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Chapter 11: Ambush / Ichigo's Fury
And so, the second day has arrived.
All the customers were having their early dinner at this time before the clock strikes at 9pm and the two criminals' arrivals. Ichigo, Urahara, and Yoruichi were also having theirs as well before they begin their arrangements with the thugs. Urahara and Yoruichi had already spoken with their employees to back them up for the right timing. When the clock struck past 8:45pm, all the customers returned to their respective rooms and locked up their doors.
Grimmjow and Nnoitra were on their way with a tied up Senna in their trailer. Those two were extremely anxious to run over that hotel in their hands and do their own dirty work. Smirking, Grimmjow couldn't wait to boss all those waitresses, getting his food with pure taste and all the tempting scent in his mouth. The same goes for Nnoitra, the only food he desire wanted was just raw meat. Only raw meat! Just raw meat, and that is it! He dreamt of himself having all those tempting food scent flowing into his nose, but if he gets any food that has mackerel or jalapeno poppers in them - or touches his meat - he'll be extremely ticked instantly, like an exploding volcano, and immediately throws them at their faces and complaining to them, brutally scolding them about bringing these crappy stuff that were not on his menu.
Inside the trailer, Senna couldn't break herself free while on the dirty floor that was filled with empty canned food. She was weak and cold after staying up for two nights straight to keep her surveillance on them before they did any horrible things to her.
However, she hadn't eaten anything for the past two days after she was kidnapped and sat there while tied up the entire time. Right now, she has to be strong for Ichigo! She wants his arms around her body, feeling his embrace with his warmness.
The car was parked at the parking lot unproperly. Both light-blue haired and tall, skinny man got out of the car as Nnoitra opened the door from the trailer and let the hostage out by yanking the rope hard. The yanking caused Senna to fall on the ground.
"Move it, whore!" he harshly commanded her, then noticed a ring was on her left ring finger. "Hey Grimmjow, our hostage is getting married~ YUCK! !"
Grimmjow turned to his companion, walking his way behind the tied up Senna and saw the ring. "Well, well, well... Looks like she won't be needing this shit anymore!" He instantly removed the ring from Senna's finger with his right hand. She cried in pain from his brutal action. The blue-haired criminal observed the ring closely, seeing it sparkle at his evil blue eyes.
What he didn't know about the ring was... that it's just plastic with glitter on it, thanks to Yoruichi's backup plan - for Senna.
"Heeheehee! This crap must have cost a fortune!" Clenching his right hand and threw the ring in the air with an evil grin. "How ya like, woman? Bet your boyfriend must had spend millions on that piece of shit?"
Senna gave him a glare, but was glad it was a plastic ring. If it really was a real ring from Ichigo, who knows how he'll react about it.
Once Grimmjow did his little early job, they began to proceed their way to the hotel entrance.
From the windows, all the adult customers were peeking with the curtains closed and their children were on the bed.
The three of them approached in the lobby, standing by the doorway and seeing the manager, the tanned lady, and even the orange-haired man who punched him at his face during the amusement park. There was a large bag, laying next to Ichigo.
His eyes widened, seeing an injured and tied up Senna yanking by the tall criminal he had punched and broke two of his teeth. He couldn't believe his eyes, seeing her dress was torn and her body have lost some weight for the past two days. Her left cheek had a bruise from one of their hitting during their phone chat when she had interrupted. His anger was increasing, seeing her like that, tightening his fists.
The criminals were standing afar from their clients. Grimmjow glanced at the bag, seeing it filled with lots of cash he'd wish for with a big grin, showing his teeth.
He starts. "Looks like y'all made a fine decision! Hand over that bag, so I can see the money with my own eyes!" he demanded.
"First, hand her over!" Ichigo shouted in a harsh demanding tone.
Yoruichi patted his left shoulder to calm the orange-haired man. "Ichigo." Ichigo turned to her and she shook her head. He grunted, knowing he has to stick with their plan to save Senna without blowing it.
Urahara closed his fan, starting to speak. "I'll hand you the money while your tall friend approach me. We'll exchange our objections."
Grimmjow knew the blonde man would say that; he growled to himself in annoyance. "Fine! Nnoitra, give them the woman and fetch our prize."
"GRRrrr! ! That means I won't get any good food there!" Nnoitra complained loudly and approached his way while yanking his hostage to follow.
Senna followed the tall criminal with his hard yanking. She could barely walk due to her weak stamina for being awake after these last two days. She really needs food right after this.
Urahara looked at Yoruichi, alerting her the signal, before grabbing the bag and proceeding his way to the tall black-haired criminal. They both stood in the center of the lobby; Urahara handed the bag to him as Nnoitra brutally shoved his hostage to him.
The blonde caught the stumbling Senna in his arms. "You okay, Senna?" he asked.
"J-Just hungry... " she answered, looking at him before Urahara untie the rope.
Nnoitra patted the bag with his left hand, feeling the inside like paperish. It does feels like it has money inside, but the feeling wasn't right. "Let me check the bag if you're messing with me!" He began to open the bag and observed the inside bag. What he saw was bunch of papers in a pack of money as a counterfeit! "WHAT THE HELL IS THIS! ! ?" he yelled, seeing their prize was a fake, and turned to Grimmjow. "YO, GRIMMJOW! ! THEY TRICKED US! !"
"WHAT! ?"
"Now, Yoruichi!" Urahara gave her the signal.
"Haa!" The tanned woman quickly took out some small capsules from her pocket and tossed them at the back of Urahara's head. He quickly dodged to his left and let the throwing capsules flown at the tall black-haired man's face.
Urahara quickly backed away with Senna as the small capsules were at Nnoitra's face and exploded. They were tear gas capsule bombs.
Nnoitra's right eye was hit and dropped the bag. "AAAAAHHH! ! MY EYE! !" he cried, backing away with his right hand holding it. He's blind now! He tried opening his right eye, but it was futile; the sting was still in his eye.
Ichigo bolted towards the blind criminal, clenching his right hand and gave him a hard punch at his face. Nnoitra was send flying towards Grimmjow, but the blue-haired man quickly make his way to the front door. However, Nnoitra slammed himself at Grimmjow and broke the front door, shattering the glass into pieces and landed on the ground with shards of glass. Grimmjow shoved Nnoitra away from him so he can get back up.
"G-Grimmjow!"
"Nnoitra, our ride is at six o' clock! Think you can find your way back until I finish the business here?" he asked his blind, injured companion.
"S-Sure... " he sarcasmed, standing up, turning his back and making his way to their vehicle with his hands holding out. Nnoitra started walking, taking one step at a time.
Grimmjow stood on his feet, but Ichigo immediately dashed and rammed into him. "AHH! !" He didn't see that coming. The blue-haired man bumped into the blind Nnoitra, causing him to fall forward and rolling towards the car as his head was whammed at the vehicle's rear left door.
"OOW! ! AH, SHIT! !" he turned his back, sitting there and yelled out. "GRIMMJOW, KILL THAT BASTARD! !" Nnoitra yelled, trying to figure where his companion was due to his one-lost eyesight by the tear gas, and laid his butt on the ground.
Senna ran out the hotel to help Ichigo, but Yoruichi stopped her from engaging the fight.
"ICHIGO!"
"Senna, don't! Ichigo wouldn't want you to get killed if you help him!" the tanned woman held her right upper arm before reaching the other upper arm.
"I can't let him fight alone!"
Ichigo turned his back and saw Senna was at the entrance with his eyes widened. "SENNA, GET BACK! !"
Grimmjow froze his track, hearing the carrot top's name from his freed hostage's mouth. The orange-haired latter's name he was fighting... His name's Ichigo? A strawberry name... for a guy?
"SENNA, ST-" Ichigo was interrupted by a burst of laughter. He turned to the blue-haired criminal and sees him cracking up. Suddenly, he didn't feel like asking what made him laugh like a hyena.
"HAHAHAA! ARE YOU FUCKING SERIOUS! ! ? DAAAHAHAHAHA! !" Grimmjow forced himself to stop laughing, falling on his knees until he soon stops.
"Oh man, this is priceless... " He got himself on his feet with a grin.
"Ichigo... Ichigo... What kind of guy like you have a girl's name! ? Ichigo! ? Are you for real! ?"
Ichigo snorted from his foul mouth. Another one of those people who messed with his name. He knows his name means "to protect one thing" which was given by his dad. He doesn't even give a crap what this guy has to say about him. He already made a vow to protect Senna from any harm!
"Grimmjow, if you're thinking about giving me some shitty strawberries, then forget it! I HATE them!" Nnoitra said, hearing his friend saying strawberry. He couldn't see what's going on due to his blind right eye, but misheard him.
Grimmjow laughed a bit before stopping. "Since your name is Ichigo~ I'll introduce mine... Grimmjow Jaegerjaquez! You already knew my injured blind partner, Nnoitra!"
"HEY! GRIMMJOW, I'M NOT FUCKING BLIND! !" Nnoitra yelled who thought it was an insult since his right eye was in damage.
"Well, enough chit chatting! I'm here to take that hotel and make it my own paradise!" the blue-haired man proclaimed.
"You think I will allow that that easily? You nearly hurt Senna, you killed these innocent people, and now you want THIS hotel to be your personal paradise! ? SCREW YOU! ! I won't allow such cruelty ambition like yours to make a hotel into a bunch of crap!" Ichigo barked and tightened his fists, readying to fight the criminal.
He doesn't want this ambition to blacken this good place of a hotel; he wants to abolish it.
(Okay, this is my first time writing an actual, physical fighting, so please just go with it.)
Grimmjow bolted towards Ichigo and launched his right fist at him, but was blocked by the orange-head's left arm. Next, he launched his left fist at him. Ichigo caught his left fist with his right hand. But before Grimmjow can make his next move, Ichigo kneed the latter's abdomen.
"AHH! !" Grimmjow backed away, feeling the pain inside him. "Not bad... for a guy with a girly name." he commented.
"Ichigo... " Senna said his name faintly, worrying about him.
Grimmjow ran to him, quickly swinging his right leg and clashed at Ichigo's left rib. "AAHH!" Ichigo stumbled, but Grimmjow quickly launched his right fist and gave him a fierce punched on his abdomen. Ichigo cried and was send flying, falling and rolling on the ground. He was on the ground in front of Senna and Yoruichi as he got back up on his feet.
He spat some blood from his mouth. "Damn it... he's strong... " he said in his thought, never knew this criminal, Grimmjow, had a tough strength in him. He has to be aware of him before he takes over the hotel - and Senna.
"Ichigo!" Senna wanted to help him, but Yoruichi held her tightly from her assisting.
"You're good at fighting, but you suck at making contact with my speed." Grimmjow spat his saliva on the ground before continuing. "You're just like that brat during that day."
Nnoitra was still sitting on the ground, leaning his back on the car and feeling impatient since Grimmjow was having all the fun to himself.
"Tch! Grimmjow... hurry it up! I'm mad fucking hungry here!" he murmured.
Ichigo stood back up and wiped the blood off his chin.
"Just give up, brat! Once you yield-" Gimmjow looked at his hostage and thought of an idea how to taunt him in a lying way. Smirking to himself, preparing to say it. "I'll make your precious girlfriend of yours into a perfect maid... in just~ her nice fucking undies~ " he finished with a evil grin.
Senna gasped at the criminal's sudden perverted thought. Yoruichi angrily shot her eyes at him. She tightly embraced Senna from letting fear come into her mind.
Ichigo shot his eyes of hatred at him when he said something inappropriate about Senna. His body began to heat up. Tightening his fists even more with anger. He didn't want to predict that in reality if he works there and torture her! Rage is consuming him even more and more.
"Ichigo, don't-" Yoruichi was about to tell Ichigo to stop, but it was already too late.
He ran towards him, balling both his hand and gave him a punch in a boxing style. Grimmjow knew it worked; his strawbery opponent has took the bait as he dodged the latter's punch. He kept on dodging each and one of his punches in his pissed off face. Ichigo's punches were in flaw, none of his punch were hitting him. Soon, Grimmjow caught the angry Ichigo's left wrist and then his right. Ichigo was about to kneed him, but the blue-haired interrupts him by headbutting him before releasing his hands on the latter's wrist. Ichigo cried until his neck was caught by Grimmjow's left hand. Grimmjow grew a smirk, tightened his right hand and gave him a brutal and harsh punch at his face.
"OOPFH!"
Grimmjow let out a maniac laugh and continued giving him multiple Comet Punches (Pokemon move XD) at his face. He was having so much fun right now, punching this strawberry man repeatedly like a punching bag. Spamming and spamming his rapid, vigorous jab at him. He knew using his bait to lure him up close was a great idea, making him explode his temper.
Blood were dripping out of Ichigo's nose, couldn't retaliate back nor his senses. Due to Grimmjow's fast and fierce multiple Comet Punch, he can't think nor use his legs to kick him to release his grip. Pain was impaling him more and more with each hits; he felt weak.
"ICHIGO! !" Senna screamed his name, but Yoruichi tightened her grip.
"Senna, stop!"
"But Ichigo needs help!" Senna said to her.
Grimmjow gave Ichigo a few more punches as he released his left hand, then fiercely jabbed him below the chest. Ichigo dropped forward, coughing off blood. Now it's his turn to kneed Ichigo on his chin, causing him raise his head in the air. Clenching both his fists and gave his orange-haired foe double fierce punches on his abdomen.
"GAAAH! !" Ichigo flew backwards, landing his face with a couple bounces and rolling on the ground. He was on Senna and Yoruichi's left side, feet away.
"ICHIGO! !" Senna cried with small tears on her eyes. She doesn't want to see him die right before her eyes. She wants him to be alive and stop those crooks from ruining her future with Ichigo. Senna turned away and hugged foster mother tightly, crying and hiccuping, but holding them in.
Yoruichi embraced her daughter-like back to take her pain away. She knew how much Senna loves Ichigo, but she too doesn't want those two top criminals to take over their hotel business. Yoruichi looked at the fallen Ichigo and hoped he'll survive and win. She and Urahara doesn't want to know how to explain this to Isshin and the daughters how Ichigo died by Grimmjow and Nnoitra.
The two females have faith in Ichigo, wishing him not to die.
Ichigo got back on his feet, but was grabbed by the blue-haired criminal's left hand at the collar shirt to lift himself on his feet in a quicker way. He punches the injured strawberry man's abdomen with his right fist.
"How ya like that! ? Feels fucking awesome, doesn't it! ?" Grimmjow shouted, feeling more excited to give him a hard payback from the amusement park. "HYA! !" He brutally threw Ichigo at the wall with a slam as he dropped himself on the ground. "COME ON, FIGHT BACK! !"
Ichigo was shakened, trying to retaliate this monster. He doesn't stand a chance against this brute, neither could he outspeed him. Blood were spat out from his mouth due to Grimmjow's multiple punches on his face, and dripping out from his nose.
"D-Damn it... "
"Tch!" Grimmjow spat on the ground. "I'll give you some shitty time while I help my out pal." he turned and walked off to the laying and blind Nnoitra with his hands shoved in his pockets.
Ichigo coughed, trying to regain his breath from the pain. He had to think a way to ambush him quickly before the blue-haired criminal strikes again.
Grimmjow took a few steps away and stopped in his track. Somehow, his fallen strawberry's face kinda reminds him of someone when he was a teenager. Picturing the exact same face of a kid he encountered during that day, which resembles of his impaled foe.
"Ya mind if ask you somethin'... ?" he asked out of a blue. Ichigo was on his knees and a bit confused at his sudden question. Grimmjow turned to the side, glancing at him at the corner of his right eye. "15 years ago... weren't you that blonde brat who protects his mama's boy during that night?"
Senna and Yoruichi broke apart and turned to the criminal in astonished, hearing it from Grimmjow's mouth.
Ichigo was a bit lost from him until a few seconds... it snapped!
During that night with his mom's death, he remembered the killer was a blue-haired teenager - just like him. His eyes widened, matching the killer's hair color from the past and the present. When he match those males in his head, their faces actually resembled one another! He couldn't belive the killer was actually him, and right in front of him, beating him up like a punching bag. More anger was increasing inside his whole body with pure rage!
"How the fuck could I be that fucking blind!" Grimmjow palmed his forehead in an act, taunting him to approach at his face. "HA! I was fighting this weak shit when he was a fucking brat, who was protecting his whore mommy!"
After all this time, he got punched by the same person who was the boy he killed his mother.
Yoruichi couldn't believe what she just heard from the criminal's mouth. He was the person who murdered Masaki 15 years ago! ? Urahara was also in shock, hearing it from behind the shattered glass frontdoor, almost dropping his fan on the glass-filled ground. They had absolutely no idea... that meeting this top criminal who murdered Ichigo's mother... was right in front of him...
For Senna, she was extremely shocked, more than Yoruichi and Urahara. She couldn't believe Ichigo's mom's killer was this thug who nearly kidnapped her during the amusement park, and literally kidnapped her during their wonderful night at the party. She couldn't breathe, move, nor speak, but her heart felt like it was in pain by someone's hand.
Ichigo clenched both his hands like he had never tightened them. His eyes narrowed with pure hate, blood were boiling like a burning pot. Those painful memories about his mother's death was coming back to his head.
He tried not to replay them, but seeing the harsh retrospect from Grimmjow's teenage evil grin and his dagger, he somehow got the strength back and dashed his way towards the criminal who murdered his mom he didn't protect, ignoring all the pain and shed out blood from his body.
"RAAAAAAWWWHHHH! ! !"
To be continue...
