In three words
My heart hurts
So why do I feel it in my whole body?
All over
It's the worst
Feeling down has just become a hobby

I'll stand on my feet but not today
All he told me, threw it all away
I'll be so sweet right to your face
But when you leave, just let me cry, get it all out baby
I'll be alright, just gotta play
A little some night and throughout the day
I'll pick myself up but not today
Today I'm a mess, just let me cry, get it all out baby

– Let Me Cry, Laura Marano

Chapter 6: The Past; The Human World - Part 2

Grimmjow contemplated on whether or not he should interrupt, but after hearing Ciara scream and swear, he couldn't resist anymore. He had heard enough, it was clear the human was forcing her, and yet for some reason she wasn't able to free herself. He kicked open the door to find Ciara looking like a helpless dog. Her wrists were tied together above her head while the rest of her body lay limp on the bed. The human was shirtless on top of Ciara with the waist of his pants hanging low on his hips. His hands were fumbling with Ciara's half open shirt. He was most likely about to strip her.

Grimmjow's entrance startled Ren, causing him to glare at the intruder. Grimmjow decided to play dumb.

"Oh I thought I heard some yelling so I decided to check it out."

"Ohh, it's just you," Ren sighed in relief, not making much of Grimmjow.

Ciara seemed to finally notice Grimmjow had interrupted the scene and let out a weak cry for him "Grimm..." she breathed.

Grimmjow's eyes darted to Ciara's fragile state. Ren must have noticed, as he replied "Everything is fine here, we're just about to have some fun."

"Fun?"

"Yeah man, I'm sure you know what I mean. If you want, you and Nana could probably use the other room across the hall."

Grimmjow gritted his teeth, was this guy serious?

"If you don't mind, could you give us some privacy and close the door behind y - "

Before Ren could finish his sentence a brute force impacted his face, causing him to jerk his head and fall over from his straddling position on top of Ciara to being sprawled on his side. Grimmjow took the moment to inspect Ciara, and he knew right away there was something wrong with ther. Her eyes looked dead and she wasn't even taking the moment to quickly escape, she just laid there like a dead animal.

"It's my turn to save you again, huh," Grimmjow muttered to himself as he grabbed Ciara by the waist and threw her over his shoulder. By now, Ren had recovered from the punch.

"What the fuck man?! What are you doing with Ciara?"

"We're leaving this fucking party." Grimmjow simply stated and walked out of the room with Ciara slung over his shoulder.

"I'm not done with her." Ren yelled after him. Grimmjow had made it halfway down the stairs and was nearing the front door.

"Too fucking bad," he replied.

Ren gritted his teeth and attempted to charge at Grimmjow, but Grimmjow used his surroundings to his advantage and managed to simply trip Ren as he ran down the steps, causing him to lose balance and land on his side at the bottom of the stairwell.

Nana along with a few others turned their attention towards the commotion, watching as Grimmjow disappeared out the front door while a pissed off Ren pushed himself up off the floor.

"What the fuck happened?" Sora asked.

"Nothing, " Ren replied, an obvious lie.

"Seems like Grimmjow wasn't cool with you fucking around with Ciara after all."

"You fuckin' told him?"

"Well he didn't seem to mind at first, but then he went upstairs for a while..."

"You guys shouldn't have fuckin said anything, I was so fuckin close!"

"We didn't, he already knew."

Nana on the other hand was feeling satisfied. "Wow Ren, all that work and you couldn't even get the girl to let you in."

"Why so smug Nana? You know Grimmjow just ditched you?" Ren barked back.

Nana smirked. "So? It was for a good cause. He's wild and rough, but it seems he has a softer side I didn't even know about, makes me want him even more..."

Grimmjow was glad to finally leave the party, he was bored watching everyone getting drunk and high. He still couldn't believe how low the humans were. Just to get Ciara in bed, they planned out from the start to spike her drink and prepared a room. He thought Ciara would be able to handle the human, but looked like the drug actually affected her quite a bit.

As Grimmjow made his way back to the apartment with Ciara over his shoulder, she never uttered a single word. She might have passed out, for all he knew. Arriving at the apartment, he immediately lifted Ciara off his shoulder and placed her on the couch. He noticed her eyes were still open, but they looked completely dead. Her body started to slump over as soon as he placed her upright, but he quickly caught her and pulled her body up. He decided the couch wasn't going to work for her tonight, and scooped her up into his arms to take her to the bedroom where he placed her on the mattress. He waved a hand over her eyes, trying to get some type of reaction from her.

"You fucking still alive, Ciara?"

Moments later he watched Ciara's body slowly curl up into a ball Next she slowly shook her head, as if to answer no. That's when he saw her body tense up and begin to shake. A rattling sound startled Grimmjow as he looked around to find the source. With shakily hands, Ciara lifted her arm and pointed to the corner of the room.

The shaking was coming from her zanpakuto on the desk in the corner of the room, and it seemed she had just called it's name. What the fuck was happening? Grimmjow had never seen Ciara's release state, since she mentioned she wasn't supposed to use it, so it was the first time he heard her call it's name. It kept rattling in the corner, so he grabbed it off the desk and placed it on the bed beside her. She reached for it and hugged it against her chest, which seemed to stop the shaking. Seconds later, her eyes closed and drops of liquid slid down her face. Grimmjow was in no means ready to comfort a crying woman, so he left the room. He would let her cry on her own, he didn't want to see any of it.

Comfort, that is what Ciara felt. She was resting on something very soft and comfortable and felt warm, almost like her body was floating in the clouds. Ciara woke up to find herself in a bed. She panicked for a moment, recalling last night's events. She quickly glanced down to see if she was still clothed, which she was, and peered around the room only to realize she was in the apartment bedroom. She'd never slept in there before, so she hadn't recognized where she was at first.

Her zanpakuto lay at her side. She looked at the time, it was already Saturday afternoon, she had slept through the entire morning. As she got up, her muscles felt tense and sore. Had the drug not worn off yet? She felt a lot better than last night: no more headache and her vision clear. However, her body still felt weak. She decided to get herself cleaned up by taking a shower, hopefully her muscles would relax under the hot water. After changing into a fresh pair of clothes she walked out to the living room to find Grimmjow in a sitting position on the couch with his eyes closed and knitted brows. His arms were crossed against his chest and his head was leaning on the sofa. He looked like he was asleep, but in a bad mood. She was surprised he was still here and hadn't gone out for the day.

"You finally woke up." he suddenly spoke.

Nicara jumped slightly. "Yeah, for a second I thought you were asleep.."

"Tch, been trying to for the last 12 hours, but this couch is fucking uncomfortable. How the fuck do you sleep on it?"

Ciara let out a small laugh. The bed was certainly more comfortable than the couch, he didn't seem to realize how lucky he was until now. "Have you had food yet?"

"No. Not really that hungry. I'll probably get some of that gelato stuff."

Ciara's eyes brightened up, "I want some too."

The two of them headed down to the italian shop for some gelato. As the two entered the cafe, they were greeted, like usual, by Stephano.

"Ahh, my two favourite high school customers."

"Hello Stephano, we would like some gelato today."

"Of course, what flavour would you like?"

Ciara ended up getting the strawberry cheesecake flavour in a waffle cone while Grimmjow got the brownie cookie dough in a cone. Grimmjow went to take a seat first, and Ciara was about to follow, but Stephano had a message to pass on first.

"Ohh Ciara, I just remembered, your boyfriend came in looking for you at lunch time."

"My boyfriend?" she questioned, a bit dumbfounded.

"Oh, his name was Ren I believe, he was with you the other night. I remember he introduced himself as your boyfriend."

"Oh him..." Ciara muttered, "we're not... together anymore."

"Hmm that's odd cause the young man came in during lunch and said he was looking for you, and asked if I knew where you lived."

"We were dating, but something happened between us last night. Did you end up giving any information about me?"

"No, he already knew that you live close by and come often. It sounded like he might check back in again."

"Ohh, ok, thanks for the heads up."

Ciara went to take a seat with Grimmjow in the corner of the shop.

"What were you and the old guy gossiping about?"

"Ohh, it's nothing, just a human conversation." she decided not to tell Grimmjow about Ren.

After the gelato arrived, Grimmjow consumed it in seconds. He had already finished his cone while Ciara was almost halfway done.

"For someone who wasn't hungry, you sure ate fast."

"It's fuckin ice cream, it tastes better when it's not half melted."

"I agree, but you gotta take a moment to enjoy it as well."

"Tch, whatever." Ciara started giggling. "What's so funny?"

"You have ice cream on your nose."

"Where?"

"Right there."

"Are you joking? I don't feel anything."

Ciara rolled her eyes. "Just go to the men's room to wash it off."

"Tch, fine."

Grimmjow got out of his seat and headed to the washroom. It couldn't have been better timing, cause as soon as Grimmjow disappeared out of Ciara's view, another man appeared. Her body tensed at the sight of the man. All she wanted to do was finish her ice cream in peace.

"Ciara, I'm glad I found you. You haven't been answering my calls."

"I didn't know I was supposed to," she simply answered without making any eye contact while continuing to scoop gelato into her mouth.

"Babe, are you still mad about last night?"

Ciara placed her spoon down before glaring directly at Ren. "First, don't call me babe. Second, mad would be an understatement."

"Oh come on, don't be like that, that's why I wanted to talk to you and apologize."

"You can apologize, but it won't change what you did."

They seemed to have created a bit of a scene in the cafe, several eyes were looking their way, probably listening in on the argument.

"Is everything ok over here?" Stephano asked, a little worried about Ciara.

"Yeah, it's alright, we'll take this conversation outside." She didn't want to scare all of Stephano's customers away, and really wanted to give Ren a piece of her mind.

Once Ren and Ciara got outside, she decided to make things very clear for him.

"No matter what you say, we're still through."

"Ciara, calm down will ya? It doesn't have to come to that yet."

"Calm down? You fuckin' drugged me and then tried to rape me! And you want me to pretend it didn't happen and continue to call you my boyfriend?" she exclaimed.

"Yes, what I did was wrong, but I was probably a little drunk and high too. That's why I promise I won't do it again. Besides, the drug was supposed to just get you high and excited, I don't know why but it ended up having a different effect on you. Sorry, otherwise we probably both would have had an unforgettable night."

Ciara couldn't believe this guy. How did she not realize he was playing the nice guy act sooner?

"Come on, Ciara, just give me one more chance." He came uncomfortably close and whispered seductively, "If you just let me in, I promise you'll be fully satisfied."

That was the last straw, how could he still be joking about this kind of stuff? He wasn't taking it seriously, so she decided she needed to slap some sense into this guy. She raised her arm in the air and whipped it at Ren. However, it never hit his face, for he caught her wrist at the last second. Damn, thought Nciara. He shouldn't have been able to stop her so easily. So she was right, her gigai body still hadn't regained all it's strength yet.

"Let's not get violent, okay, babe?"

She was expecting him to back off since she had just attempted to slap him, but he ended up doing the exact opposite. He yanked on Ciara's wrist causing her to stumble forward and then with his other hand stopped Ciara from another slap and pulled her in for a kiss. As soon as he put his tongue inside her mouth, she took the opportunity to bite down, causing him to pull away immediately while pushing Ciara causing her to stumble onto the ground.

"You bitc-" before he could finish cursing Ciara, a fist came colliding against his face.

"Grimmjow!" she gasped.

"Looks like you've gotten pretty weak, huh, Ciara? Well I guess it at least gives me an excuse to punch him again."

"What the fuck, Grimmjow. I let you off last nigh, but you're fuckin' trying to pick a fight with me aren't ya?"

"Tch, let me off? Don't you mean you fuckin' tripped down the stairs?"

"Tch I have no idea what you're talking about!" Ren said as he lunged at Grimmjow. It was no use though, no matter how many punches he threw, Grimmjow easily dodged. Ren was getting tired out while Grimmjow was getting bored so he took a stand and caught Ren's fist.

"The fuck." Ren gasped, shocked Grimmjow could stop him so easily.

"Look, this is getting boring, either you put up a better fight, or you fuck off. Otherwise, I'll beat the crap out of you."

From the current scene, Ren had a feeling that he wasn't any match for Grimmjow. However, he wasn't going to back down from a fight that easily. He was the fucking captain of the kendo team, there was no way Grimmjow could beat him, could he?

"Maybe you're the one who needs to fuck off, this is between me and Ciara!"

Ren attempted to lunge at Grimmjow again, only to get kicked in the stomach, sending him flying several feet in the air.

"Grimmjow!" Ciara hissed, " Control your strength!"

"Tch, I just did a regular kick."

Ren groaned in pain as he tried to pick himself up from the ground, clutching his stomach.

"The fuck, how? Are you even human?"

Grimmjow's face turned into a mad grin. "Maybe I'm not, " he laughed.

"Why don't you just leave me alone Ren? There are plenty of other girls at school who would be willing to get in bed with you. Besides you're in no condition to fight."

"Who says I can't still fight?" Ren demanded, pulling himself up to a standing position.

"Says me!" Ciara growled, sending a kick at Ren's shins, knocking him back down.

"Fuck!" he cried out in pain.

Grimmjow gave a whistle of approval. "Never thought I'd see you deliver the final blow."

"Well I needed to get back at him somehow."

"What are we going to do with him?"

Ren was still conscious, but lying on the ground in pain. Suddenly Ciara heard a ringing sound and saw Ren's phone on the ground beside her. It must've fallen out of his pocket. She saw the caller ID and it was his friend Sora so she decided to pick it up.

"Hello?"

"Hey buddy, wait is that you Ciara?"

"Yes, it is..."

"Wow, Ren's good. I'm guessing you two made up already?"

Ciara raised a brow. "Actually, Ren's been beaten to a bloody pulp, mind doing me a favour and taking him home? That would be much appreciated."

"Ren beaten? No way! Where is he?"

"He's just lying on the ground just outside a cafe called A taste of Italy. Thanks, bye." She hung up the phone and tossed it towards Ren's direction. "Well that's taken care of. Shit! my gelato is probably all melted by now!" she exclaimed, heading back inside the cafe.

Grimmjow rolled his eyes, the woman was that concerned about some ice cream? "The old man will probably give you another order for free."

Instead of the usual cheery greeting when entering the cafe, Stephano dropped his voice into a low whisper.

"I think some of the customers saw you kids fighting outside and called the cops. You two might want to go elsewhere for the day."

As if on cue, the sound of sirens could be heard getting closer.

"Shit, thanks Stephano!" Ciara looked at Grimmjow and grabbed his hand before breaking out into a run. "The police are coming, and I don't want us to get caught." she explained.

"Tch. I could take them. They would probably put up more of a fight then Ren."

Ciara elbowed Grimmjow in the ribs. "We are not picking fights with the police."

They made sure no one was behind them before opening the door to their apartment, and quickly locking it behind them. Ciara was already panting for air.

"You're already out of breath?" Grimmjow exclaimed. They hadn't even ran three minutes.

"My body isn't back to normal yet, all thanks to Ren."

"That human, he's fuckin' as low as Nnoritra, but puts up a pretty boy face."

"About that, I realized I never thanked you yet. So thank you for saving me from getting raped by Ren last night, and thank you for today."

"Tch, whatever." Grimmjow didn't know how to respond, he wasn't used to being thanked.

"But how did you know I was in trouble last night, and why did you decide to help me?"

"Why does it matter?"

"Cause you're not the type to do favours for nothing." She knew this from the time she asked him to train her, but he only did so up until he got his promotion.

Ahh, the women knew him pretty well and she wasn't wrong. "It was obvious he spiked your drink and was going to use that chance to get into your pants. I already fuckin' told you before, he's got a fuckin' dick. And you didn't fuckin' listen to me."

Ciara blushed in embarrassment, she felt so stupid.

"That bastard was fuckin, low. Besides, it was a good excuse for me to finally punch him."

"You were waiting to punch him?"

"Tch, wanted to fuckin' kill that bastards since the second day I saw him. It was a little disappointing though, thought he'd put up more of a fight."

Ciara was confused now. "Why did you not like Ren? Did he do something to piss you off that early on?"

"Tch, yeah, he did."

"What?"

Grimmjow grew quiet, but quickly muttered. "He took something away from me."

"Wait, what are you talking about?"

"It's none of your business."

"I mean if it pissed you off that much, it must've been somewhat important to you."

"Whatever, you don't need to know."

"Why didn't you tell me? We can probably just buy back another one."

"It's not something you can just fuckin' buy." Grimmjow snapped.

Ciara was confused again, what could it be? The only valuable thing that belonged to Grimmjow was Pantera, and that was still in the room. Something wasn't making sense, things weren't adding up.

"Why won't you just tell me? Come on, you already saved my ass twice, the least I could do is help get back whatever Ren took from you."

Grimmjow became oddly silent. Then he slowly moved closer to Ciara, a dangerous feel radiating off him, but Ciara ignored it.

"So you really want to know?"

"Yes."

"Are you sure?" he whispered into her ear.

Ciara rolled her eyes, but nodded. "Yes."

"Close your eyes then I will tell you."

It was an odd request, but she did as Grimmjow wanted, only to be met with silence.

"My eyes are closed now."

She waited another couple seconds, and heard nothing. What kind of game was Grimmjow trying to play? She knew he was still there, she could feel his presence. In fact she felt that he had moved in closer, she could feel the heat radiating off his body. Was he trying to intimidate her? She was about to speak up again, but that's when she felt it. A pair of lips press feverishly against hers.

End of Chapter 6: Human World - Part 2

A/N:

Happy New Year (2021)!

Thanks for the reviews! Its really nice to hear that people are still following the story!

Any thoughts /predictions for the next chapter?

I changed the events in this chapter many times, it was originally a bit different, but I am happy with how it turned out.

Nope sorry, Grimmjow didn't completely kill Ren. I mean if Ciara was his lover or girlfriend he would have ...but she's not right now.