A Panther's Cub
Chapter 4
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Ello every one. How are you? Well this chapter will be longer I promise!!!
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For Gillian . . . there is no 'individual'.
It is said that the lowest class of Menos, called Gillians, are born from 'hundreds of thousands of hollow piling upon one another.'
However-
To say that is correct would be a grave error.
In order to bury the heart that they have lost, and quench the dry soul they are left with, Hollows eat human souls.
But,
For some reason that "dryness also causes extremely powerful hollows to long for souls of other Hollows of the same type.
Hollows who desire other Hollow's souls naturally congregate together. There, the mutual feasting begins.
With that, they meld together and lose their individuality. And they become Gillian, ridiculously-huge beings that possess an enormous amount of spirit power.
However, sometimes during the cannibalism, there are certain unique abilities and egos that undergo an excessive amount of transcendence. And there are rare occurrences in Gillian where upon transformation, an individuality that not been completely lost surfaces.
Those ones go on to consume other Gillian and continue their evolution. And finally,
Their name changes to "Adjucha."
"What the hell? You're pretty tiny for an Adjucha!"
Grimmjow looked up at the being that was casting a large shadow over his small form.
What was casting the shadow was another Hollow that had the body of a worm and the head of a Manta-ray with silted eyes and a jaw like mouth with sharp teeth. In the middle of its body was its hole. The Hollow was also tall and easily toward over Grimmjow.
"Sorry, but I'm gonna eat ya!"
Those who become Adjuchas are exposed to a greater terror.
The terror…..of retrogression.
If they do not continue eating Hollows of the same type, Adjucha will degenerate back to Gillian. Additionally, those who degenerate will inevitably lose their individuality, and can never turn back into an Adjucha again.
Grimmjow jumped into the air before the other Hollow could move or say anything else. As he sailed over the Hollow's head, Grimmjow opened his jaws and toke a bite out of the hollows head. When he landed he started eating the Hollow's flesh.
The other Hollow screamed as blood pored from his wound and Grimmjow became aware of other Hollows behind him.
"You're strong." Said a tall Hollow with a long mask that had 4 long slits coming down his mask. Coming out of the back of it was a long snake like pony-tail covered in armour. Its chest had 2 slits on the upper part while it's sides where unprotected. He also had long skeleton like hands.
"What do you call yourself Adjucha?" The Hollows asked.
Grimmjow looked over and up at the Hollow asking his name.
"Grimmjow." He said.
"I am Shaw-long." The tall 4 slighted masked Hollow said. "Loin hands with us, Grimmjow." Shaw-long said.
Grimmjow looked curiously at Shaw-long.
"But I won't just leave it at that."
All of a sudden the three other Hollows, Shaw-long, and the Hollow Grimmjow had taken a bite out of fell to their knees with their heads bowed towards Grimmjow.
"Is this some kind of joke?" Grimmjow said, surprise and disbelieve laced in his voice.
"We have no intention of remaining as Adjuchas or Gillians." Said Shaw-long. "We are definitely going to rise to become Vasto Lordes. And in order to do that we need strength. And that enormous strength to pull us forward… can be none other than you."
Shaw-long put one clawed hand up, "Let us go together, Grimmjow."
"You shall become our King."
Grimmjow stared at them, then flung his head back and laughed. The other Hollows where slightly taken aback. When Grimmjow stopped laughing, he fixed them all with a slight glare and a grin.
"So you all want me to become you're King huh?" Grimmjow asked, amusement laced in his voice. "Well then, I haven't a problem with that, but you all have to do what I say, when I say it. Understand?" Grimmjow said in a hard voice, threat slipped in.
The other Hollows where silent before Shaw-long spoke.
"We will do what you ask, Grimmjow."
Grimmjow smiled an evil smile, "Good." He said in an amused voice. "Now follow me, I've got something to show you."
Grimmjow started walking in the direction of the den. The other Hollows where in for quite a shock. Grimmjow chuckled under his breath.
When they got closer to the den Grimmjow turned to the others with a hard look in his eyes.
"Now look here, if any of you hurt my cachorro pequeño dulce I'll kill you all slowly and painfully. Got it?" Grimmjow said, glaring at the Hollows.
Said Hollows where taken aback at what their King said. Not the part about the slow death, but the part where he said 'cachorro pequeño dulce' confused the hell out of them.
"Shaw-long was the first to recover, "Yes Grimmjow we understand."
"Good. Follow me."
Grimmjow begin walking forward, inwardly worried though he would never admit it but he still looked to see if he would be able to see his cub's orange hair.
As if the Fates heard him, Grimmjow saw orange near the den entrance, alas there was his son.
Grimmjow leaped away and ran towards Ichigo smiling as he heard his cub's voice.
"Padre. Padre!' Ichigo yelled running towards his father not noticing the other Hollows.
Grimmjow and Ichigo collided together landing onto the sand with Ichigo on Grimmjow's back, giggling as he pinned his father down. Grimmjow chuckled, his tail flicking back and forth behind him.
"Grimmjow?"
Grimmjow looked up at Shaw-long and the other Hollows, they had confusion in their eyes. Ichigo then noticed the Hollows.
"Padre who are they and why aren't they attacking?" Ichigo asked, clutching at his father.
Grimmjow looked over his shoulder and at his cub he saw the terror in his eyes. Grimmjow quickly curled his tail around Ichigo trying to calm his cub.
"It's alright Mi cachorro muy poco de strawberrie. They won't hurt you. I won't let them." Grimmjow looked back at the other hollows with a glare in his eyes. "and that's a promise."
Shaw-long understood what the connection between the two was. This was a father and his child. Very few hollows mated at their level, even rarer was having children. The only thing Shaw-long didn't understand was the child's name and his Reiatsu was odd. It had the taste of Hollow and Shinigami, which was sweeter than regular souls and Hollow soul combined. Could this child be a hybrid of some sort?
"We won't harm him." Shaw-long said.
Grimmjow still looked warily but Ichigo wasn't. He climbed off his Padre's back and ran over to D-Roy, who was still bleeding.
"Are you ok? You look hurt." Ichigo said with concern in his eyes.
D-Roy was taken aback. The small hollow hybrid was asking if he was ok. Not many Hollows asked each other that, not even mates.
"Yes. I am." D-Roy replied.
A frown came over the hybrid's face, "But you're bleeding. How can you be ok if you're bleeding?" When no one answered, Ichigo got an idea. "I know! I'll make you a band-aid!" And with that he ran back into the den.
Grimmjow was amazed at how his cub was concerned for the other Hollow. He wondered how Ichigo would make a 'band-aid' for the Hollow's very large wound.
"Is that hybrid yours?" Shaw-long asked.
Grimmjow turned his head towards Shaw-long, "Yes he is. I've looked after him since I found him in Hueco Mundo. He's my Mi cachorro muy poco de strawberrie."
Shaw-long could only wonder how a Hollow as vicious as Grimmjow could be so 'loving' towards another. Many Hollow parents didn't much care for their children after a certain point. When the children where old enough to defend themselves, their parents left them, all alone. Most die within 2 days of being on their own. Shaw-long was sure that Grimmjow wouldn't leave the hybrid child alone. Not even if Ichigo could look after himself.
Shaw-long didn't know how right he was. Grimmjow had decided long ago that he would never let his cub be on his own. He'd look after his cub till the day he died. And he didn't plan on dying for a very long time.
Ichigo came out of the den with one of his very large teal blue blankets, and ran up to D-Roy.
"I made a band-aid for you." Ichigo giggled. He unfolded the blanket, and then looked flustered at D-Roy. He just realised that D-Roy toward several hundred feet over him.
Grimmjow chuckled at his cub's expression.
"I don't think you can get up there cub. Though you can try if you want." Amusement lased in his voice.
Ichigo turned his head towards his father with a scowl on his face. "Shut up Padre." He stuck his tongue out at Grimmjow for effect. Shaw-long chuckled at Ichigo lightly, "Here, Niño pequeño. I'll help you." He bent down and held his hand out for Ichigo to climb onto. Grimmjow was weary of this but didn't stop his cub from climbing up. Shaw-long brought Ichigo up to D-Roy's head. Ichigo gently put the blanket on to his head but couldn't fully cover the wound properly.
Shaw-long lifted Ichigo out of the way, then put him on the ground before fixing the blanket till it filly covered the wound and went around the left side of his head.
D-Roy felt better after the wound was covered, he looked down at Ichigo and said,
"Thank you Niño pequeño." D-Roy said.
Ichigo let a big bright smile come across his face. The new Hollows were dazzled by the smile. The hybrid looked beautiful when he smiled. It was then they decided to love and protect this child just as Grimmjow did. They all slowly let lose some of their Reiatsu flow over Ichigo in a protective shell. When Grimmjow felt this he also let lose his Reiatsu, allowing it to wind around Ichigo with the other's Reiatsu.
Grimmjow new the other Hollows wouldn't harm Ichigo any more than he would.
Grimmjow smirked, "Ok you can all stay with us, but….you have to baby-sit Ichigo."
Little did the other Hollows know but Ichigo was brutal. He seemed to never get tiered. But they'd figure it out soon enough, Grimmjow thought.
Ok, another chapter done!
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