Prologue
Well, it's my tribute to GrimmHime fans (one of them is me)with my favorite songs. Every chapter has different theme and song, but mostly angst(I do not know why I love that theme so much...poor Kubo's chara...)
For this first:
Theme : Romance-Fantasy
Based on song : Ookami to akazukin nanda-Kagamine Len&Rin (it's better to check/listen to it first before reading this : watch?v=a9wdfJKbHa0 )
Well, I may become "playing favor" because I must manage time between schools and deciding which of my serials I'll update first. Be patience,readers and hope you enjoy it :) !
Disclaimer : Bleach absolutely permanently will never be mine, the characters just inspire me to make this.
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The Cursed One
Wind blew harshly as the sun woke in the Dark Forest. As its name, the forest was covered by thick fog, with huge tall tree trunks supported the mystic scenes. Following the wind, a grey wolf ran to the hill,stopped and watched any movements that could located any prey with his blue eyes.
It was nothing.
He growled. It was a hard time for his pack finding any food since human made other ways through the city in other woods, and left their forest almost totally burnt years ago.
'Wait a minute' his nose sensed something, and his ears twitched to a scream at the northwest, there was a red moving spot. It was human! With outsider wolf.
Inspecting behind a tree, it really was a human! and a woman! It would be easy if there wasn't Nnoitra, which he knew well became parasite for every group he was. He had to kicked out the one-eyed wolf.
The grey wolf jumped, separating the frightening girl and the black slobber fangs.
The lone wolf growled, 'Don't you distract my prey, Grimmjow!'
'Don't you know where are you? It's my territory, and that's directly my prey!'
'Seriously?! Come on, I'm really hungry that I could eat you right now! Can't we discuss about the... ' As his telepathy disrupted, Grimmjow ran towards him, bite Nnoitora's neck. The attacked replied biting his left shoulder.
Influenched by his attack, the alpha push the outsider hardly to the ground, leaving them rolling to the side of the path. Some of bloody fight, the black wolf gave up and ran nowhere to deep darkness.
Grimmjow panted, backed to his prey. The red hoody girl had ran far following the path to the city. He was too tired to reach her in this condition. He couldn't say he was angry, shocked, or disappointed, the only thing he could do just walked again around the quiet forest, looking for another prey for starving companies.
She didn't know why she took that way again. Dark forest, well-known for its mystic aura and the werewolf clans that commanded that zone. After her departure for sending her brother's food stock and herbals this morning, her friends remained her repeatedly.
'It's dangerous, Orihime!' the short haired woman said
'Let me accompany you at least...' the hunter offered
The orange haired exclaimed 'He didn't help you, he tried to kill you!'
Although from all the warning and her grandma's fairy tale, she at least has one last task.
Auburn hair cover neatly by red hood walked calmly through the forest, it was as frightening as usual. Tighten her grip to the sack below her, she stopped at the "crime" scene.
She observed her sorrounding, found that a curve of shadow behind a tree nearby her. She bowed, put the sack on the path.
"I don't know what you were trying to do. Anything your purpose, I just want to thank you for this morning." She smiles, than continued her walk to the village, a little faster actually.
-meanwhile-
'Anything your purpose, I just want to thank you for this morning.'
Twitching his grey wolf ears, the called snuggled his hiding position to the tree. Damn, she knew he was here! After a few moment she walked by, the tall man canceled his plan and checked the sack on the path.
A fresh cow's meat.
'Beware of red hood...' Somewhen, the blue hair certain his beta wolf remained him about their ancestor legend. He sighed, taking the "present" to his home. Seems the girl could be used...
'Ah... the girl might not take this way again. If yes, I'll make food stock from her'
The red riding hood kept pass this way, leaving a pack in every her stop. It threw away his intention to take her flesh somewhere.
'Why did she choose here? Why is she sooooo KIND? Why did she keep that red hood anyway?And for his werewolf pride, WHY DID HE NOT ATTACK HER?' He couldn't answer that and just followed her from the shadow before she disappears to the town.
It was her 7th arrival to this forest, she decide that the werewolf wouldn't harm her if she sacrificed a cow for a walk. But, her money decreased, and this friendly girl had to go home this afternoon. Orihime might take the safer way,but... Ha ha...no, she thought to herself to the x factor.
Looking to the foggy forest, red riding hood somehow could sense his present. She couldn't tell if the wolf was she or he, but from the tall-built body- shadow, she thought that it was a man. And he protected her from previous other being gazed in the dark that haunted her in first encouter. Orihime felt safe...
Would it be the same with no casualties?
A flash of idea crossed Orihime's mind. However the legend told about them, at least she would try one thing at the afternoon, ended this spying habit.
Walked enjoying the not too frightening anymore forest, she decided to rest a moment under an old apple tree near her first encouter with the grey wolf, which managed to grow safely from werewolf genocide's since her great-great-grandmother...
Orihime widened her eyes as flash of shadow passed her, stopped behind the other side of the tree and sat leaning to the tree. She got nervous. What if her plan breaks? What if he is evil? What if its her death? and other what if...running on her mind. Gripped her white skirt, she chose to star:
"Sorry, I don't bring any meats. I'm ...bankrupt"
"Well, I don't mind. Your generosity is enough for our food stocks in two months." A heavy voice replied.
"Ah...I'm relieved that I could help you. But then, my life just two months,heh?" she says as cheerfully as possible.
"Important than that, I wonder whether when will you stop passing this path, then you won't death after this"
"I won't..."
The werewolf widen eyes,"Why not? You know we are werewolf. We are carnivoures...for humans. Dangerous, evil, sly, and you are..."
"Orihime Inoue, the red riding hood. And may I know yours, ?"
He surprised to this woman's courage,"Grimmjow Jaegerjaques..."
There's an awkward silence after that, till...
"Mmmm...Answering your previous question, I feel safer here..."
Grimmjow rose one of his eyebrows.
Orihime continues,"In the other way to the city, there are some group of men, or women that just pissed me of, even if I just smile to them. But here, even there were some beast stared to me, you are always there ...I feel you protect me, indirectly."
In sudden, Grimmjow showed himself in front of her. He used black shirt and brown pants, barefoot. Fangs grow wider, blue eyes stared sharply to the grey one, his abnormal muscular claws gripped her white neck. Orihime startled.
"This being...this beast...make you safer?! You are human and I'm wolf, there is nothing to protected each other! Think again, woman!" He exclaimed, his other hand ready to break the auburn hair head.
But the prey just smile and surprisedly held his arm, answered heavily,
"Of course I'm...I feel safe with this blue hair man..."
His heart beat, nohow it beat again after those long hibernation. Release his grip, Orihime gasp for air, watching his savior and predator lost to the deep dark
He must be crazy, really really CRAZY... and so must she
Even since he tried to harm her, Orihime kept passing Dark Forest, rested under the same tree when she went home. Then, Grimmjow would appeared at the other side, backed her.
Her relaxing at once tantalized rose scent, her cheers and pleasant voice, her unusual smile to him, her abnormal spirit, her figure... Even now, he didn't now what exactly made the wolf came back to the tree and listening to her every story that afternoon. Although he hated the part she told about someone named Kurosaki. From her changed voice called that named and his instinct, he knew they wouldn't goes well.
The legend...
He had thought about it. The tale. How many times he thought and his companies remained it, he couldn't resist the sensation when the girl came and his heart beat, although he was died inside.
The legend...
That story didn't affected him anymore. He wouldn't admit that it had written. They were meant to be like this, he meant to be like this. The red riding hood and the wolf that should died and never be one. He wouldn't admit it, but then it was a happy time to be with her, momentarily. He should end it.
Till that day came, Grimmjow found her had crouched, covered her face under apple tree, not greeting him as usual. The closer he came, her sob was heard clearly. She was crying.
Squatted in front of her, Grimmjow wanted to wiped that tears, but then back to his daily position behind the tree. He couldn't, he couldn't reach this beast arm to that angel.
And he finally only stared to the gloomy sky above them, sighed. Listening to her cry...
"Are you still there, Grimmjow?" Orihime asked in her billowing voice, uncovered her face and ended her sobbing.
Grimmjow gave him a "Hmm..."
"Sorry made you waiting for me...I didn't have any story to tell..."
He growled lazily, "That's not important. Why were you crying this long time? That's your new story to me"
Both of them separated by an awkward silent.
"Alright...this morning, my friend suddenly made a group of circle, interrogated me. They had known that I always pass this way frequently and it was odd. Pushed and pushed, I told them about you..."
"But then, they were not supporting me as I thought, making me remember to grandma's tale..."
"Red Riding Hood and The Wolf" Sad tone came from their overlap answers.
"I'm so scared. What if the tale is true? What if we are the next characters? What if the hunter know you are here? What if we are really CURSED?! What if I can't meet you after this?!What if you..." She said frustatingly, felt to tears again.
He frowned. Inoue Orihime...the bravest girl he had met...afraid of this bullshit story?! Why is she so afraid? He shouldn't say a goodbye after this, but replaced it with...
"Since I met you that day, I'm attracted to you." He said bluntly, her tears stopped immediately.
The girl stunned and closed to the tree, wanted to make sure what just she heard. It was odd he said something like...that.
Grimmjow realized it, actually didn't want to repeat it again.
"Like I said, I can't say something you human called "Like" or "Love". I just can say that and don't expect anything from you."
Orihime was still as silent as ghost. The teens girl couldn't believe the beast said he attracted to her, as she did deep in her heart...
"You are human, I'm wolf. You are my prey, and I'm the beast. Once my kind attracted to a prey, we won't release it easily. Even for one hundred years tale and God on that sky. "
Orihime stunned. Shocked, happy, relief and sad at the same time
"I'm not God, so I can't change fate. But, let's face it. Together." The blue eyes add, stared to suddenly bright sky again.
Sun backed to the red hood face as she caught his words. She sat back to her usual position, wiping her tears.
She chuckled, tapping her own head, "Forgive me, I'm so stupid to think like that..."
The blue haired boy just smiled.
"And thanks... that's so nice of you, Grimmjow."
"You're welcome"
They leaned to the mild apple tree, enjoying each present. The Dark Forest seemed lose its fog and its cloudiness.
How many times those doubts came over them, how many time their comrades warned them about each other, how unpredictable this world wanted to take their relations, both of them should went through it. At least one thing remained on each minds:
They both were grateful to be cursed together...
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Well, how's that? I realize that I just developed story from the own song. because of the 3rd guidelines, I rewrite it without the lyrics. Sorry for typo, I'm not a native English actually:)