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Ichigo chewed a little at his lip as he fidgeted with the hem of his borrowed shirt. After having been demanded to explain himself to the one he had been lusting after, Grimmjow took him back inside and he had shifted back to his human form, borrowing a oversized t-shirt and a pair of boxers so he wasn't strutting around in the buff, he had explained what was going on to the bigger man.
"So. Lemme git this straight...yer this Immortal thing, ya c'n shape-shift at will, 'nd I'm s'posed ta be yer like...mate er somethin?" Grimmjow asked as he leaned back in the chair he was sitting on, his endless blue eyes watching Ichigo.
The orangette sighed a bit and nodded as he looked down at his lap.
Grimmjow scowled a little before standing and running a hand through his hair, "J'st...go back ta tha' cat form...we need ta git some sleep." He muttered before starting back towards his room.
Ichigo frowned a little but reverted back to his feline form, grabbing the clothes in his teeth and trotting after the man with the clothes trailing behind him.
When morning came, Grimmjow grabbed the orange feline and took him outside. He sat down on the steps that led from the porch into the back yard and set the feline beside him, "Part a me wants ta tell ya ta git outta here an leave me alone...yet...seein ya last night when ya went and turned back ta human form...well...I kinda wanna keep ya around after that." He said as he pulled out a pack of cigarettes and a lighter. He shook a slim stick free from the pack a little before taking it the rest of the way out with his mouth then flicked the lighter and lit up, "Yer an interesin creature, Cat." He said around the cigarette in his mouth before leaning back.
"Ichigo." The cat muttered as he laid down on the porch, wrapping his tail around his hindquarters.
"Eh?"
"My name's Ichigo...Kurosaki Ichigo."
"Oh...wait...yer name's Strawberry?" Grimmjow asked, looking at the feline with one raised brow.
Ichigo hissed in annoyance, his ears flattening on his skull and his fur standing on end. He snapped his eyes towards Grimmjow and bared his teeth, "It means one and guardian." He hissed out slowly.
Grimmjow laughed at the look on the feline's face and reached out with one hand to pet him on the head, "Alright, alright...dun have a cow." He snickered, his eyes flashing teasingly.
Ichigo batted the hand away from his head and leaped up onto the banister where he sat down and started to clean his face in a feline-esque manner, "Do you want me to stay or not?" He asked, anger still evident in his voice.
"Well...I guess ya could stay...long as ya stay in that form when my sister's around. She wouldn't take to kindly ta me bringin a guy home...specially when said guy has no clothes. Not that I mind in tha least." Grimmjow responded, pinning the feline with a lecherous gaze.
Ichigo stopped cleaning his face and stared at Grimmjow with a look of pure shock on his feline visage, "Y-you...PERVET!" He yowled, leaping off the banister to claw the man's face only to have himself caught by one large hand right before his claws made contact.
Grimmjow laughed heartily at Ichigo's reaction and set the fuming feline on his lap, "Hey...not my fault yer so good lookin." He snickered, using one hand to scratch behind Ichigo's ears while the other reached up to pluck the cigarette from his mouth, a few thin tendrils of smoke curling up into the air and around the blue strands of hair that hung over his face, "What'll yer folks think though? I mean...if ya stay here, wun they worry?"
Ichigo blinked, trying to ignore the purring rumbling in his chest, "Um...Shiro'll...damn...stop that...can't think straight..." He grumbled, sighing a bit when the scratching stopped, "Thank you...anyway...Shiro'll let em know I'm ok. He might pop back in sometimes to check on me." He said, curling up a bit in the male's lap, trying to ignore the urge to jump around in delight that he'd be able to stay here and not only that but he was sitting on his intended's lap and talking to him.
"Ah...ok." Grimmjow murmured as he placed the cigarette back in his mouth, falling silent as he took a deep pull of the nicotine. After a few moments he took the cancer stick out of his mouth and looked down at the obviously content feline, "Who exactly is Shiro?" He asked quietly.
"Hmmm? Oh...he's my twin brother." Ichigo murmured, shifting to nuzzle against Grimmjow's abs, the purr starting again, "He's the one that'll take over our clan after dad steps down."
Grimmjow nodded in understanding and fell silent again as he resumed smoking his cigarette as he started to scratch the feline's ears again, his eyes staring out at nothing in particular. After a few moments of sitting there staring off into space, the blue-haired man let out a surprised sound when a pair of golden eyes surrounded by snowy white feathers blocked his sight.
At the sound, the snowy avian started to cackle with laughter, falling out of the air to roll on the ground. As the avian laughed at him, Grimmjow glared down at it, a tic in his eye as a growl bubbled up in his chest. When he was about to stand and stomp on the bird, a blur of orange flew off his lap and tackled the cackling avian.
"Damnit Shiro!" Ichigo snapped as he clawed at the bird who was trying to fend off the orange ball of fury, "What'd ya have ta go and do that for?"
'So this is Shiro? I don't like him...' Grimmjow thought as he stood to pull Ichigo off the bird, stroking his soft orange fur gently, watching the hawk as it stood and shook itself off, those odd snowy feathers puffing out a bit, "Stupid bird." He murmured before moving back to the porch to reclaim his seat, letting Ichigo relax back on his lap.
"What do you want Shiro?" Ichigo growled, though it lacked the rage he had before thanks to Grimmjow's gentle petting.
"Ma and pop want ya back home. They said they dun want ya hangin out here." The bird said as it hopped onto the banister.
Ichigo's fur all stood on end at hearing that and he leapt off Grimmjow's lap to glare at his elder twin, "I ain't going back!" He hissed, his claws extending and his eyes flashing.
The hawk stepped back a bit before holding up one talon much like a human would hold up their hands to show piece, "Hey, hey...chill out lil bro. I told em ya ain't gunna wanna leave. I'm just comin ta deliver tha message and ta warn ya ta be on tha lookout cuz they ain't happy. Yer outta Visord territory, bro, and ya know how they are when ya leave tha territory."
Ichigo snorted a bit and turned tail on his brother, trotting back over to Grimmjow and taking up perch on his lap, "If they want me ta come home...they're gunna have ta come get me themselves and I ain't goin no where without a fight." He stated snappishly before curling up on the bluenette's lap.
Shiro sighed and spread his wings to take flight, "A'right bro...dun say I didn't warn ya." He stated calmly before flying off.
Once he was gone, Grimmjow looked down at the feline in his lap with a slightly confused look that grew even moreso when he saw the look the feline had.
"I'm sorry Grimmjow...I'm dragging you into my family's problems..." Ichigo murmured, looking down and drooping his ears.
Grimmjow scowled and picked the feline up so that they were face to face, "Listen here you." He demanded with a scowl, "Ya ain't got reason ta be sorry. I chose ta let ya stay here. All I ask is that you tell me what the hell whitey was talkin about when he said 'visord territory'." He stated coolly, still staring into the feline's eyes.
Ichigo sighed a bit but nodded and waited for Grimmjow to set him down before starting to explain.
"Ok. Basically with my kind, there are three main clans here. We got my family's clan, the Visords, then there's two others, the Shinigami and the Espada. Your home is almost in Espada territory. The three clans have...vendettas against each other. I dunno why really, but my dad freaks when me and Shiro go out of our territory, though he freaks more when I do because I'm...well...in Immortal sense...I'm a female even though my body is quite obviously male. Mom and Dad are high ly protective of me because if one of the other two clans would get ahold of me and...well...breed me...we would have problems. There aren't many beta Immortals like me. I'm one of the strongest and all the alpha, or male, Immortals want me to breed with me. I know it's confusing, 'how can a male get bred with?' is what you're thinking, right? Well, I'll answer...with Immortal betas, we go into heat, much like an actual animal, and during that heat, male betas, like myself, gain the...needed organs to breed with. Once the heat is over, they shrivel away to nothing until the next heat cycle." Ichigo explained, trying to hit all the basics without going to deep into it.
Grimmjow blinked down at him, scratching the back of his head in slight confusion, "Erm...lemme git this straight...even though yer a guy, yer able to get pregnant and being as strong as you are, all male Immortals wanna bed ya so they c'n have strong offspring and cuz a that, there's a war with tha three territories?"
"In a nutshell, yeah." Ichigo said, looking up at the male and flicking his tail, "Still want me around?"
Grimmjow was quiet for a bit before picking the feline up by the scruff, Ichigo instantly curling slightly and blinking in surprise, and carrying him inside. He took the feline up to his room and dropped him on the bed before turning back t the door and closing it, "What does it take to make sure no one else'll touch ya?" He asked, staring down at the feline.