Chapter 10: Feelings and Explanations
Disclaimer: I don't own bleach! If I did, I'd be rich! Rich I tell you! Why? Cause bleach is the best anime ever! :)
Me: OK! Let's answer some comments!
Ichigo: This first one comes from Mayuzu.
Me: That may be true, but remember that little Grimm is only the 6th Espada! That Vasto Lorde was stronger than Ichi so it didn't make sense to him, at the time.
Also, I know that, in the anime, if Rukia sensed a hollow and told Ichi then he would instantly use his Shinigami badge, but this time they didn't even feel it. Besides, everything happened so fast that Ichi didn't even have time to react. That's how powerful the Vasto Lorde was!
Finally, Aizen is still around. Grimmjow doesn't live in Las Noches anymore, but beneath it. I'm sorry if that was unclear….
P.S: The part about Ichi's grandpa will be explained later, so please bear with it. :)
Grimmjow: Hey, I just wanna clarify something! I left Aizen's army before they even kidnapped that woman!
Ichigo: I know that, in the anime, I only beat Grimmjow when we came to rescue Inoue, but this time I defeated him once before that and I can use my hollow powers better too…
Me: They're just things that I need for the plot, so I put them here to clear things up! :) Also, I just want to thank IILesGeMeAuxII for helping me with this chapter. :3
Ichigo: Hope that you'll enjoy the new chapter!
Grimmjow: Even though nothing interesting will happen. *sighs*
Ichigo: *rolls eyes* Just because we won't have sex doesn't mean that nothing interesting will happen.
Me: Anyhow~, I hope that you'll enjoy it! ^_^
Grimmjow: Review or I'll kill you! *evil glare*
I want to forget it all
To never remember
The way that it was…
"Where?", she asked.
"There, below the Menos Forest", he pointed towards the hole in the ground and then grabbed her hand. Then he jumped in, pulling her down with him, while shouting in excitement."By the way," he shouted, "My name is Opal."
Rukia was falling, she knew she was, it was too unrealistic to not be happening and yet she wasn't scared. She looked at the boy-no, the hollow next to her as he was shouting in excitement and pure joy. Maybe she not being scared had something to do with the small Arrancar, she thought, but then shook her head. It couldn't, there was no way that that was even remotely possible. He was a hollow; she was a shinigami; nothing more, nothing less.
Rukia looked at the up-coming ground. Like the upper level, it was covered in white, almost shining sand. There was something strange about this, but she couldn't put her finger on it. She ignored that feeling and concentrated on what she had come here to do. It was the same horrible place to her. She didn't have time to dilly-dally and question things right now; she had to save Ichigo before that womanizer got to him!
If she knew him like she thought she knew him, he'd probably rape Ichigo! Although, he would probably prefer Ichigo as a woman, so nothing might happen for a while.
That is until Ichigo would… she didn't even want to think about it.
Next to her, Opal gave her a weird look before he asked her with a silky voice, "Is something wrong?" he looked worried, but Rukia knew better, hollows didn't have hearts, so he couldn't possibly be worried about her. It was all an act.
"No, I'm fine. It's nothing."
Opal didn't know what to think about Rukia. All he knew about her was that she was really stubborn. And even though she didn't know who he was, she was willing to follow him just to save that guy she was talking about. He had to admit he was a little curious about that…..
'Did she l-l-like him?' He thought. 'No, there's no way, right? But she did come all the way to Hueco Mundo and trust a total stranger just to save that guy's sorry ass…' For some reason, he didn't really like that idea. And now she looked worried, like really worried. He sighed. Now he couldn't enjoy the wonderful fall…
"Why do you care?" she suddenly asked, Opal stiffened immediately. He didn't know how to answer that, but he had to say something to her.
"I don't" he bluffed and caused her to sigh.
"I see…" The doubt was obvious in her voice.
"I really don't, you just started acting weird and it would be troublesome for me if there's something wrong with you." he tried a second time, not even knowing what he was saying. His face became a bright red causing Rukia to stare at him for a while.
"You know, when you say it like that it sounds like you almost have a heart." she said.
Suddenly, they both realized that the ground was only a few inches away from them and they had to stop their conversation lest they die from the impact. Opal's instincts kicked in and he grabbed her bride style before they landed gracefully on the ground and he started looking her over, for injuries. He found none causing him to sigh in relief.
But I can't, I won't
It's in my nature
My heart
The way
That I was, and am now
"I love you." Grimmjow said with a smile, but not his usual smile, a real, genuine smile that made Ichigo smile too. And before he knew what he was saying, he said, "I love you too, Grimmjow, my alpha…"
Grimmjow still had to carry Ichigo to the throne room since they had sex twice that day and Ichigo was really hurting right now. Ichigo didn't even complain about it….Well, not too much anyway.
This time, the big doors were wide open and welcoming them into the big room. Inside the said room, there was a big table with lots of food on top of it.
At the head of the table sat none other than Ichigo's grandfather. On both sides of the old man were two chairs that looked exactly the same. Chairs that are only used by royal families and such. They had red upholstery and reddish-brown wood, but what really amazed the two weren't the chairs, no, it was the selection of foods.
They were arranged bowls of steamed spaghetti, fried fish that were lying on some lettuce, high class sushi, rice with all sorts of flavors, every kind of soup that they knew existed and as well as those that they didn't, beef, veal, steak, curry, and more!
The king rose from his chair and, when he saw them, his face lit up. He quickly came closer at an inhumane speed towards Ichigo and embraced him tightly.
"Here's my favorite grandson!" He said and snuggled Ichigo like a puppy. "Ji-chan loves you!" he practically shouts.
For some reason, his grandpa reminded him of his old man. They were both weird and behaved stupidly stupid, but Ichigo didn't want to hurt the old man's feelings, so he let it go… for now.
"Ano… king?" Grimmjow said awkwardly. The king looked at him with a sad look before replying.
"I know… I know… can't you just let me have some fun with my grandson before you-…" he sighed before releasing Ichigo and heading back to his seat. It seemed that whatever he had to say was important and Grimmjow really wanted to know what the old man was going to say.
All three sat down for dinner.
Grimmjow and Ichigo piled-up the food that they wanted to eat on their plates in such high quantities that it seemed like they had never eaten before. The worst part was that they didn't care at all. The king just laughed it off as if it were nothing more than a joke, but, inside, he noted to himself that he needed to teach Ichigo some table manners.
When they all finished, the old man looked at the two; they were waiting for him to start talking. He took in a deep breath and began his speech…
I want to try
To figure you out
Don't know why
To leave or to die
What about you?
Care to share your thoughts
To light the shadows surrounding you
Shunsui Kyōraku watched, from a safe distance, the three eating like pigs. His long wavy brown hair was tied up in a long ponytail and hasd his long bangs frame the left side of his face. He was wearing a big, light colored straw hat, and a pink flowered kimono which he drapes across his shoulders and over his captain's uniform. Although his haori and obi sash were cheap, his pin-wheel hairpins were very expensive and he was proud of them. With a small, sad smile he looks longingly at all the food lying there on the big table, calling for him, but he knows that he can't just reveal himself to them no matter how hungry he was.
He'd only been there for a while and his food supplies were pretty much gone because he had eaten almost all of it the moment that he had gotten a bit hungry. He had gotten there just as they had entered the big doors to eat. Because he wasn't informed, he didn't even suspect that Ichigo and Grimmjow had had sex already because Ichigo was still male.
He watched the way that Ichigo acted towards both the blue haired Arrancar and the strange old man that he didn't know. He seemed friendly towards them, like they were family or something. Ichigo didn't look like he could resist much, since he was still in his human form.
Kyōraku knew that he was laid back man. It was evident in his style of dressing and general his attitude. And that he's rarely seen without a smile on his lips. But now, things were different, he didn't smile and he knew something was going on and it worried him. Something was a bit off; he took out a bottle of sake, his favorite kind, and started drinking and cursed himself for not bringing any steamed buns; they would have gone so wonderfully with his sake… He sighed.
If anything, he would really like to know what was really going on. So, for now, he decides not to go after Ichigo and rescue him, but to listen to the upcoming conversation…