Well, well, well, it seems that a lot of you were caught off guard from the last chapter. Lol! Your reviews had us rolling on the floor laughing! We love you guys! ^^ Anyways, sorry it's taking so long for us to update we'll try to be better ^.^ (Some of it was due to the issues going on with buuuuut whacha gonna do? :D BEWARE: Short Chapter, next one will be longer
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Midnight: WAAAAAAA!
RubyR3d: What the heck's the matter with you?
Midnight: Gr-Gr-Grim-Grimmjow! An-an-and Say-say-SAYURI YOU TRAITOR!
Sayuri: Whaaa? I didn't do anything! He kissed me!
Midnight: Oh, yeah? Well I'm gonna punch you! *Flashes towards Sayuri*
Sayuri: Gah! Holy Hell! *runs as fast as possible in other direction*
RubyR3d:Oh God, Midnight! Stop...No! Put that chainsaw down right now! Ugh! I gotta go guys. Enjoy!...Run Sayuri, run!
(Sayuri & Grimmjow POV)
Sayuri punched and kicked at him as much force as she possibly could to get away. Did he completely lose his mind? Where did this kiss come from? It didn't make any sense at all. She could only do so much considering her previous injuries. Every movement she made, caused worse pain and the fact that Grimmjow was gripping her aching cut shoulders wasn't helping. Sayuri screamed when she felt Grimmjow force her lips open and stick his tongue in her mouth. One of his hands released her waist and flew to intertwine his fingers in her hair. He pulled her face closer to his as his tongue continued to explore her mouth.
Grimmjow groaned at her resistance. He didn't have the slightest clue what the hell he was doing this for, but it felt... good...right. He wished that she would just stop resisting for a second. Just so it would be more enjoyable. After about thirty more seconds, Grimmjow released her lips to catch his breath. This was her chance, as soon as she felt the slightest bit of his grip loosen, she tugged with all her remaining energy. She fell backwards on the sand with a thud gasping. Grimmjow was about to grip her wrist to make sure she didn't get away, but didn't when he realized that she was only putting a little space between them. Sayuri stared in fear into his hypnotising indigo eyes. Grimmjow stared back at her with an expressionless face, not knowing what to say. 'What...the hell was that just now?' He thought to himself. He had never done anything like that before. And at such a random moment. Sayuri continued to stare at him, the rims of her eyes slowly welling with her magenta tears from feeling violated. Grimmjow was the last person she wanted her first kiss to be with, and he was so rough. She knew it wasn't supposed to feel that way. Her tears had spilled over at this moment and she broke into soft sobs. She hung her head down, not wanting to look at him any longer.
Grimmjow watched her cry, feeling the most uncomfortable feeling of guilt in his chest. This confused him even further. He felt nothing for no one. But just watching her cry made him want to rush over and hold her in his arms. He wanted to protect her for some reason.
"Sayuri" Grimmjow murmured, inching over to her slowly, not wanting to startle her. He failed miserably. The moment Sayuri heard the slightest bit of movement, she backed away frantically, kicking her legs forward trying to get further away. She knew it was a little over the top to be reacting like this, but he didn't just kiss her. He had hurt her in the process, but she still looked up at him in response to his calling her name. Her expression a mixture of humiliation, hurt, and anger.
"Sayuri" He repeated, holding his hands up in defense to show her that he wasn't coming any closer. "I...I'm sorry" He made a face at his words. He hated apologizing (Probably because he had never done it before...that jerk) Sayuri's expression didn't change as he spoke on.
"You have every right to-"
"Be angry? Hell yeah, I do." She interrupted. Hearing her voice gave him another one of those feelings from before. She sounded crushed. Was what he did that big of a deal? Grimmjow's face switched back to his signature animal-like expression as he let his head fall in his hands. Why was he feeling this way? When this fight started, he hated everything about her. He loathed her, he wanted to kill her. But now...
"What did you do to me?" He growled, looking back up at her glaring. Sayuri's eyes widened in surprised.
"What did I do to you?" she gasped in anger.
"Yes! What did you DO? Why do I feel this way? You did something to me and you're going to tell me exactly what it was you did." Sayuri stared at him in confusion and as if he had completely lost his mind. She thought back to the fight to try to remember whether or not she did anything, but nothing came to mind.
"Y-you're just a damn psychopath! I don't know what you're talking about... l-leave me alone!" Sayuri yelled jumping to her feet and attempting to run away, but Grimmjow was already in front of her, blocking her path. He gripped her by her elbows, keeping her from running. Sayuri pulled, kicked, and did everything she could to escape his hold. But he was determined on keeping her captive. Sayuri attempted to scream, but right when she did, Grimmjow quickly moved his hands to her wrists and held both of them in one of his big hands. With the other, he tilted her head upwards so that she was forced to look at him and pressed their lips together for a second time, only this time, it was gentle. Sayuri stopped flailing around at his gentleness. She felt him loosen his grip on her wrists and move his hand to her waist, pressing their hips together. Sayuri let out a small unintentional moan, surprising herself. She hated this, she didn't want to feel any pleasure in his actions, but she couldn't bring herself to fight him off. Grimmjow smiled at her lack of resistance and pressed his lips harder to hers before backing away for air. He stared at Sayuri's flushed face. She looked as if she were glowing, so angelic. Her eyes were shimmering from the unspilled tears.
"What did you do to me?" Grimmjow murmured again, leaning down to her ear.
"Please.." Sayuri breathed, fresh tears replacing the old. "Let..go...I don't...want this" Was all she could manage. Grimmjow acted as if she hadn't said anything and continued to murmur to her, causing her to shudder.
"How did you do it? As much as I hated you before...as much as I wanted to kill you before...how did you do it?"
Sayuri shook her head repeatedly causing her tears to heavily flow. She felt a knot in her stomach, like she was going to either vomit or choke up constant sobs.
"H-h-how did I do what?" She stuttered, trying to keep her composure. She felt Grimmjow press his lips to her ear and felt them move from her lobe, to her jaw, to the corner of her mouth. She squeezed her eyes shut and clenched her teeth together, waiting for him to answer her question. He kissed her one more time before answering.
"How did you make me love you?" Grimmjow leaned back so that he could see her expression. It was beyond shocked. Her lips were parted as if she wanted to say something, but no words, nor a sound for that matter, was made. She didn't look angry or sad, just confused. Grimmjow was also confused by his words and had no idea where they had came from, but he didn't question it. This feeling..this new feeling...he wasn't going to let it go. Somewhere deep in his gut, before his words slipped, he knew what the feeling was. Even when he continued to deny and reject it, it still took control over him. Grimmjow took advantage of Sayuri's silence and leaned down to kiss her again. Sayuri was still too stunned by his words to move.
Suddenly, Sayuri was snatched out of Grimmjow's arms and nowhere in sight. Not seeing her figure made Grimmjow fall to his knees. It was as if her being there was holding him up that whole time.
"What...the hell?" He panted, running his fingers through his wavy blue hair trying to get ahold of himself. I know what you're thinking "Why isn't he going after her?"
Grimmjow knew what happened. He got a glimpse of the person that had taken her away from him, but the reason for his not chasing after them...he needed to clear his head.
Before Sayuri came to Las Noches, Grimmjow would always get infuriated over the smallest things, and to release his anger, he would always pick a fight with someone.
Right now, he needed to clear his head of the last five minutes and sort out his feelings. He'll find Sayuri again, after he's certain he can handle looking at her again. Every time her face popped into his head, he felt nothing, but guilt. Grimmjow shook his head frantically and slowly stood.
"Dammit. Dammit Sayuri" He grunted. "Dammit! stop!" he yelled at himself not wanting to think about her anymore. "Ugh! I'm gonna go kill something!" he yelled sprinting towards another part of Las Noches. Not too long after did he feel a familiar spiritual pressure from a certain orange-haired teenager he had been dying to fight before.
"Huh...you'll do just fine" He said continuing in the direction that he would find Ichigo.
(Sayuri POV and...)
"Gin!" Sayuri screamed at the fox like man carrying her through the halls of Las Noches. "Put me down! I can walk!" Sayuri was surprised when he actually listened to her and froze, but instead of placing her lightly on her feet, he simply dropped her, not making a sound. Sayuri landed on her butt with a thud.
"Ow! Dammit Gin, what the hell was that for? My butt's going to be permanently bruised." She complained. Gin still remained silent and turned away from her. Sayuri looked up at him when she didn't receive a response.
"Gin?" She said, slowly standing to her feet. She placed a hand on his shoulder and felt him tense under her touch.
"What's the matter with you-?" Sayuri attempted to ask, but Gin had quickly grabbed her wrist and slammed her against the wall. Her eyes widened in surprise and her breathing stopped. The scariest part about this moment was that Gin had once again opened his eyes to her.
"G-Gin...your..." She breathed. His expression was so cold and oddly...hurt. "I-I thought your eyes were red...but...why are they blue now?" Sayuri couldn't help but lift her hand to cup his cool cheek, trying to calm his expression. When his eyes were this way, she wanted to see him happy, not angry. She slowly outlined his almond shaped eyes with her finger. They were so breath taking. Sayuri began breathing again when his expression calmed and his eyes closed once more. Gin let go of Sayuri's wrist and leaned on her, the wall giving her the support she needed to hold the both of them up. His head rested on her shoulder and he let out a small whimper. He was like a child at this moment. This was another side of Gin that she hadn't seen before. It made her want to protect him from anything that could possibly threaten him. Sayuri ran her fingers through his silky pale hair and wrapped her small arm around his waist, hugging him.
"Rangiku..." Gin sighed into her shoulder. Sayuri looked at him from the corner of her eye at his words. She felt Gin tense up again, realizing what he had just said. Sayuri wasn't the least bit upset.
"It's alright. I understand. You really love her don't you?" She said smiling into his hair. Gin knew that Aizen was probably watching this too, so he decided not to respond. Sayuri understood that too. He had said that she reminded him of that Matsumoto girl. Seeing Grimmjow kiss her, probably hurt him. Sayuri shuttered at the memory and held Gin closer.
"I'm sorry, Gin. I hate him even more than I did before because of what he did. I swear to you...it won't happen again." Gin smiled in amusement from what she said. Her words were comforting, and he felt slightly embarrassed for reacting the way he did.
"Am I interrupting something?" A familiar gentle toned voice said from behind them, making the both of them jump. Sayuri's cheeks turned bright red when she saw who it was.
"U-Ulquiorra!" She gasped. What in the world was he doing here? Sayuri and Gin quickly created space between each other and tried to act as if nothing just happened. Ulquiorra simply continued to stay silent and look from one to the other.
"Yes, as a matter of fact, you were interrupting something." Gin said in his usual comic tone. He's baaack. "Ulquiorra...you're such a mood killer." Sayuri flushed even deeper.
"What? N-no! Nothing happened I swear...I ..was...we were..just-" Ulquiorra held up a hand to stop her babbling.
"I could care less. I'm only here because I had orders directly from Lord Aizen."
Sayuri flinched at his tone. He really did seem like he didn't care at all. Sayuri tried to swallow the aching knot in her throat.
"Wh-why does Aiz-Lord Aizen want to see me?"
"He doesn't." He said bluntly. Sayuri scrunched her eyebrows together.
"But you just said-"
"I said that he ordered me to find you. Not bring you to him." Sayuri crossed her arms.
"I'm still not understanding." Ulquiorra sighed in frustration. God! Playing with him was so much fun.
"Just follow me." 'I'll follow you to the end of the earth my love.' Sayuri thought. 'Man I'm pathetic'
Gin had been watching the whole time and decided to tag along. He had nothing else better to do.
Sayuri and Gin followed close behind. Sayuri was trying to keep her mind free of her previous moment with Grimmjow, but it kept popping back into her head. What would make him do that? And what did he mean by "what did you do to me?" Sayuri just couldn't put it together. A sudden thought hit her. She realized there was a slight possibility that she might have 'taken' him during their fight. That would explain why he felt a sudden affection towards her. Sayuri didn't even realize how deep in thought she was until she bumped into Ulquiorra's back.
"Ugh! I-I'm sorry." She didn't receive a response. She looked around and noticed that this was a part of Las Noches she had never been in before. She looked at Gin with a questioning expression.
"Jeeze, you really weren't paying attention were you?" Gin laughed. Sayuri smiled innocently.
"Nope, sorry" She answered honestly. "Where are we?" Gin smiled his famous smile.
"I've been here before. I guess Lord Aizen knows what your ranking is going to be now. You're getting your tattoo." Sayuri's eyes brightened with excitement.
"Really? Wow. I've never gotten a tattoo...does it hurt?" Gin smiled at her.
"Not at all. In fact, this one I got, I barely felt anything." Sayuri's eyes widened when she noticed him untying his sash.
"Gah! I don't wan to see it! I believe you! God! What is up with you people?" Gin roared with laughed to the point where he had to lean against the wall for support.
"Jeeze Sayuri, you're way too innocent."
"There's nothing wrong with being innocent" Sayuri spat, blushing a little.
"I agree." Ulquiorra said suddenly, thinking about his beautiful Orihime. She was innocent also. Not only that, but kind spirited, pure, and selfless. How could you not fall for her? Ulquiorra shook his head, realizing he had froze. He turned to Sayuri and Gin, gesturing for them to enter the room that he opened for them.
"Lord Aizen will be here soon to give you your ranking" he said. Sayuri shot a strange look at him.
"Didn't you say he only ordered you to get me?"
"Yes. He ordered me to bring you to this room, then he'll arrive later to give you your ranking."
"Ugh! You make things so complicated." She groaned. Even though he was messing with her, Sayuri found enjoyment in it. She felt as though they were bonding, it wasn't hard to pick up the small sense of humor in his taunting. Sayuri walked into the brightly lit room and saw only a white couch turned away from them and the wall that it was facing was made of glass, revealing the Day portion of Las Noches.
" He'll be here shortly." Ulquiorra said calmly behind her. Sayuri turned, he had closed the door and Gin was making his way over to the couch already...lazy bum.
"So why are you still here?" Sayuri asked gently. "I thought you would be with that orange-haired girl." Sayuri frowned deeply at the memory of seeing them embracing each other. The hug was so full emotion , it seemed like they didn't care who saw them...like they were the only ones in Las Noches. Ulquiorra lifted an eyebrow at her expression and comment. He cleared his throat before speaking.
"And why would you think that?" He said seriously, leaning back against the wall. Sayuri blushed and looked at her feet not wanting to make eye contact while she talked to him. It would only make things harder.
"I might have...you know...while I was familarizing myself with Las Noches...wandering around...I might have maybe probably accidently saw the two of you hugging. ...and I don't mean like a gentle hug, I mean a "Hold on to me for dear life" hug." Sayuri heard shifting on the couch behind her. Gin was probably eavesdropping. Ulquiorra was able to maintain his cool expression as she spoke. Even thought he wasn't too thrilled that someone had noticed that he showed affection towards Orihime, he didn't think that it was something to be nervous about telling him.
"Relax." He told her in a tone that made her snap her head up. "I'm not Grimmjow."
Sayuri frowned again. 'Yes, and thank God you're not' she thought.
"Meaning...?"
"I'm not going to try to kill you over something as small as that, so you can relax." Sayuri couldn't help but let out a sigh of relief.
"You're jealous..aren't you?" He said suddenly. Sayuri's eyes widened and she couldn't find the right words to defend herself.
"Huh! I ..NO, no I'm not." She looked down and bit her lip. Her face was beginning to get hot.
"Calm yourself." He said gently. "There's no reason to lie at this moment. What ever you did to me before has given me a new strange ability and now I can feel your emotions." Sayuri's eyes shot back at him in surprise and disbelief.
"But...h-how? And how would you know before I would?"
"You are the one who did this to me, so I should be asking you the same question." Sayuri shrugged.
"I didn't figure it out until I felt you and Grimmjow fighting. It was really annoying actually." Sayuri continued to stared him trying to process everything. It didn't make any sense. She turned away from Ulquiorra temporarily so that she could think everything through. Ulquiorra was the first to be affected by her "taking" and she was almost certain now that that was the source of Grimmjow's sudden affection, but she had taken other people before that.
"That's it.." Sayuri whispered to herself. Now that she thought about it, everyone had a little change in them once she "took" them. She had taken Luppi and after that, they were the best of friends and so close to the point that she could feel his being in danger, She had taken Loly, then afterwards, Loly seemed a little more gentle towards her. Finally, there was Gin and Aizen. Gin had told her that he reminded him of a good friend and ever since she had been in Las Noches, he treated her as if she was. Aizen...they moment he had brought her to Las Noches, he had been like a father to her and she felt a strong feel of trust in him. Sayuri realized that everyone that she had taken a part of, was now connected with her...and possibly with each other. She smiled at this. It was as if she had a family again. That's just it isn't it? She did...
"Hey there, smiley. Are you mocking me?" Gin's voice snapped her out of her deep thought. For the first time, Sayuri didn't jump from the sudden noise. She smiled up at him, still feeling warm inside from the thought of having a new family. She turned to Ulquiorra once more, remembering that she had turned from him with out saying anything. He had been waiting patiently waiting for her to finish her thoughts, understanding her confusion. This made Sayuri have even stronger feelings for him. Maybe "taking" him had affected her as well.
Suddenly, Sayuri saw the door opening behind him. Ulquiorra closed his eyes and moved out of the way.
"Ai-Lord Aizen." Sayuri murmured when he came into view. The corners of his mouth moved slightly upwards. He was actually happy to see her again...which was really really weird. (You guys know why ;)
"It's a pleasure to see you again, Sayuri...alive. I'm quite proud of you." He said gently looking into her eyes. Sayuri smiled happily back at him. This was the first time that Sayuri couldn't see anything mysterious in his eyes. They looked so...warm and welcoming.
"Thank you." she continued to smile. Not only was she thanking him for his compliment, but for his support during her fight as well.
"No need to thank me. You defeated him on your own. My little Espada number 5X."
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