He was surprised to see his boss, Sosuke Aizen at the door. Grimmjow sighed, leaning against the door frame. "Looking for Gin?" he smirked.
"Yes I am…is he here?" Aizen asked almost politely.
"Well if you look just over me you will see him sitting on the floor with a bowl of water…you really do need to watch him more carefully, one of these days he an't gonna be here" Grimmjow replied, walking away from the door.
Back in the living room Shiro had his ear against Ichigo's stomach despite Ichigo's protests and he was frowning heavily.
"Is he…" Gin started.
"Gin" Aizen stated.
"Hey Sosuke" Gin waved.
"Shh." Shiro shushed them, before focusing back on what he was doing. Tori coughed a little and put her bowl down, more than half of the little bit of cereal still in the bowl. The other three weren't much better. Gin started to crawl over to the girls when Aizen spoke again. "Gin, time to go home" he stated.
"Nope…only way to take me home is to either carry me like a puppy which you can't do no more cuz we are the same height now…or you can forcible drag me out the door which didn't work last time" Gin chirped.
"You were kicking and screaming like a 5 year old…plus you broke his jaw and one of his wrists" Grimmjow scoffed.
"Shh!" Shiro hissed, glaring over at Gin and Aizen. "I can't concentrate with you two yammering!" he snapped, before going back to what he was doing again. By now Ichigo had given up on protesting and was just running a calming hand through Shiro's hair while the other rested just above his stomach.
Gin stuck his tongue out at Aizen. Then he went to the kitchen and bought back water for the girls, offering it to them silently. Grimmjow simply sat back in his chair with a slight smirk. Suddenly Shiro growled lowly, making the girls look up. He normally only did that when he was really angry or upset. "Ichi.. When did this happen?" He growled. "Um... Th... the week that he um, took me in for a checkup.. uh.." Ichigo trailed off, looking to the side. "...You don't have to say anymore." Shiro sighed, now hugging Ichigo's stomach more than anything.
Aizen opened his mouth to question when suddenly he was tackled by Gin. "Play with me daddy" Gin demanded.
Aizen blinked, caught off guard by this. "What do you want to play" he asked, surprised.
"Hide and seek…you seek first daddy" Gin chirped before racing away.
Aizen sat up, blinking slightly. Then he followed Gin with a soft sigh. Grimmjow smirked. "Gin…not only does he call his adopted father daddy, he acts like a 6 year old…keeping him on his toes" Grimmjow rolled his eyes.
"...How old is he?" Ichigo asked. Shiro sighed again, looking tired even though they had just woken up. He hugged himself closer to Ichigo, resting his head on the orangette's stomach as he watched the girls.
"19 though he claims to be 16" Grimmjow replied. "Is Ichigo pregnant again?" he asked a moment later.
Shiro growled softly and nodded a little. The girls didn't seem too happy either. "...He acts two.." Ichigo said after a moment.
"He has…slight mental issues… from a traumatic childhood" Grimmjow responded.
"If you had seen your mother killed at 2, been molested and raped by your ACTUALLY father and his so called friends for 8 years till you killed them, lived in the wild by yourself for a year before being dragged away to be a slave, finally almost being killed for being a 'spawn of satan'…I think you have the right to be a little mental" Gin purred from the doorway.
"Hung on the ceiling?" Grimmjow asked with a sigh.
"Yup~" Gin chirped.
"Oh..." Ichigo looked away. Shiro was scowling, probably angry with himself.
"Also Shiro…it an't your fault…Infinity is at fault…and at least this kid will be safer from Infinity's hands" Gin sighed.
"Yea... it is, I should'a been able to stop 'em..." Shiro growled.
"Shi..." Ichigo sighed.
"Infinity is someone you can't take down by yourself…you can't stop him from doing as he likes…yet" Gin sighed, he had gotten up and hugged Shiro. "Later you will be able to stop but not yet" he finished.
Shiro tried to wiggle out of Gin's grip. "Get off." He growled.
Gin released him, going back and hugging Grimmjow instead. "He seems to have the same problem you had Grimmkitty…you both hate being touched" Gin stated.
Ichigo pulled Shiro's head into his lap when the man just lay there on the couch limply. "Shi..."
"It isn't your fault Shiro, don't blame yourself" Grimmjow sighed.
"Shi..." Ichigo repeated himself. The four girls on the floor pouted and crawled over to the couch, each mumbling an 'Unkle-Shi'. Shiro still didn't move.
"…You think he would move if we throw him out the window?" Gin asked.
"...Maybe... When he gets all depressed like this you could hit him and he won't even twitch..." Ichigo said, looking a little upset.
"You just haven't hit him hard enough" Gin shrugged.
"Oh believe me, he has." Shiro mumbled, before going quiet again. Tori whimpered a little, crawling onto the couch and laying down on his back to try to comfort him. Her sisters did the same, but lay down on his legs instead.
"How can we fix your depression? Do you need a whore?" Gin asked.
Shiro actually glared over at him before going back into his depressed state. "I will take that as a no" Gin smirked. Ichigo glared at him a little before ducking down to kiss the top of Shiro's head. Gin just smiled. "Okay how about we go kill Infinity" Gin chirped.
"...That might work..." Shiro mumbled. Ichigo nuzzled his hair. "...I wouldn't mind that." He stated.
"Let's go then" Gin chirped, releasing Grimmjow and starting to head to the door.
"Unless you have a plan I wouldn't try" Grimmjow sighed.
Ichigo shook his head. "He, um.. has some new... pets... he has about ten... When we showed up here, our injuries were caused by only four of them. ...Their not exactly... human." He murmured. Tori nodded, shivering slightly at the thought of those creatures. "Oh.. and he, um... kind of started using tracking chips in his experiments.."
"So it's likely you have tracking chips in or on you? I will go get a knife" Gin stated.
"No you aren't" Grimmjow growled.
Gin pouted slightly. "And I am not afraid of his pets" he added with a manic grin.
"...We do.. He didn't bother with sedatives when he put them on us." Ichigo sighed and the girls shivered at the memory, Tori actually sniffing a little.
"I call Szayel to remove them then" Gin chirped.
"...Not that simple.. you can't just take it out. Uh, Shiro had tried once and if you do the slightest thing wrong it'll give off an electric shock." Ichigo sighed.
"Owwie?" Gin stated. "Is it high volts or low volts?" Gin asked.
"...Rather high. Burned his skin. Thought it can't really go through the whole body. Just a few inches around it." Ichigo said, pushing the hair on the back of Shiro's neck to show a burn scar.
Gin bit his lip, thinking. "If it's low, then it is ignoreable…but high that is a problem…is there a way to jam the tracking ability of it?" Gin asked.
"I don't know." Ichigo admitted, petting Shiro's hair back into place.
"I will call Ulqui-chan…he is smart" Gin chirped.
"...Uh.. Okay I guess..." Ichigo murmured.
"He means if the tracking chips can be jammed, Ulquiorra can figure it out and do it…he's the black haired guy with large green eyes that was here yesterday" Grimmjow explained.
"Ulqui-chan~" Gin stated in a sing-song voice.
A faint "I am sleeping" was heard from the other line.
"No you are driving to Grimmy's house…you can wear your emo PJs if you want" Gin demanded.
A sigh. "I will be there soon" the monotone voice sighed. Gin grinned, hanging up.
Ichigo stared at him for a moment. "...I hope this works..." He sighed, Shifting a little.
"It will probably work" Gin chirped.
"...I don't like probably, especially if it could hurt my cubs.." Ichigo said, and Shiro nodded.
"Your cubs will not be harmed" Gin stated with a seriousness.
"...When will he get here." Ichigo asked, running his hand through Shiro's hair again. The girls were apparently still sleepy because they had fallen asleep on top of Shiro.
"…Since he is Ulqui-chan…now" Gin replied, a knock at the door following his words. Gin sprung to his feet, opening the door and hugging Ulquiorra. "I told you" he chirped.
Ulquiorra's hair was a mess, his clothes were baggy and unsurprising all white. His green eyes shifted to Grimmjow in an almost pleading look. "Your adoptive brother, your problem" Grimmjow shrugged.
Ichigo stared at him curiously, before sighing and pulling Shiro's head a little further into his lap. Shiro sighed, wrapping his arms around Ichigo's hips. Ulquiorra pushed Gin away. Gin pouted slightly before going and pouting on the TV. Ulquiorra looked over Ichigo, Shiro, and the girls. "Ulquiorra" he stated.
"Call him Ulqui-chan" Gin called, making Ulquiorra's eye twitch ever so slightly.
"Um, hi Ulquiorra.." Ichigo said warily.
"Hello" Ulquiorra said formally.
"Ignore the formalness…he's been raised to a 'gentleman' so just listen to the smart things" Gin stated. Then Gin introduced Ulquiorra to Ichigo, Shiro, Kuma, Umi, Ela, and Tori.
Ichigo bit his lip, before leaning back a little. After Gin practically held Ulquiorra down till the other promised not to breath a word to Aizen, Gin gave a quick summary to his adoptive, slightly emo brother of the situation.
"Sometimes I wonder if I let them into my apartment just cuz it is funny to watch them interact…complete opposites" Grimmjow muttered with a sigh.
Ichigo shifted a little. "...Can you help us?" He asked. Shiro was watching Ulquiorra out of the corner of his eye, sending a glare the other's way.
"I think so…but I can't know for sure…it would be simpler if I knew the design of the chip" Ulquiorra started.
"I will go see if I can hack some information" Gin chirped, skipping to the computer.
"Use laptop…harder to trace back" Grimmjow growled.
"...Infinity sells them. It's the same one he sells for tracking pets." Ichigo said, a hand raising to gently rub the back of his neck were the chip was.
"I have one of those" Gin chirped.
"You don't have any pets…nevermind" Grimmjow sighed.
Ichigo just stared at him. Shiro snorted at that. "Once a pet always a pet…though masters change, the status as a pet stays the same" Gin replied, removing a bracelet on his wrist and giving it to Ulquiorra.
"Okay..." Ichigo murmured, still not fully understanding the situation.
Ulquiorra took the bracelet, starting to take it apart on the dining room table. "Ulqui-chan will need a bit of time to figure this out" Gin stated.
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IS: Ichigo, Shiro, Ela, Umi, Kuma, Tori (the Girls)
Me: Everyone else (Grimmjow, Aizen, Gin, Ulquiorra...etc)