a bit more on this
one will help take some ice off and help me think of an idea for more
of the fanfic. Anyway, on with the
story... __________________________________________________________________________________
All the Espadas, Vasto Lordes, even Aizen himself looked in a bit of shock at what they just witnessed. From the point of view from the necklace, it was sideways, but they could definitely tell it didn't just come off, her body had passed out onto the floor for some unknown reason. Urahara scratched the back of his head a bit akwardly, wondering what it was that just happened. Neliel, Halibel, and Stark were the most worried, even though they didn't show it as much.
"Hey, are you ok..." Urahara started, about to take a step towards her. Before he could though, Ulquiorra quickly swiped Ichigo in both his arms, then reappearing behind Yammy.
"We're leaving." He statted, as a black-purplish portal opened up behind him.
"Running away?" Yoruichi asked, grinning.
"Watch your tounge, soul reapers. Even with her passed out, you two wouldn't stand a chance fighting us while protecting them." Ulquiorra replied, as he and Yammy quickly walked into the portal. Urahara and Yoruichi watched as the two left, carrying the woman along with them. As the portal closed, Yoruichi looked back at Urahara, noticing he simply stood there, starring off into space.
"Something wrong?" She asked. Urahara simply stared of into space before finally replying.
"Something was...familiar about that girl." He stated, walking back towards her and Orihime. He couldn't quite put his finger on it, but there was deffinitely something about that girl that was strange. "Hurry up and patch up Tatsuki and Orihime. I've got some...work to do."
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Aizen marched off to Ichigo's room, somewhat worried and confused about the sudden situation. At the time, many different Espadas and Vasto Lordes were in her room as well, all looking at her and wondering what it was that happened. The Espadas, considering they had higher authority, were the closest to her bed, most of them except for Yammy and Ulquiorra, who were still recovering from the mission earlier. Ichigo simply laid there in bed, in a somewhat depressed expression. Neliel put a wet wash cloth over her head, mostly due to the fact she could hear her moan a bit, somewhat in pain, and hoping it would somewhat ease her. To her fear as well, she was running a fever at the time, and knew it would be the best thing to help. Even as it was though, there were probably at least twenty different Vasto Lordes and the three Espada as well, all looking at the unconsious Ichigo who was still laying in her bed. All their attention was turned to Aizen as he appeared from the door way.
"If your not an Espada, you have no authority to be in here. Please leave now." Aizen commanded, firm and strictly, walking right next to Ichigo's bed. Those who were not welcomed took no hesitation to leave the room, less they be forced to by Aizen himself, much less resulting in death. As soon as all that were commanded too left the room, Ulquiorra suddenly appeared by Aizen's side. "I want to know what it was that happened back there. What caused her to suddenly pass out?"" Aizen asked.
"Unfortunately sir, I can't exactly explain it for sure. She suddenly appeared to block Urahara's attack, then she suddenly passed out as she looked at him. From the way she was rubbing her head, I could tell something was giving her a large headache as well as feeling somewhat nauseated, although as to what it was for sure I can not say." Ulquiorra answered.
"I've ran several tests with the necklace itself as well, sir." Szayel added, getting Aizen's attention. "The necklace doesn't seem to be leaking any sustained riatsu, nor does it seem to be causing any form of shortages. The energy modifications were run through practically five times, each one coming up positive for results." Aizen and the others looked back a bit as they heard Ichigo moaning a bit as she gently leaned up from the bed. She rubbed her eyes a bit from the water from the rag as her vision was unblurring. She blinked a bit curiously as she looked around, seeing her father and the other Espada all looking at her.
"Where am I?" She asked, quietly with her eyes half opened. From the sound of her voice alone, she still sounded like she was somewhat sick, if anything else. delirious. Moving the covers slowly a bit off. Before she could move it anymore than a few inches though, Neliel gently grabbed her hands a bit, gently leaning her back down in the bed.
"You shouldn't get up, Ichigo. You're running a bit of a high fever. You need to rest." Neliel said with a bit of worry in her tone, pulling the covers back up to Ichigo's neck and setting the wash rag back on.
"What happened?" She asked.
"You tell us." Lilienette began. The others looked as they saw her standing outside the door, leaning against the wall. "You say your about to kill a man, then you drop dead like a...". Before she could finish her sentence though, Stark held her with one arm around the waist, covering her mouth with one hand.
"Aizen said Espada only." Stark said, as he began to walk out of the room, carrying the muffling Lilienette with him. He ignored her as she kept pounding on his back, trying to get him to let go too. Although he had his own good reasons for stopping her in the first place. He knew for a fact if she finished that sentence, Aizen would most likely kill her instantly. As soon as they were out of sight though, Aizen, followed by the other Espadas looked back at Ichigo.
"What happened to you?" Aizen asked, sitting on the edge of his daughter's bed.
"I...I don't know. I...looked at that man's face and...my whole head felt like it was spinning in circles..." Ichigo replied before she moaned a bit, sinking deeper into the covers. Aizen simply remained silent as he watched his daughter's eyes slowly close a bit, then turned on her side as she rested her face into the pillow. He could easily tell Urahara's face brought back memories somehow of when she was a baby, and saw him for the first time. He sighed a bit before turning around, walking towards the door.
"Everyone out. Give her time to rest." Aizen commanded. As he left the Espada looked back at her before one by one, they walked out of the room until Neliel and Halibel were the last ones in there. They still looked at Ichigo with worried expressions, concerned about her health for the most part. They both took a glance at each other, knowing that they were thinking the same thing, before they decided to leave. As they stood though, Neliel felt something tugging on clothing. As she looked back, she saw Ichigo looking at her, still somewhat sick looking, other angry.
"Hey, mommy? Remind me to kill whoever undressed me then put me back into my PJ's." Ichigo said, somewhat irritated. Neliel just giggled a bit as she brushed some of Ichigo's hair away from her face.
"But I was the one who did it. There was no way I would let any boy go ahead and see you naked." Neliel replied. Ichigo just moaned a bit as she laid on her back against the bed again.
"Aww but I just need to get rid of anger right now..." She complained. Neliel just chuckled again as she set the wash rag, which Ichigo dropped, back onto her head.
"You'll get sick if you don't stop focusing on one thing only." Halibel commented.
"Say, what about Grimmjow?" Ichigo asked.
"Don't worry. We're going to talk to him very soon. You just re..." Neliel started, before Ichigo interrupted.
"No! Please, I wanna talk to him personally. Please, mommy!" Ichigo said, in a bit of a begging tone. Neliel and Halibel looked at her as they saw her beginning to cough a bit before leaning back down in the bed. They both looked at each other, knowing that if they continued to argue, it would be bad for Ichigo's health at the given time. Neliel sighed as she clicked her fingers. Within seconds, a giant screen began to grow out of the wall, that was probably at least the size of Ichigo's bed. There was some static for a few seconds, but after awhile the screen showed a room, and Grimmjow who was looking back at it. He was in his, more or less, human form, but looked a bit angry.
"Hey Grimmjow." Ichigo said, waving as she was buried in bed.
"What the hell happened? I waited for hours for you to return, and now I find you injured and recovering?!" Grimmjow stammered. Ichigo just frowned a bit as she turned away. She knew that Grimmjow would be upset about the entire thing, but knew that she just couldn't tell him what happened. Grimmjow blinked a bit as he saw a tear rolling down one of her eyes, surprised by her reaction.
"Sorry..." She apologized, depressingly. Even though Halibel and Neliel weren't looking, they knew that Ichigo was somewhat crying, even if she didn't make any sad sounds. Grimmjow just sighed a bit as he looked away, feeling like smacking himself for his outrage.
"Look, just forget it, important thing is your safe." Grimmjow added. Ichigo sniffled a bit as she wiped one of her tears, then looked back at Grimmjow.
"Anyway, apparently I caught a fever or something, according to mommy." Ichigo commented. Grimmjow looked back at her, seeing Neliel and Halibel standing near the bed. He was so concentrated on Ichigo he didn't even see them. "So I guess I'll meet you a few hours after some sleep." Ichigo said, as she began to yawn, pulling the covers up closer. Grimmjow just smirked a bit.
"Well I'd hurry if I were you. Cree's taking a liking to your body." Grimmjow commented as he moved out of the way, showing Cree who was sleeping on the couch. As Ichigo looked, her eyes went blank as she saw Ice Cream covered all over her face, and a giant bowl half full of ice cream.
"CREE!" Ichigo shouted, startling Cree and causing her to fall off the couch. She quickly gasped a bit shocked as she wiped away the ice cream smudge on her hand.
"H-Hi P-P-Princess..." Cree studdered.
"Damn it Cree! I swear to god, if my body gains a single pound when I get back I'm giving you to Szayel for his experiments!" Ichigo shouted, arrogantly. Cree's eyes just went blank, remembering all the horrible tests she had to run last time she was Szayel's experiments. She quickly nodded as she burst out the door, running.
"Apparently I take it she's going to burn off the fat..." Grimmjow mentioned, surprised by Cree's reaction.
"Well, I better go then. I was told to get some rest." Ichigo replied, yawning a bit as she stretched her arms. Grimmjow just nodded.
"If that's the case, I think I'm going to pay this Soul Reaper a visit tonight. Based off the info Szayel sent me, this stupid Soul Reaper is better off dead then alive." Grimmjow said, squeezing his fist as he grew a mischevious grin.
"Aww whatever. Just be careful, weak or not they're bound to bring people from the Soul Society as well." Ichigo added, before she gently closed her eyes peacefully.
"Yeah yeah, I get it. Good night, Princess." Grimmjow replied before turning off the moniter. Neliel and Halibel simply smiled as Neliel clicked her fingers again. As expected, the giant screen faded back into the wall before disappearing completely. With one last look at the sleeping Ichigo, they both nodded to each other as they simply walked out of the room, turning off the lights behind her. Once she was positive the others were gone, Ichigo quickly opened one of her eyes, taking a quick glance just in case. Satisfied about the empty room, she quickly turned on the lamp on the table next to her bed, then walked over to her closet. She smiled as she saw the assortment of different outfits she had, even though they were actually all the same, more so over, looking like an Espada's regular outfit.
"Sick or not, I'm not gonna miss this." Ichigo whispered to herself, taking the pajama's off before putting her normal clothes back on, aka, the Espada robe. Once she had it on, she paused for a minute, noticing how something was different. It took her a few seconds before she sighed, looking back at the door. "You can come in now." Ichigo stated. Right on que, the door opened, as five different shinigami entered the room, arracnars' 11-15 ( I think that's the correct number).
"Always know when we're eavesdropping, don't you?" Ilfordt asked, smirkingly. Ichigo just grinned.
"That's because there's only one person with the smell of cheap shampoo." Ichigo replied. Ilfordt lowered his head a bit, even as he heard some chuckling from others.
"Please, your highness, allow us to accompany you." Shaolong asked, kneeling in respect. Ichigo just sighed at this, being used to the whole respect thing, even though she found it somewhat annoying.
"Of course you guys can come. Knowing Grimmjow, he's going to attract too much shinigami attention by himself. Besides, at least this way, we can lessen the number of annoyances. Shaolong smiled as he nodded, standing back up. Without any hesitation, the arracnars opened the gate, allowing passage from this world to the next.
"Ladies first." Ilfordt commented, swaying his hand towards the portal. Ichigo just playfully rolled her eyes as she stepped through the portal, followed by the arracnar close behind her. As she traveled through the border between the two worlds, she thought back to herself as to how she managed to get five arracnars at the same time to help her...
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It happened almost a year after Ichigo killed Nnoitra, got Grimmjow as her new guardian, and successfully came back home. Back then, her training consisted of four arracnars at the same time. However, after using the hollow bait today, Ulquiorra and Ichigo looked around curiously. They both found it strange as to why hollows weren't showing up today, guessing that it was just because there was a shortage today. In cases like these, Ulquiorra assigned Ichigo to work on her swings for one full hour. Her swing practices consisted of swinging from up to down, side to side, then forward thrusts. She usually moaned at this, considering that it was always a headache to do it when she didn't have a single target to kill. As she practiced her swings, Ulquiorra nodded to himself as he left, knowing that she would be fine by herself for the time being. About fifteen minutes had passed, and from the desert sun alone she was panting a bit. If there was one thing she hated, it was having to be outside when the sun was EXTREMELY hot. Then again, it was always hot outside since they live in a desert. But as the wind blew, she blinked curiously as she looked around. She knew for a fact that there was something different about the wind, but couldn't put her finger on it. It felt like she was being watched, although she found it strange since she was the only one out there at the time.
"H-Hewoo?" Ichigo asked, somewhat nervously as she looked around. There was no reply as the only sound that could be heard was that of the wind itself. She shrugged to herself as she held her Zanpakto up again, ready to slice back down. But, before she got the chance, she quickly ducked out of the way, nearly avoid an oncoming Cero attack that blasted towards her. Because of all the sand that was in the way, dust scattered everywhere, practically shrouding the surroundings in mist. She coughed a bit to herself as she looked around, trying to figure out what it was. Before she could react though, a giant hand wrapped around her body, causing her to drop the Zanpakto in the process. She whimpered a bit as she tried to get out of the grip of the strange hollow's grip, feeling the air being squeezed out of her.
"Well well well, look what we nabbed." She heard a hollow say. As she looked back, the sand began to dissipate. Slowly by slowly, she could see shadows of the hollow that had grabbed her. Once the sand had completely dissipated she gasped at what she saw: There was not two, nor three, not four, but five different arracnar all gathered around her. She was both scared and confused. Scared of the fact she was alone with four hollows, and confused as to why they suddenly showed up instead of earliar.
"P-Pwease..." Ichigo said as she began to cry a bit. "D-Dun eat me..." She said, somewhat beg fully. The other hollows just laughed mischievously before they looked back at her, one of them slurping their teeth as they did.
"What do you know? She really is a human soul!" One of the hollow's mentioned/
"Oooohhhh, I love it when they scream in fear, it makes them all more tasty." The one holding her mentioned. As Ichigo looked back, her eyes went blank as she saw the hollow opening it's massive mouth. She knew for a fact it was going to eat her, yet she was still frightened at the thought of it. She whimpered a bit to herself for a few seconds before shaking her head, getting her thoughts straight, and calling on one person who could help her.
"GWIMJU!!!!!!" Ichigo shouted to the top of her lungs. As if on que, in a quick burst of speed, the ape like hollow screamed in pain as he felt his hand being torn off in a quick flash. The other hollows were a bit shocked as well, only knowing one kind of person with speed like that. As they looked off to the side, a few yards away from them, they saw Grimmjow with Ichigo, dangling from his mouth. He gently set Ichigo back to her feet, before looking back at her.
"Are you ok?" He asked. Ichigo sniffled a bit before she nodded. Grimmjow gave a menacing glare back at the others for a few seconds before blinking a bit surprised. The hollows returned the same surprised expression back to him, knowing that they were thinking the exact same thing.
"Edrad? Shaolong? Ilfordt? Guys what are you doing here?" Grimmjow asked. Ichigo just blinked a bit confused, looking back at Grimmjow.
"You know dem?" Ichigo asked, curiously. Grimmjow just smirked a bit before looking back at Ichigo.
"We go way back, runt." He replied. The two looked back as they heard the hollows coming. Still unaware what they're like, Ichigo shuddered a bit as she hid behind Grimmjow from the side a bit.
"Where have you been?" The giant worm hollow asked.
"After the stupid sandstorm, I got stuck with some stupid babysitting job now." Grimmjow answered, shifting his head back towards Ichigo as a way of pointing. The hollows just blinked a bit confused before the Gillian hollow said something.
"Wait a minute, you mean to tell us you've been with this stupid soul the entire time?" He stammered, a bit angrily.
"Yes, and if you laugh I'll kill you." Grimmjow replied, irritantly.
"What's the point of all this? What is there to gain?" Shaolong asked, a bit speechless.
"To become an arracnar." Grimmjow finally said, causing the other hollows to look shocked. If there was one goal any hollow ever had, it would be to become the strongest hollow of all, more or less a vasto lorde. They were quite surprised what Grimmjow just said, mostly because they couldn't believe that pledging his service towards her would allow him to become a vasto lorde in the first place. They all looked at each other, wondering the others were thinking the exact same thing, before looking back at Grimmjow.
"You are the king of our pack, Grimmjow. Where you go, we go." Shaolong announced, truthfully.
"Tch, don't ask me, ask the runt." Grimmjow commented, looking back at Ichigo. Ichigo simply looked back at the hollows, still nervous and afraid.
"I...I dunno..." Ichigo said, still with a bit of fright in her voice.
"C'mon kid, their like family...sort've..." Grimmjow added. Ichigo simply rubbed the back of her head a bit, wondering if she really should. To make the very people who were trying to kill her just now her guardians seemed like a gamble on her part, then again, she didn't really think she'd have much of a choice. Of course, if she didn't want to, she could easily command Ulquiorra to kill them...
At the same time, Neliel was happily dusting the entrance of Los Noches. She always felt it required to 'tidy up' the entrance of the place, since they didn't exactly have a door, and the fact that sand kept getting blown into the entrance of the place. As she cleaned, she smiled a bit as she heard footsteps coming back, knowing who's tiny feet would be making the noise as it is.
"Welcome back, Ichi..GAHH!" Neliel stammered, a bit surprised and shocked. She looked at Ichigo who was rubbing the back for her head a bit nervously, while the five fraccions stood behind her. She knew that her mother would react like this, even though she would hope for a somewhat more appealing reaction, and a less surprised one. She couldn't even tell if she would have an easier or harder time explaining this to her father.
"Eh...is it o-tay if dey stay with us, mommy?" Ichigo asked, chuckling a bit nervously...
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It was on that day, Ichigo had five more arracnar to protect and watch over her. Aizen was actually surprised that she came home one day to see the new arracnar, being completely unexpected. He didn't know if he should've thanked Grimmjow for being a leader of the pack when he was recruited, or Ichigo since she's the one that agreed to let them stay. All he did know was that he had gotten more arracnar out of it, and an increase of an army. She smiled a bit as she saw a light at the end of a tunnel, and humorous because of the other version of the phrase. She would finally get a chance to get pay back for Yammy's sake, although she does wonder if she did a bigger number on him than Tatsuki did...Either way, each side was ready to face whatever challenges were going to be thrown at them. But even they didn't know that shinigami and hollow, wouldn't be the only ones making an appearance at this night...
Viola! Again, sorry for the delay and all. Hope you all like it. Next time, we go straight into action, and learn of a new appearance of demons and monsters. Remember, the faster and more you review, the better, and in this case, I REALLY reccomend reviewing, because this next one might take awhile to make, and the sooner you review, the sooner it'll get worked on and COMPLETED! SO REVIEW OR I"LL MAKE GRIMMJOW APPEAR IN YOUR NIGHTMARES!!! (and yes I know that sentence was completely capitals, I shifted everything XD)
