Third Person's POV
Grimmjow sat in the driver's seat of his car, his fingers clenching and unclenching around the wheel as his blue eyes flashed dangerously as he pushed his Lexus even faster as Nnoitra struggled to keep up with the man who zigzagged through the traffic as they neared the restaurant.
"What did Aizen say to him?" Yammy asked as Ulquiorra looked up from his book. "It had to be pretty bad for him to be this angry."
"Only people who know are Grimmjow and Aizen...We may never know." Nnoitra said as Grimmjow whipped into the parking lot and he followed after him.
Nnoitra parked his black Hyundai Palisade next to Grimmjow's car as the four men left the two cars. Grimmjow slammed his door shut and stalked towards the restaurant, his scowl overtaking his face as his eyebrows drew together in his anger. Opening the door, Grimmjow walked inside of the restaurant and he dropped down on one of the red benches as the other three males walked into the restaurant.
"Wow, this place is fancy. Guess Zero put a lot of time and effort into this." Nnoitra nodded, pulling out a chair and sitting in it.
"So, how do you know Zero?" Yammy asked as he looked at Nnoitra.
"She's friends with Nel...So, I've met her a few times in passing, never really had time to talk to her." Nnoitra lied as Yammy sat at the bar and Ulquiorra stood up in the middle of Yammy and Grimmjow.
"Wow, this place is fancy. Guess Zero put a lot of time and effort into this." Nnoitra whistled, sitting in the leather chair.
"It's even got a bar...wonder who is gonna make drinks?" Yammy asked as he walked to the bar, leaning over it.
As the three males looked around the room, Zero and Ichigo walked out from the kitchen and they stopped as they spotted the males. Taking a deep breath, Zero walked into view of the three males and they turned to look at the woman in the suit as she stuck her hands into her pockets.
"I'm going to guess that you guys are supposed to be the other higher up staff that I'm meeting today?" Zero asked as she smiled at them softly.
"Yeah, I'm Yammy. This is Ulquiorra and Grimmjow. You already know Nnoitra." Yammy spoke, pointing to each male as he introduced them.
Zero bowed to the four males as Ichigo looked at them with indifference until he and Grimmjow locked eyes. Brown and blue eyes widened in shock before flames entered in them as both males entered a pose ready to leap on the other.
"I never figured that I'd see you again after you got your ass kicked at the hockey match our senior year." Grimmjow smirked as Ichigo scowled at him.
"As if I could forget about that hockey match where you took a cheap shot at me and got me into the penalty box." Ichigo growled.
"This isn't going to end well is it?" Zero mumbled to herself as she looked at her nails with a bored expression. "Both of them are like cats and dogs."
"If you ask me, it looks like they're going to explode." Nnoitra said, leaning forward with one hand under his chin.
"Trash." Ulquiorra scoffed as both males ignored them.
"You may have won that game, but I plan on settling the score!" Ichigo roared as he leapt towards Grimmjow.
Zero sighed heavily as she walked towards the male and she swung her body around, slamming her shin into the side of his head and knocking him to the ground. The other males stared at Ichigo's twitching body in shock as Zero straightened her body and her jacket before she cleared her throat as she walked towards his body. Her heels clacked against the floor in the stunned silence around her as she stuck her hands into her pockets, walking onto Ichigo's back and placing the toe of her heel on the top of his head.
"Now, now...Ichi-nee." Zero said, her voice sweet but the venom clear behind her words. "You really weren't about to start a fight in this beautiful restaurant that we just finished today, were you?"
Zero's eyes were boring into the orange haired male who was sweating bullets as he quickly turned his head to the side and he looked at her with repentance clear in his eyes.
"No never! I would never do something so stupid, I don't know what I was thinking." Ichigo whimpered as Zero smiled brightly at him.
"Oh, that's good Ichi! I really thought that you were trying to do that." Zero said, stepping off his body as she walked over to the other men. "So, I understand that one of you is supposed to be my assistant general manager, one is supposed to run the finances and the other two work security."
"Yammy and I are working security." Nnoitra said as Zero nodded her head.
"I will be handling the finances." Ulquiorra spoke up, his green eyes staring into Zero's.
"So, you are my assistant manager then Grimmjow. Well, I know that Ulquiorra will be in the back office for the majority of his shift on the computer, but I still want you guys to come to work in slacks, button downs, and close toed shoes." Zero said as the four men nodded their heads. "Now, the staff will come in and receive their uniforms and we will go over a few key points, but it will not be needed for much discussion."
The woman slid her jacket off her shoulders and she sat it down on the edge of the bar, pushing the sleeves up her arm. She easily walked around the men to the tables that were pushed together with the uniforms on top of them as she gestured to them.
"These are the uniforms that the staff will wear. It is universal for everyone working across the restaurant, save for us five. Now, to fit with the color scheme, the uniforms are black and red. The only difference is wearing black jeans or a black skirt and girls will wear a red striped black bow tie and guys wear a red striped tie." Zero said as she pointed to the small differences before moving towards the aprons. "The aprons are a basic black with red stripes going down the pocket. These are the primary uniforms and will only change on holidays."
"So, Children's day, Halloween and Christmas?" Yammy asked, looking at her confused.
"Exactly Yammy. Though all costumes must be work friendly. So that means, no one dresses like Cupid and brings in an actual bow with a full quiver of arrows and they don't walk in barely covered by their Halloween costume." Zero sighed, pushing her hair over her shoulder.
"You truly are the queen of OCD...you thought of everything didn't you?" Nnoitra asked as he stared at the uniforms.
"I try to think of contingencies for everything." Zero admitted as her phone buzzed.
She pulled it out of her pocket and she stared at the screen for a moment before she typed out a reply. Putting her phone away, she turned to the males and she smiled at them.
"Okay, guys. The crew should be here soon and the three from Yamamoto's company should be here as well. So, please take your seats." Zero said as the males all sat down as chatter came towards the door.
People began to file into the restaurant, a few familiar faces appearing. Momo, Orihime and Ichigo's sisters Karin and Yuzu. They all began to either sit or stand around where Zero and the five males were as Zero mentally began counting everyone. Soon Jushiro, Unohana, and Shunsui walked into the building and they took their places by Zero.
"Good morning everyone. For those who do not know me, I am Jushiro Ukitake. I am the head of the 12th division of Mr. Yamamoto's business and I help oversee ventures like this." Jushiro said, a weak smile on his face as he pushed a lock of his white hair over his shoulder.
"Now, many of you know who I am, so I will not waste time with an introduction. You all have read the emails that we have sent you and you are all aware of what we are attempting to do here." Zero spoke.
"As Zero has explained, we do want to thank all of you for joining in this as it is the first step in joining our city back together. We want everyone to put in their best so that we can show everyone that we can easily get along." Jushiro said.
Shunsui stepped forward and his two assistants, Lisa and Nanao, picked up the uniforms and every woman in the room paled quickly.
"I'm Shunsui Kyoraku and I am with the 8th division and typically I build all the buildings that Yamamoto wants commissioned for his company. This time, I mainly helped with the uniforms." He said, with a large grin on his face.
Ichigo looked at Zero and she held up her hand, holding him off as everyone knew that Shunsui was a pervert. Shunsui started chuckling as he walked over to Zero, throwing his arm around her neck as Zero sighed.
"Don't worry. Zero shut down all of my ideas and created the uniforms herself." Shunsui said as the women breathed a sigh of relief as Lisa and Nanao held up the uniforms and he pinched Zero's cheek, causing the girl to glare at him. "These are the uniforms for the wait staff and the hosts, the only difference is that hosts will not have an apron .Though these lovely uniforms were made by our darling Z. She also said that holidays are the only times that you don't have to be in them."
"Yes and as for the kitchen staff, there are red and black double breasted chef's coats. You are allowed to wear black jeans and a pair of non-slip shoes. Bar staff will be wearing a black short sleeve button down and jeans. Non-slip shoes are required and we have ties for them as well." Zero said as she pinched Shunsui's hand, twisting the skin as she looked at everyone as the older male whimpered in pain as he released her face.
"Now, Zero is our general manager and Grimmjow is the assistant general manager. Grimmjow and Zero cannot be here everyday as they both have other jobs to handle, so we are also assigning shift managers so that they can have help for when they aren't here." Unohana said, her voice softer compared to the previous speakers. "Those who are shift managers are only allowed to fire someone if they have the GM, Zero's, permission. So, I will say who the shift managers are. The first one from our city is Orihime Inoue. Second shift manager is from Hueco Mundo, Lilynette Gingerbuck. The next two are from our city and the following two are from Hueco Mundo. Karin and Yuzu Kurosaki and Dondochakka Birstanne and Pesche Guatiche."
"I am well aware of Pesche and Dondochakka...but I don't see Lilynette. Where is she?" Zero asked.
"She's overseas closing something and she will fly in tonight." Grimmjow said as Zero nodded her head.
"Oh that's right. Standing behind us are Nnoitra, Grimmjow, Yammy and Ulquiorra." Zero introduced, pointing to each male. " Nnoitra and Yammy will be security, Ulquiorra will be over the finances and Grimmjow is our assistant GM."
The girls blushed as they looked at Ulquiorra and Grimmjow, causing Grimmjow to roll his eyes as Ulquiorra ignored the girls.
"Now, our opening is in a week's time and I am expecting everyone to be on their A game." Zero said as her phone vibrated against her leg.
Sitting in a wicker chair dressed in a long pale yellow sundress, was a woman with dark skin and floor length black hair that was full of curls and volume. Her pale pink lips were pulled in a sneer as she listened to the phone ringing in her ear as her frustration seemed to grow with each passing second. Lifting up her left hand, her teeth bit into her stiletto thumbnail as she pulled the phone from her ear and hung it up.
"That insufferable brat." She huffed as she picked up her wine glass and placed it against her lips, taking a slow drink. "How much longer does she believe that she can keep me hidden from the world? Her actions of pretending to be perfect are slowly becoming grating to me."
As she talked, she swiveled the wine around the glass as she smirked, standing up as she turned towards the windows of her balcony. The white sheer curtains blew into the room as she walked inside of the lavish room, her eyes resting on the young green haired male that had his lower half covered by the satin sheet as he slept. Pulling up her phone again, she clicked a number and placed the phone to her ear and her lips twisted in a large cat-like grin.
"Aki? How would you like to see your big sister again?" She said, as a voice chirped back in excitement. "Well, I have a number that you need to call so you can set up your surprise visit."
Author's Note:
So, I finally finished with Chapter 3 and it took a lot longer than I wanted because of finals and planning out how the first book will go and I decided that I will speak on one type of character branding that I truly hate hearing tossed around: Mary Sue. Now, I'm not going to stand on a soap box and say that by labeling a female character a 'Mary Sue' while still loving male characters that are exactly that same way, sounds very hypocritical. But I will stand here and say that if you don't like how I'm presenting this character in MY story that I'm pouring my heart into, don't brand her something. If you don't like it, then don't read my story because there are other amazing stories that you can read. In my stories, all of my characters are strong and ambitious women that have had hard lives to achieve what they want and I want to show that they have so much to lose before I tear them down later on in the story. All I ask if you don't cast judgement on my story before it's even gotten off the ground running. Okay, preachy or bitchy moment over. Remember, I own nothing but the plot line and the characters that you don't recognize. Read, Review and Share please and thank you.