Ch 26: Reunion

Trudging up the school steps Ulquiorra followed a bit behind me, I pulled the door open to the lobby. Most of the space was taken up by teen bodies and backpacks as they caught up on what they did over the summer.

"Hey Grimmjow!"

I recognized the voice before I could tell where it was coming from. "Over here you ass." Stark emerged from the crowd. Like usual he was wearing his huge ass teeth necklace and looked as if he was about to fall asleep; his brown hair was a little longer then I remembered but same old Stark.

"Stark! Where were you hiding all summer?" I held my hand up for a high five which he accepted after he used it to cover his yawn.

"Work is hardly hiding," His face became confused as he looked at something over my shoulder. "Did you replace me while I was gone?"

Remembering that Ulquiorra was new here I turned so I was able to look at both of them. "Hardly, this is my new neighbor Ulquiorra, Ulquiorra Stark." Neither seemed really pleased with the other but I ignored the tension. "Where's everyone else?"

The long haired teen turned and started to walk back the way he came, that was one thing about Stark that I never understood; he would answer you with an action instead of speaking, making it hard to understand what he meant sometimes.

As we pushed through the black and gray crowd my usual group of friends came into view, and even I have to admit what a strange group we were. The nerd Szayel, a wannabe monk Zammari, the freakishly large Yammy, the ass Aaroniero, and the overly busty bitch Halibel, then all our other friends that just flocked around us. For some reason though our miss fitted group was probably the most popular on the black team

To be honest I was really happy to see them all since I basically spent most of the summer in solitude. I exchanged hello's and, somewhat, hard punches with my friends so it took me a minute before I realized that one of my friends was trying to stay out of view.

Yylfordt was hiding partly behind his brother, fiddling with his hair as he stared anywhere but in my direction. Guess he didn't believe that we were on good terms yet.

"What's with you Yylfordt?" The teen turned his head towards me but still wouldn't look me in the eye. "Do I make you nervous?"

"As if."

"Hmph." An annoyed sound came from behind me.

"Oh right," I turned to grabbed Ulquiorra's sleeve and pulled him forward. "This is Ulquiorra, and despite his appearance he is not a vampire."

D-Roy, a sophomore that for some reason wore a scarf on his head, appeared to find that funny so I made a point to introduce him first. "The guy with bad teeth is D-Roy, the one with the stirn face is Zammari, the one with the black mop top is Aaroniero, the muscle head is Yammy, and the girl with the huge rack is Halibel and the rest," I wave randomly at some of the other people around us. "You'll have to meet on your own."

I didn't bother saying anything about the pink and yellow brothers since Ulquiorra already meet them but they seemed a bit left out.

"My teeth aren't that bad right?" Out of all that the only thing D-Roy heard was his bad teeth? He was running a finger over them like he was trying to find all of the imperfections; which there were too many to count. Before I could reply with an obvious yes Yylfordt beat me to it.

"Those chompers put a shark to shame bro."

It was a nice change being around my friends instead of Nnoitora and my Ma all the time.

As if my thought had been read Nnoitora was pulled into the conversation, "Hey Grimmjow where's that overly tall brother of yours?" A pair of slim pale hands slipped over my shoulders, wrapping loosely around my neck in both a seductive a deadly manner.

"I don't know or care Nel." I tried to act calm while ignoring the tightening grip on my neck.

She leaned in closer to my ear, "What a shame."

"Get off him Nel," Halibel said with a less than approving manner. Waiting till Nel remover her arms from around me to continue. "A girl like you shouldn't need to fling herself freely at a man."

"No wonder you've never been laid with the way you dress," As the blond turned her annoyed gaze on Aaroniero he put his hands up in defense. "Just forming a theory here; don't shoot the messenger."

That didn't make any sense to me but I turned my attention to the teen that had spoken the least. Ulquiorra was trying his hardest to blend into the background but it wasn't working very well as a few gray team members had their attention on him.

Slipping closer, I used the crowded area for my change to grab his hand, it was just a light grip but it got his attention. "Everything good?"

"You have horrible grammar." I saw that Ulquiorra took a quick glance over at my friends, "I'm feeling a bit out of place."

I couldn't help but laugh, "If you're feeling out of place with this group then you won't fit in anywhere." It at least got a small smile out of him. "Who's your homeroom teacher?"

"Mr. Ichimaru in room…," He reached into this pocket and pulled out a folded paper, "272."

"Oh tough luck there. That guy's just plain creepy."

"I know."

'How could he know that?' I gave him a confused look till he decided to elaborate.

"He's one of my dad's friends. Just another one of the reasons that we moved here I suppose."

I opened my mouth to ask him why when D-Roy cut me off and started his own conversation. "Guess who I just saw Grimm."

Same old dumb ADD D-Roy, "Who?"

"Your favorite Berry, Ichigo just arrived."

Forgetting all about my conversation with Ulquiorra I scanned around the room looking for the hot head with the orange hair I knew so well. Damn I had forgotten about him, my eagerness to see my friends and keep Ulquiorra form finding out the truth completely wiped him form my mind. "I don't see him, are you sure he's here?"

Ask if on que the hot headed Berry's orange head popped above the crowd: taking the chance I called out a greeting. "Hey Ich, I'm surprised you're not bald yet!"

Many on the black team laughed at that, though Ichigo defended that he never bleached his hair it was just too orange to be true. He said something to a person near him before pushing his way towards me.

Now the fun begins.

"Hey Jagger jerk," He stopped in front of me, crossing his arms over his chest. "What rock were you hiding under all summer?"

"Ha funny," Forgetting that Ulquiorra was beside me I started with my usual teasing. "My rock was a few over from yours. I'm surprised you were able to fit you brother under there."

"I'd never share a rock with Ich." Hichigo stepped out from behind his older brother a smirk plastered on his face. Thought the two were twins Hichigo was some kind of freaky albino/demon with paint white skin and hair. The only color on him was his gold eyes with black instead of white sclera's; hence the demon part.

Just as our little banter was going for its peak the period bell rang cutting us off as teens headed towards their homerooms.

Tosen was ushering students through the halls and when he reached my crew he stared us down with his creepy clouded eyes. "Is there a problem here boys?"

"Nope." The twins and I said I unison before we hurried off in opposite directions. My friends had basically already cleared out but Ulquiorra was still waiting for me. I thought it was because he wanted to know what my little argument with Ichigo was about but apparently not.

"Where's room 272?"

I should have known that wouldn't be something to faze him.

Even when I start writing earlier in the week I still can't write too much T^T; *sob*

I hope this has a little more in it because I was looking at the last few chapters and basically nothing happened. T.T

Just a little info here –
Aaroniero is the number 9 espada but he will look like Kaien instead of two floating heads.
Ichigo is older the Hichigo because he was around first :P
I do not know much about Halibel so I will be using what I got from her during Ichs and Grimms battle.

Till next time