You tell me that you need me
Then you go and cut me down, but wait
You tell me that you're sorry
Didn't think I'd turn around and say
That it's too late to apologize
Too late
King Sosuke Aizen took his final breaths alone on the cold stone floor of the Seretei castle, it wasn't how he had imagined his day ending. His guards and soldiers took two steps to come to his aide but were stopped by the two men that ran him through with their own blades. Gin's and Grimmjow's words ringed out in his mind.
"Stay there, that's an order. Don't help that crazy son of a bitch."
There was complete silence as everyone stared down at the forming pool of blood coming from the lifeless King on the floor. The silence was broken by the man's only son.
"Arrest them!" Coyote's voice rang through the large corridor bouncing off the walls he didn't want to make the call but he was just put in a terrible position.
"Wait no!" Ichigo and Toshiro spoke at the same time as guards and soldiers from Hueco Mundo descended on both Grimmjow and Gin, both men snatched away refusing to be taken in so easily.
"No please Coyote." Toshiro began.
"He was coming after us. They were only protecting us." Ichigo finished. His anger towards Toshiro was over shadowed by his love for Grimmjow, he had already lost one person today he wasn't going to lose another.
"You guys don't understand." Coyote looked at his friends hoping they could see things from his perspective but he knew it was highly unlikely after all, wasn't he just protecting his lover after he'd admitted to killing a King.
"They just murdered a King in front of us in cold blood, not just any King but the one they swore allegiance to that is treason to the highest degree." Coyote finished his sentence and both Toshiro and Ichigo stared at him in shock.
"Are you fucking kidding me?" Ichigo spoke. "That so called King was-"
"Was loved and adored by his people." Coyote finished his sentence. "A King who was not only murdered by his own subjects but his Commander of the Guard and Sergeant of flanks my hands are tied." Coyote inhaled and exhaled sharply "I said guards seize them."
Ichigo had thought Coyote was his friend now in the course of a single day he had lost his father his two best friends and soon his lover. His anger rose again and he wanted Coyote to feel what he was feeling. He turned to Tessai his father's trusted guard and friend, the man still had a Seretei soldier by the collar of his jacket.
"Arrest Chad." He told the man. Tessai gave him a single nod and then descended on Chad.
"Wait Ichigo what are you doing?" Coyote asked he pulled his katana out ready to protect Chad if he had to.
"YOU WANNA TAKE MINE I'M TAKING YOURS!" Ichigo yelled, Grimmjow who had been wrestling with one of the soldiers that was trying to arrest him immediately felt sorry for Chad. What he did to protect Ichigo was entirely different from what Chad had done he was blackmailed, his sympathy turned to anger when he realized all the shit they were going through at the moment was Sosuke's fault.
"Ichi don't take this shit out on Chad. He's your friend." Grimmjow said to his lover.
"Stay out of this Grimm."
"This isn't right Ichigo and you know it." Coyote spoke to his friend trying to reason with him as Tessai inched closer to he and his lover.
"And what you're doing to Grimmjow and Gin is." Ichigo hated Toshiro but Gin had done nothing to him and if anything he saved Ichigo from the trouble of killing Sosuke himself.
"That's different and you know it."
"Do I?" Ichigo asked.
"What the fuck Ichigo stop this!" Grimmjow began pleading with his lover.
"I said stay out of this Grimm." Ichigo snapped back. "Take him Tessai." The commander of the Guard was slightly hesitant he wasn't sure how he was going to effectively do that without hurting the Prince that was protecting the soldier in question.
Ichigo looked back to his lover who was being dragged off, knowing if he didn't do something that Grimmjow would be taken back to his own kingdom and put to death, his former friend Toshiro was now pleading with Coyote to release Gin, while Coyote stood in front of Chad protecting him from Tessai a Commander of the Guard and honorable man.
Ichigo began walking over to Coyote and Chad. His best friend noticed him coming towards him he was always hyper aware of his surroundings even when he was passed out sleeping.
"Ichigo what are you doing?" Coyote asked even though he already knew the answer. Ichigo wasn't looking at him but behind him at a wide eyed Chad, who was now pushing Coyote out of harms way.
"Yasuturo from the house of Sado, I charge you with treason for the murder of King Genryusai, your punishment is death." Ichigo finished his last sentence raising his blade to swipe at Chad's throat. Coyote lost his footing as his lover pushed him to the side, and as Ichigo's blade came across he managed to step in front of Chad before the blade connected with his throat. Ichigo froze he didn't want to kill Coyote that would definitely mean war.
"MOOVE this is Karakura business." Ichigo spoke, Coyote felt Chad from behind trying to push him out of the way once more but the Prince had latched on to him, clinging desperately to his uniform.
"NO ICHIGO!" Coyote yelled, his head fell in defeat as he began to fight back his tears. "I can't stand by and watch you murder my lover."
"Then giv...give me back mine ppplease." Coyote head snapped up, when he heard Ichigo's broken words, his tears fell in steady streams. Coyote's mouth fell open but no words came out.
In the distance Toshiro had latched on to Gin as his soldier's and guards fought the other guards from Hueco Mundo who were trying to grab the young Prince and arrest Gin.
"I knew what I was doing Toshi jus let em' take me." Gin looked down into Toshiro's turquoise eyes, thinking how much he would miss looking at them. "I'm gonna miss ya Toshi to bad we didn't ave' much time ta spend ta together."
"Stop talking like that I won't let them take you." Toshiro had lost his self-respect as he clung to Gin's robes sobbing. One of the soldiers from Hueco Mundo was able to break free of the fighting and started pulling at Toshiro who only clung to Gin tighter screaming "NOOOO, YOU CAN'T HAVE HIM!"
"Toshi please let me go." Gin pleaded, Toshiro had buried his face in the man's chest as he held on for dear life, the Guard dropped his head kissing the top of the Prince's head tears falling from his face, he had never seen Toshiro so broken he was always such a proud young man. "Let me go, jus let go."
"HEY!" Grimmjow yelled, he elbowed the soldier that had him by the arm in the nose, the young man released him to grab at his nose. "HOW BOUT ALL OF YOU CHILL THE FUCK OUT!" Ichigo who still had his katana to his friend's head turned to glare at the soldier he was not happy with his lover and before he could speak Grimmjow lowered his voice and spoke.
"We fucked up. Gin and I." He turned to give a heads up sign to Gin, Gin nodded back at him. "Look Prince Coyote can't go back with that body and no explanation, the people of Hueco Mundo would tear the Kingdom apart and eventually rise up against him." Ichigo opened his mouth to speak "How could you want that for your friend Ichi?"
"I can't lose you too, I'll have nothing left." Ichigo lowered his blade and Coyote breathed a sigh of relief.
"I'm sorry Ichi, I wish there was more for me to say, something to ease your pain, but I got nothing, I fucked up."
Toshiro and Gin
"Grimmjow's right." Gin cut in. "We have to go back turn ourselves in."
"I'm not just going to let them take you away, so they can kill you." Toshiro spoke staring up into Gin's eyes.
"That's exactly what ya gonna do Toshi." He closed his eyes in slits and he gave Toshiro a soft smile. Lowering his head to place a kiss on the young Prince's lips. Toshiro wanted to commit it all to memory, Gin's roaming hands, his talented tongue the way he tasted the way he smelled, that stupid obnoxious grin those eyes, he wanted to remember it all in this moment. When Gin finally released Toshiro's lips, he chuckled at the disappointment that now graced his face. His turquoise eyes were now red from all the crying and his face flushed red, his white hair was everywhere on his head, it reminded Gin of the their first night together.
"Toshiro there is something I need to tell you." Gin's tone scared the young Prince slightly, but he gave the Guard his undivided attention nonetheless. "I knew about the order to kill your father." That information weighed on Gin heavily and maybe he shouldn't have spilled the beans so to speak at that moment but he couldn't go to his grave with it, he just couldn't.
"You what?" Toshiro pulled away from his lover's embrace and he stared up at him in disgust. "How could you not tell me? How could you not warn us?" It was like an instant split from his heart and his brain, when he punched Gin in the jaw. "Is that your love Gin?"
"Sosuke sensed my hesitance especially since it was taking me so long to come up with a battle strategy to invade your Kingdom." Gin tried to plea his case but he knew nothing he could do or say could fix the rift that was starting to grow "I was being watched, he already used Chad against Coyote, if he knew about you and I-"
"I don't care." Toshiro cut in "Your a coward Gin and I hate you for it." Toshiro didn't mean those words but then again his heart and his brain wasn't really agreeing at the moment. His anger was rising and he didn't fight it, the anger was so much better than the pain he had been feeling at the thought of losing Gin forever. He began to back away from the guard, thinking that it was a good time to walk away, he turned on his heels with his back to his lover walking as fast as his legs could carry him, but Gin wasn't quite done with him.
"I couldn't sleep." Toshiro didn't care what Gin was getting at, he just wanted to put some distance between them, he heard the man's footsteps from behind. "That night by the pond, when you finally admitted how you felt about me, I was in the bushes because I couldn't sleep."
This sparked Toshiro's interest, and he turned back to look at Gin one eyebrow raised. "What does your sleeping patterns and my bushes have to do with each other?" Gin opened his eyes staring at Toshiro with those icy blue irises.
"Because my Toshi, When I can't stop thinking bout ya, I can't sleep. I come ta ya room at night when I can't sleep and that night I was on my way when I caught ya by the pond so I ducked behind the bushes." He closed the distance between them they were centimeters apart but Gin made no attempts to reach out to Toshiro and neither did the Prince. "Ya don't know how many nights I spent outside that room of yers.' Ya don't know how long I've loved ya Toshi." Gin closed his eyes back into slits and a single tear escaped. "I know I disappointed ya, I let ya down when ya needed me tha most, and if I could I'd take it back. I'm sorry Toshi."
Coyote and Chad
"I knew what I was doing when I killed him Coyo, I deserve to be punished for what I've done. It's like you said you can't protect me from this, and I don't want you to."
"Now you choose to speak Chad." Coyote turned to face his lover grabbing the man by the back of his head and around his waist, he heard his wife scoff in disgust somewhere in the background and at the moment he could care less. "That's the second time you threw yourself on your own blade for me, and I've sacrificed nothing for you." Chad shook his head.
"I've never seen it that way, you've given me so much and I would do it all over again if I had to." Chad forced a smile to his face he wanted to give his ex lover something to hang on to even if it was fruitless.
Coyote immediately felt numb inside knowing that the brown skinned soldier was right, he had killed a King didn't matter the reason, didn't matter if his back was up against the wall the only thing that matter was the fact that the deed was done and Chad's hands was stained with the blood.
Coyote opened his mouth to speak but no words came out, instead he nodded his head in understanding as his eyes filled with tears. He rested his head on the soldiers strong broad shoulders shaking his head in disbelief. His voice came out as nothing but a whisper.
"I failed you and for that I'm so sorry."
"No...no you didn't Coyo I failed you." The Prince's head snapped up, he was prepared to argue the matter but he was cut off when Chad kissed him. Chad attacked his lips with a fury and a hunger that Coyote never experienced from him before, he opened his mouth and let the soldier explore him, taste him, relish him to his hearts content, he would grant him that. When Chad pulled away, he bowed his head.
"Will you promise me something Coyo?" He asked with his head still lowered.
"Only if you look at me when you ask." Chad shook his head and Coyote rolled his eyes, he could be so stubborn when he wanted to. "Okay what is it Chad?"
"Will you at least try with her?" Coyote's brow furrowed he knew what Chad meant by her, he placed his index finger and thumb underneath Chad's chin and raised the soldier's head.
"Come again?" He asked.
"Your wife, I feel so guilty for coming between you two, I-"
"Hey let's get one thing straight I was with you long before I was with her, Not to mention." Coyote scoffed he threw a hand up in Cirruchi's direction, the woman had been listening to their entire conversation. "She's a bitch."
"You only feel that way because of me." Chad tried to reason with his Prince.
"No I'm pretty sure everyone thinks she's a bitch." He looked back at his wife who had both hands on her hips, her face was bright red and if she could she would be breathing fire.
"Please Coyo, I need to know you'll try." Coyote's blue gray eyes softened as he gently touched his lips to Chad's once more.
"I know why you're asking me this." He said resting his forehead's on Chad's "It's because of how you grew up isn't it?" The soldier gave a small nod. "You don't want my child to have that life am I right?" Chad nodded once more. "While lying in my bed crying myself stupid I figured out, that's why you left me." Coyote let out a frustrated sigh. "You need to know just because you left me didn't mean I was going to instantly love her, I could never love her not when you take up so much of my heart." He pecked the soldier's lips "Do you understand?" Chad nodded "But I'll try to be nicer to her if only for you. Everything is only for you."
Ichigo and Grimmjow
Ichigo felt defeated and as much as he had wanted to throttle Toshiro, that feeling was nothing to the overwhelming pain from all that he had lost and was about to lose. His shoulders slumped and he bowed his head, his katana clanking to the floor as it fell from his hands. He didn't even hear his lover walk up to him.
"I'm sorry." Grimmjow's voice came out in a playful banter and Ichigo scoffed at the tone. "I'm always with you even-"
"Don't" Ichigo cut the soldier off abruptly his head snapping up staring into the dispirited face of his lover. "Don't say that when we both know it's not the same." He wanted to cry, he was in so much pain and no one would blame him if he broke down right there in the corridor, but his pride wouldn't let him go there.
"Ichi" Grimmjow reached a hand out to the Prince but Ichigo backed away. "Ichi, I just want to say good-"
"DON'T!" Ichigo was at the end of his rope, reaching down to pick up his katana latching it to his hip. He wiped a hand over his face catching the offending tears that managed to escape he stole one last glance at his lover "I can't do what you're asking me to. If you want to give up without even trying that's your business but-" He stopped mid sentence to focus on his breathing catching his breath in his throat his chest swelling doing his best not to cry. "but don't expect me to give up with you." He turned back to Tessai "After he's said his good-byes arrest him we'll hand him over to Seretei later." The guard nodded in understanding.
Ichigo started to walk away, he would kill Toshiro another day, he just couldn't be there when they hauled his lover away.
"Ichigo I love you." Ichigo had every intention to walk away with some of his dignity intact but Grimmjow just wouldn't allow it. He stood there frozen staring out into the distance, he felt Grimmjow walk up behind him and wrap his arms around his waist, the soldier sniffed his hair before placing a kiss there, he pulled the Prince in closer to his own body, but Ichigo made no efforts to respond to his lover, he remained stiff as cardboard. He heard Grimmjow moan as he kissed the shell of his ear, he whispered to him.
"Did you hear what I said my Ichi?" Ichigo nodded, he had lost his voice. Was this really good-bye? "Good, because I want you to hear it even if you're being stubborn." Grimmjow chuckled, the vibrations coming from his warm body sent chills up Ichigo's spine. "Do you remember the day we met?" He waited for a moment but Ichigo said nothing, but of course Grimmjow always knew the right buttons to push if anytime would be a good time to push those buttons now would be it. "Man I kicked your ass." He felt Ichigo jerk in his grasp and he allowed the young man enough room to shift his body so that they could look at each other eye to eye.
"That's not how I remember it." Ichigo squinted his eyes. "I remember kicking your ass and then allowing you to get a few love taps in before your mother broke it up." Grimmjow bumped heads with him.
"Ah whatever so long as you remember." Ichigo's eyes grew wide before his eyelids drooped. Grimmjow chuckled again "Do you remember-"
"I don't want to talk about this anymore, we can talk about it later." He began shifting trying to free himself from the soldier's grasp.
"Okay Ichi." Grimmjow released the Prince deciding not to fight him on the matter any longer, if Ichigo wanted to play the game this way then fine he would play along. "Can I have kiss before you go?" The Prince turned back to look at Grimmjow, he looked as if he was waiting for the punch line to a joke, Grimmjow gave him the biggest shit eating grin he could muster under the circumstances "You know something to hold me over."
Ichigo only thought about it for half a second before closing the distance between him and his blue haired soldier. Like their love making their kisses were always so rough. Both men fighting for dominance over the other until Ichigo finally seceded, but this time when Ichigo kissed his soldier, there was no fight in Grimmjow, the soldier moaned into the kiss as his tongue danced around the inside of his very own mouth to a beat only known to the two lovers. His hands roamed freely in Ichigo's soft hair as he pulled away slightly to nip at the Prince's lip. Ichigo felt like his heart was going to explode in his chest as the beating grew louder in his ears.
The Prince gently pushed the soldier away, as the dam that he had expertly held back threatened to break free as he spoke. "I...I...know wha what your doing."
"Ichi-" Grimmjow began to speak but he was cut off by his lover.
"You're trying to say good-bye but I won't let you." And with that Ichigo turned on his heels and headed towards the exit.
Queen Rangiku had heard and seen enough she couldn't stand to see all her boys in pain, she had no idea about their secret love affairs. Okay maybe she had an inkling but she had no idea it was as serious as it was. Her husband had terrorized her and her son while he was alive and she would be damned if he would continue to do it from his grave. And as the wheels in her brain turned formulating a plan, she reached out and grabbed a heartbroken Ichigo by the elbow as he tried to leave.
"Wait" she spoke to him he looked at her with a puzzled look. "I think I have a plan." He didn't speak he just continuedd to stare at her and he realized she was serious his brown eyes lit up with hope.
Tell me my readers honestly what ya think to much mush, If so thank Lady Jekyll she wasn't happy about Mrs. Hyde ganking people these last chappies- and also if you can tell me which one of our couples is which in order of the prologue I'll give you a spoiler and tell you if you're right, because honestly I think I've given you enough that you can figure it out before the very end as always toodles-Hydekll
P.S-As always in a good soap opera more drama to come (insert wink here).