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Chapter four: Cat on a leash
Tenalava leapt from rooftop to rooftop, with his new ally in tow
"Brother? What are we here to do again" Yoruichi asked him
"I've already told you, the Soul Reapers down there killed our parents, and now we're going to get our revenge on them"
"Oh, right" she replied cluelessly. Tenalava smiled, this had gone even better than he'd expected, after this, Aizen might even promote him to 1st Espada, then he could get rid of Grimmjow for good.
"Heh, Grimmjow, when I get back, you're history" he muttered under his breath. Almost as soon as he said his name a portal opened in front of him and the 6th Espada stepped through it.
"Oh, nice to see you again Grimmjow" he said
"Whatever, Aizen wants to know what's taking you so long, you were supposed to back an hour ago"
"I'm running a little behind schedule but I should be done here soon"
"Brother, who is he?" Yoruichi asked, looking at Grimmjow, she couldn't place it, but she was sure she'd met him before, and it hadn't been a friendly meeting. Tenalava smiled, now was a prefect time to test out how well Yoruichi's brainwashing had worked
"He's an enemy sister, he helped the Soul Reapers kill our parents" the 5th Espada replied, unable to hide a smirk
"Sister? Killed your parents? What the hell are you talking about? Has all that time hanging around the Vasto Lordes finally fried your brain?" Grimmjow asked, having no idea what Tenalava was up to
"Attack him sister, he needs to be punished for what he's done" Tenalava said to Yoruichi
"O.K, whatever you're trying to pull I'm not in the mood to…" Grimmjow was unable to continue as Yoruichi had used her flash steps to get behind him, then put her hand over Grimmjows shoulder and blasted him full in the face with a well-placed kido blast.
'Thank the Menos she lost her memories but kept her combat skills' Tenalava thought as Yoruichi held Grimmjow over the edge of the rooftop by the scruff of his uniform
"When I get back to Las Noches and tell Aizen and the others what you've done, you're history" he snarled at Tenalava
"You won't be going back to Las Noches, when I'm done here I'll take Yoruichi back with me and turn her into an Arrancar, she'll be more than a capable replacement for you" Tenalava said, walking over next to him and whispering in his ear so Yoruichi couldn't hear him
"You won't get away with this" he hissed
"Grimmjow, I already have" Tenalava whispered, burning away his 6th Espada tattoo with a small cero blast before firing another two blasts, burning away his other arm and his right leg and Yoruichi tossed him over the side of the building where he landed with a sickening crunch on the sidewalk below
"Farewell Grimmjow, you'll be sorely missed, I'm just not sure who by" he said, giving the Espada a mock salute before turning around and looking at Yoruichi
"Where to next brother?"
"We need to get someone else, he'll help us, but first we need to do a little shopping we're going to the Urahara shop" he told her before leaping away to the next rooftop with Yoruichi following behind the departing Espada
Below Rukia, Renji and Ikkaku raced down the streets, scanning for other Soul Reapers and keeping an eye out for any hollows
"You worried Rukia?" Renji asked
"No, I just want to get this hunt over with, I don't even know why Captain Ukitake chose me to take part"
"I think I do, Captain Kuchiki doesn't want you sent on any dangerous missions so that's why you haven't been given a seat yet, but Captain Ukitake wants you to achieve your full potential, so he's nominated you for the hunt" he told her
"I bet my brother wasn't too happy about that"
"He sure wasn't, I've never seen him so angry, aside from that time someone spilt red sake on his kenseiken" Renji told her, Rukia burst out laughing, then immediately suppressed it as if she'd just done something incredibly rude and offensive. Ikkaku looked back at the two and rolled his eyes, then he let out a yell and went flying, having tripped over a large mound on the street
"Ikkaku-senpai!" Renji cried out, running to Ikkakus side and helping him up, Rukia meanwhile edged over to the bloodstained mound and gently nudged it with her foot. It let out a groan and rolled over, Rukia immediately drew Sode no Shriayuki and activated its shikai when she saw the bloodstained face of the 6th Espada
'Do not worry, he is not here to harm you' a calm, gentle voice said, Rukia looked over her shoulder to see a large pure white snowflake floating in mid-air, her zanpaku-to's spirit
"What happened to him? He's the 6th Espada, what could've done this?" she asked it
'I do not know, however if you ask he may tell you' Sode no Shriayuki told her, moving over to float above the fallen Espada. Rukia decided to take her weapons advice and nudged the side of Grimmjows face with the flat of her zanpaku-tos blade
"Hello Grimmjow, nice to see you again" she said with a hint of sarcasm in her voice. Grimmjows eyes settled on the unseated 13th Division officer and tried to push himself up into a sitting position. As soon as he did he let out a low cry of pain and the blood pool around his body started to get even larger
"What…do…you…want…Soul Reaper?" he asked, putting as much content in his voice as he could, which was hard since half his blood was lying in a big pool on the surrounding sidewalk
"Who did this to you?" she asked, kneeling down next to him, it was obvious even to someone outside the 4th Division that the Arrancars wounds were fatal, he'd be lucky to last more than a few minutes, and she'd need more than that in order to get the necessary intel out of the Espada
"Fix me up…and I…just might…tell…you" he said managing a grin. Rukia glared at him, then stood up and muttered a kido spell, Grimmjow felt his wounds knit back together and the bleeding slowed down until it had almost stopped, almost
"Thanks girlie, I guess I owe you one" he said, struggling to stand, leaning on Pantera for support
"Tell us what we need to know and we'll call it even" she replied, holding Sode out in front of her in case he tried anything, she knew from experience that this Espada wasn't exactly the most trustworthy of Aizens mutated hollows
"Fine, then I won't feel so bad about hacking you and your boyfriend over there apart and taking off" he said
"Well what're you waiting for, an engraved invite? Ask away" he told Rukia, a grin spreading across his face
In the next chapter – Tenalava and his brainwashed puppet pay a visit to the Urahara shop to do a little shopping
To be continued, like always, all reviews and feedback on the fic are greatley appreciated