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Grimmjow's POV

The smell of sweets and cheap drinks filled the air, permeating everything. All the sounds of laughter and shy giggling heard from across the room making him frustrated to be in an enclosed space, he focused what was ahead and led Kasumi to an empty wall where they could perch themselves. Side glances from the girls here made him recollect the way Mizu would look at him at times.
The memory fleeting, a distant feeling that can't be acted on.
Before he could let his mind calm itself he felt Kasumi's hand grasp his arm, trembling, but her face showing no signs of distraught.
She was so vastly different from everyone here. Her entire aura was calm and yet aggressive it caught his attention the first time they met. Taking her hand and gently patting it she eased her grip and took a calm breath in and out to refocus her agenda. Gathering that she was to present herself in front of a news cast, she had to remain calm and collective without hinting anything out of the ordinary.
Mizu and Raito would like her, he thought. She has their tenacity and something more that I can't quite place what it could be. His mind trying to place who she reminded him of, he really couldn't focus on it with all the noise happening around him.

"Grimmjow," catching him off-guard, "Thank you for accompanying me from Kim's whim." Keeping her eyes steadily forward, she removed her hand and placed them in front of herself. "I feel better now knowing you're here and I can face anything head on without worry."

"Sure," not knowing what to say really, she didn't give me a glance as she started to walk towards the crowd and I instinctively took hold of her hand without knowing the reason why. "Uh…"

"Grimmjow?" she looked back with question in her eyes and I retracted back to the wall and rubbed my neck nervously. "Will you stay here and wait for me?"

"Yeah," no eye contact, nothing to give myself an answer, I listened to her footsteps walking away and looked at my hand to ponder my actions. What was that about…? My thoughts wondering aimlessly, I leaned against the wall and watched these kids dance to the music in slow motion.
The sight being right out of the Kurai's party gatherings, it felt strange seeing the same thing happening here when there's no soul reapers in sight and much more extravagant gathering with alcohol.
"They would make this party soar if they were here…" talking to myself, I caught a girls eye who bravely came close and hiding her fidgeting hands behind her back.

"Um…c-can I h-have t-t-this d-dance…" her nervous speech making it clear she's never asked any guy before, she was small and weak looking, easy to break if I wasn't mindful.

"Nah, no can do kid. I'm here on business." Turning her down the way Raito had shown me once before, she looked devastated and ran off with tears in her eyes. "Damn she was weak…" muttering, I looked onward to everyone in the room and found Kasumi again. She was dancing with a guy wearing a mask that looked ridiculous on him. Seemed harmless enough with them just dancing and spinning.
Until I saw her face.
Her lips were pursed; eyes didn't seem to be pleased with who she was with and every spin made her show her teeth. I felt my blood coming to a boil and my feet had already started to make their way over to them. The throng of people in my way making me more irrational each step and filing through without hurting them, the guy had seen me coming and taken Kasumi away with him through the crowd. He was quick about it too since he weaved her through the crowd as though it was nothing.
"Now you've done it…" growling my displeasure and making it outside but seeing nothing, I clenched my teeth and wanted to punch the damn wall in. "Where did you go ya bastard," seething, angry that I couldn't use my powers, I saw Renji at the garden below with Kim and wanted something to throw at them. "Wait…" thinking if they didn't react to seeing her come this way, they may have gone another route. "Leave her be for a damn minute and she's taken. What kind of fuckery is this?" Storming through the garden and trying to figure this damn place out without getting lost or losing her I was getting more and more agitated each second I couldn't trace her. I ran back to the veranda since I was getting nowhere down below and climbed the lattice to the roof.
Running quickly among the tiles it took a matter of moments for my hearing to pick up on Kasumi and turn towards the gate where several cars awaited them. I slid down the rooftop and leapt towards the tree closest to the building and climbed down its branches swiftly. The suit Kim had me wear torn to shreds, shoes unraveled, this outfit was a goner. I ripped off the rest of the jacket and the weird blouse and tore the shoes off, placing myself near the scene and hiding in the bushes waiting for what was to happen. I had to be smart about my approach in case they have weapons that can hurt her.

"Release me at once!" Kasumi fought the guy holding her arm and got a chance to kick him behind the knee. "Who the hell do you think you are!" She was fuming, her hair a mess as it unraveled from her struggles.

"Oh, so uncouth of you to speak this way Ms. Matsumoto." A slender, older gentleman came out from one of the cars and made his way into the limelight. "Did you think I would allow such a vague execution of our companies really go without repercussions?"

"Mr. Ootori…you've hit an all-time low doing this," she seethed. Standing straight and her shoes kicked off, she had clenched her fist tight and was trembling. "You realize what you're doing will come back to haunt you…I'm—"

"The sole heiress to your parent's company—yes I am quite aware. But you have not realized how many men I had working for me on the inside to let me in on some of your dealings, now have you."
She seemed shocked and horribly misplaced as she faced this man. Her tough demeanor failing, she looked more hurt than angry now.

"You…you were networking from the inside? Why—no, how did—" words a mess, she reached for her phone when the masked man took it away and crushed it on the ground. "Dammit—"

"Now then," the man came forward with a cane in hand and took that very cane to place it under her chin. "Let us reconcile our strife and begin negotiations."
Kasumi spat in his face.
"So be it then…" wiping his face and giving a silent signal, men came out from the cars in drones and tried encircling her when I had about enough of this and came out.

"You all have a death wish," popping my knuckles and stepping in front of Kasumi, her hand on my back shaking, this was enough for me to beat the shit out of them. "Kasumi, Renji is by the gardens from earlier, go there now." She didn't even hesitate. Carrying her dress and taking off I faced the group of men here and was raring for a fight. They were unarmed, so they probably only wanted to intimidate her, but that alone was more than enough of an invite for an ass-whoopin.

"Look buddy we don't want—" I punched him in the face. Teeth clattered and blood spilt, there was no holding back. The others came in like barbarians with no class and I easily dodged and hit 'em where it'll hurt. Knee to the stomach, a punch to the gut and throat, a sweeping kick here and clotheslining others with my forearm. Each contact doing more damage than necessary, but I didn't bat an eye to their displeasure and had my fun beating the shit out of them.

"Who are you?!" The guy named Ootori bellowed his displeasure as he glared at me. Watching his men back off I only smiled in response to their cowardice.

"I'm your worst fucking nightmare." Popping my bloody knuckles as she physically shivered to the sight, it was enjoyable to me. "I'm also what you call a personal bodyguard belonging to Kasumi and you, buddy, fucked up."

"She hired a bodyguard? Ridiculous, she could not have known this outcome."

"Maybe, maybe not. But I saw what I saw and I'm itchin for a fight."
The guy barked his orders to the men to grab their weapons from the cars and they charged at me. I may not have my overwhelming Espada prowess to kill them in one sweep, but I'm strong enough to snap a few necks and bash a few heads in easily enough.