Here goes round two! Thank you so much for your reviews everyone!!! They really made me happy! Now I feel more confident in myself. Okay, so this chapter is longer than the first, I noticed that it was really short… Oh well, now I know what to do! In this chapter all other characters are going to be introduced and something's happening between Ichigo and Grimmjow. Have fun!
Disclaimer: I don't own Bleach, Tite Kubo does.
Ichigo marched off to the elephant department, still with a frown on his face. He entered the big building and looked around. There were a lot of visitors, especially kids. "The elephants seem to be really popular" Ichigo thought, and jostled himself through the crowd to see the elephants. A lot of people cursed at him for pushing them, but he didn't care at all, he was determined to see those majestic animals. He finally arrived at the front and he couldn't believe his eyes. The scene he was just seeing now was just weird, REALLY weird. A muscular bald guy was carrying a little elephant with his two hands in the air and laughing out loud. "Check out my strength, people! You don't see this that often, heh?" the bald one screamed. The crowd started clapping and you could hear a lot of "wows" and "ohs". Ichigo just stood there, flabbergasted. "What the hell…?" he thought.
But it came even better. Another guy popped out from nowhere, and this one looked really scary. He was giant and muscular, and his hair was spiky, which reminded of a hedgehog. "Tz, don't be so arrogant, Ikkaku, you may be strong but you will never beat me!" the big guy said with a demonic grin. "Yay, Ken-chan is happy!" A little pink haired girl climbed up the guy's shoulder and started giggling. The big guy went towards a big elephant and started lifting it. "Wait a minute, elephants weigh like about ten tonnes, don't they? That guy is insane, it's impossible for a human to lift an adult elephant…" Ichigo thought, watching the scene. The big guy let out a scream and lifted the elephant up into the air. His arms first shaked, but after some seconds they stayed still. He then started laughing like a madman and the crowd applauded with enthusiasm. "Damn it, I will never beat you, Kenpachi, but I'll defeat you one day, you'll see!" Ikkaku said with a grin. The two men let down the elephants and winked to the visitors. "This is crazy" Ichigo thought and went out of the elephant department, once again pushing all the visitors in order to get out.
"Am I only surrounded by weirdos, or what? I thought zoos were here to show off some animals, and not to present some weird, muscular guys carrying elephants! Where the hell did I land here?" Ichigo mentally screamed.
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In the wildcat department Grimmjow was stroking the panther. He then got out a piece of meat from a bucket and through it across the cell. The panther immediately stood up and ran after it. "What a hungry boy. I'm pretty hungry too." Grimmjow thought while taking the empty bucket and walking out of the panther's cell. Suddenly the orange-haired boy came into his mind, and he remembered his flustered face. "Hey, no dirty thoughts, Grimm" the teal-haired man said to himself. "Okay, I must admit, the kid was cute". Grimmjow just stood there in silence. After ten seconds he woke up from his daydream and felt a certain tension growing in his pants. "Fuck. Gotta go to the bathroom. Good that I have a break now." Grimmjow frowned and thought: "Stupid kid."
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Ichigo was in front of the elephant department and it occurred to him that he actually had to work. No wonder he didn't see any visitors before, they were all watching the two muscular freaks. Now he saw some trash on the floor, a lot of candy wrappings and other papers. He took his equipment, which he always carried around with him, and started picking it up. "This job isn't as bad as I thought" he thought while putting everything into a trash bag. After five minutes he was finished, and he noticed that according to his working schedule he now had a break. "Wow, I get paid for doing nothing. That's awesome." He then looked for the toilets on his map because he had to take a piss, and fortunately they were very near.
After arriving to the toilets, he went to the employee's bathroom and opened the door. The moment he opened the door, a loud, low growl came out of one of the toilets. It sounded like...an orgasm. Ichigo blushed heavily. "Holy shit, did I just catch two employees doing that? How embarrassing!" He wanted to turn around and run, but it was too late: a teal-haired man came out of the toilet, zipping up his pants and still panted a little. Ichigo just stood there at the door with his mouth opened. "G-Grimmjow…" is all he could say in that moment. At the sight of Ichigo, Grimmjow's eyes widened and he blushed a little. He rushed to Ichigo, pulled him inside, shut the door behind him and locked it. He then pushed the younger one against the door and leaned closer to his face. "What are you doing here, Mr. Cleaning Force?" Grimmjow asked with a scowl. Ichigo first felt fear, he didn't want to die on his first working day. But then he mentally asked himself: "I shouldn't be scared of this guy! I may act like a highschool girl, blushing and stuff like that, but I'm still a guy. Go Ichigo! Hey, that's a cool rime." The young man snapped out of his thoughts and made a deep frown. "Listen up Grimmjow, it's not my fault that I walk into the toilets while you were…uhm…pleasing yourself, and stop bitching around like that, it's going on my nerves. And I will tell you one last time, my name is Kurosaki Ichigo." Ichigo then pushed the teal-haired man away from him and crossed his arms. Grimmjow was surprised that the kid had the guts to push him like that. "Now could I please go to the toilet? You're in the way." Ichigo said and went to the toilet. Grimmjow stood there stupefied. He washed his hands and went out.
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Grimmjow walked back to the wildcat department in a fast pace, and he was confused. What was wrong with him? The orange-haired kid wasn't anything special. He just looked cute when he blushed, and that was it. Yet he really turned him on. He felt really embarrassed that the kid caught him jerking himself off while imagining perverted stuff. And the boy wasn't afraid of him, although he used his death-scowl. Normally people would beg him to leave them alive, but in the boy's case it was different. This made the boy so interesting, very interesting.
Grimmjow entered the wildcat department and looked at the panther. The panther gazed at him with a look that said "Dude, accept it.", and Grimmjow understood that look, he knew his panther very well. He sighed and finally accepted his feelings. "Kurosaki Ichigo…I think I found an interesting prey, buddy." he said with a wide grin.
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Ichigo went to the center of the zoo and decided to check out the North part. He didn't want to think of Grimmjow, the man who made his heart beat so fast earlier. Man, now he hated that guy, his attitude in the bathroom was simply stupid and rude. He didn't have to look at him with that scowl, it almost scared the shit out of him. "I think I'm really surrounded by idiots in this zoo. Where are the normal people?" Ichigo thought.
In the North part there were penguins, ice bears, the aquarium and birds. Before going on his sightseeing tour, Ichigo collected some garbage lying around. He then decided to go see the penguins and the ice bears, which were both in one department. He had never seen those animals in his life, so once again Ichigo's childish side sprang to life. He hurried inside the department gazed around. It was really cold in the big room and Ichigo began shivering a little. The penguins were on the right side of the room, and the ice bears on the left. The orange-haired boy looked at the penguins first. They were so small and cute, jumping around in the snow. Ichigo loved the way they walked, it looked so funny. "They're adorable, don't you think so too?" a voice said behind him. He turned around and spotted a small, young woman. She had black, shoulder-length hair and black eyes. "Hi there, my name's Kuchiki Rukia. I'm responsible for the penguins." Ichigo smiled at the thought that this girl actually was normal. "I'm Kurosaki Ichigo, new cleaning force since today. Nice to meet you."
The two of them sat down on a bench in the department and had a little chat. "You know, actually I love bunnies, but since there are no bunnies in this zoo, and since I always wanted to work in a zoo, I specified myself with penguins, who are just as cute!" Rukia said with a smile. "Tell me, do you also have the feeling that you're surrounded by weirdos in this zoo?" Ichigo asked. Rukia made a surprised face but smiled warmly afterwards. "I also thought that in the beginning, but after spending some time with everyone, you feel like belonging to a big family." Ichigo just looked at her with a puzzled face and asked with a little frown: "So, that Grimmjow guy also belongs to that big family?" Rukia then looked away and sighed. "He doesn't really like anyone…he's quite a loner. Never shows any emotions, always rude. Personally, I don't like him." Ichigo asked himself why Grimmjow was acting that way. Suddenly his heart started pounding again, and he felt his cheeks turning a little red. Didn't he hate the teal-haired man? Why was he feeling pity for him? Plenty little questions ran through his mind.
"Oi, Rukia, time to feed the penguins." Ichigo and Rukia both looked to their left. A little boy at about the age of 15, with white short hair stood there with crossed arms. Rukia nodded and stood up. "By the way, this is Kurosaki Ichigo, the new cleaning force." she said with a smile. The white-haired boy frowned. "My name is Hitsugaya Toushirou, nice to make your acquaintance. I'm responsible for the ice bears." He wanted to shake hands with Ichigo, but suddenly a woman with giant boobs hugged the little boy from behind and covered his eyes with her hands. "Hitsugaya-kun, guess who?" she said with a cheeky voice. Hitsugaya then made an angry face and screamed: "MATSUMOTO!" "How did you figure that out? You're so smart, my sweetie!" She hugged him even tighter. "Rangiku, I think you're suffocating Hitsugaya!" Rukia said with a worried tone. Rangiku then let go of her "sweetie" and looked at Ichigo. "Hey, you're the new guy! I'm Matsumoto Rangiku, tour guide. Nice to meet you!" Ichigo quickly looked at her. She had giant boobs, blue eyes, long orange-blond hair and a mole on the right side of her mouth. "I'm Kurosaki Ichigo, cleaning force." he answered. Rangiku then looked at her watch and said: "I would love to chat with you, but I have a tour now. See you later!" She hugged Hitsugaya and went off. "What a pain in the neck" Hitsugaya said with an annoyed tone and walked off. Ichigo then glanced at Rukia with a puzzled look and asked: "Isn't that boy a little young to work?" Rukia then smiled and answered: "He's a little genius, he already graduated from school a year ago. See you later!" She waved and skipped away. Ichigo left the department with a little smile and thought: "Little family…how funny."
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Ichigo came out from the ice bear/penguin department and decided to go see the bird department. He entered the department and the first thing he saw were plenty colours, everywhere. "Wow" he whispered, it looked so beautiful. All of a sudden a guy with black, longer hair and grey eyes surprised him with a cocky look. "I know exactly what you're thinking: this sight is beautiful, isn't it? Beauty is very important, it makes one feel comforted and…simply beautiful, just like me!" Ichigo just looked at him with a what-the-fuck-look and said: "Freak." He turned around and went out. The guy felt insulted and ran after Ichigo and started screaming. "How dare you insult the beautiful Ayasegawa Yumichika, you un-beautiful creature!" With a pout he went back inside and fixed his hair.
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Ichigo wanted to see the aquarium next, but as he wanted to enter it, someone pulled him from behind. Ichigo angrily looked behind him and saw the teal-haired man. "Listen, Kurosaki. I'm sorry if I insulted ya before in the bathroom. Ya know, it's quite embarrassing to be caught while masturbating. I'm sure ya would have reacted in the same way." Ichigo blushed and frowned. Somehow he wasn't angry anymore. "Okay, I forgive you." Then there was this awkward silence between them. "I see ya wanted to check out the aquarium." Grimmjow said, breaking the silence. Ichigo nodded. "Ya know what, I'll go with you, I'm off at this time." Ichigo, surprised, looked up to the bigger man and said: "Sure, why not".
In the aquarium Ichigo's childish side was back again. Grimmjow found it cute how he always stuck his forehead on the glass to stare at the fish. "Hey Grimmjow, check out the clownfish! I've never seen this one before!" Grimmjow approached his head to the boy's and looked at the fish. "Hehe, looks just like you. He's orange too!" Grimmjaw said with a wide grin. Ichigo frowned, but then his frown turned into an embarrassed look. Grimmjow's face was quite near to his. He could feel his breath on his cheek, and this sent him a chill down his spine. Grimmjow noticed this as Ichigo turned his face to the side and said: "Let's look at something else." The next thing Grimmjow did was very unexpected, he couldn't explain why he did it, it went so fast. He pulled the orange-haired boy by the arm and suddenly their lips touched. Ichigo, out of surprise, left his mouth open, which gave Grimmjow's tongue the opportunity to enter. He slightly played with the boy's tongue, but then broke the kiss brusque after some seconds. Ichigo, panting and covering his mouth with his hand, looked at the teal-haired man on front of him, who was now holding him in his arms. Now he was completely stupefied. Why didn't he do anything? He could have easily pushed the bigger man away, or punch him. He looked into those clear, teal blue eyes and noticed how beautiful they were, you could sink into them. Maybe he was…in love? But he didn't even know this man, it was his first day at work.
"Are you alright? You're so silent. I thought you would punch me or somethin' like that." Grimmjow said looking at Ichigo with a severe face. Ichigo suddenly felt a new sensation. He liked that face the other one just did. It looked sexy. Without thinking about his action Ichigo put his arms around Grimmjow's neck and kissed him tenderly. Grimmjow was stunned: his "prey" also had feelings for him. After the kiss the two men looked at each other and Ichigo blushed heavily and had a sleepy look. Grimmjow wanted to embrace him but suddenly a voice interrupted them.
"Grimmjow. I'm sorry to interrupt your show, but you two are scaring the visitors away." A girl with short black hair and two long ponytails glared at them with a pissed look and crossed arms. Both men looked around them and saw a little group of visitors watching them with bewildered faces. Ichigo turned as red as his name and ran out of the aquarium. Grimmjow, who shot death-glares at the crowd, ran after him.
"That was the most embarrassing moment in my entire life." Ichigo stated. He was now sitting beside Grimmjow on a bench beside the aquarium. "Okay, listen, let's just forget that incident and talk about…us." Ichigo shuddered at the word "us" and blushed. "You have to tell me what you feel, Kurosaki. Or else I won't fully understand your reaction to my kiss back there in the aquarium." Grimmjow said with that look. Now the boy was under pressure. The new sensation in him rose up again and his heart was thumping. "I'm waiting." Grimmjow made the pressure even worse. Ichigo wanted to kiss him again; he wanted more than a kiss. What was this heat he felt? The boy started feeling dizzy and the last thing he remembered was Grimmjow's surprised face.
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"Oi, Kurosaki, wake up, man" Ichigo opened his eyes slowly and saw Grimmjow's face over his. "You fainted ten minutes ago." Ichigo quickly redressed himself in a sitting position and accidently bumped his forehead on Grimmjow's. "Damn it, you moron, that hurt" Grimmjow said with that severe look, AGAIN. Ichigo suddenly stood up and screamed: "Will you PLEASE stop making that look, it's driving me nuts, okay?! I always feel this weird sensation in me every time you do that look, I always feel this urge to kiss you, and the fact that I don't know what this feeling is, is just confusing me, and I don't know what to do. And I think you look hot and I loved the kiss, and you really have a talented tongue, and you stole my first kiss and I'm still a virgin!"
Ichigo panted after his little speech and fell back on the bench. Grimmjow just stood there, shocked. He couldn't speak at first, and then he also sat down on the bench. "Okay, I'll clear you up, kid. You're in love with me, this sensation you're feeling is called lust and the fact that you told me you're a virgin means you want me to fuck you. Happy now?" Ichigo nodded his head slowly and suddenly asked: "Are you in love with me, Grimmjow?" The teal-haired man looked into the boy's chocolate brown eyes and replied with a cocky grin: "I just feel the same way as you. Except that I'm not a virgin and that I want to fuck you, and not be fucked by you." Ichigo frowned at Grimmjow. "Tell me Grimmjow, are we a couple now?" "I guess so." Ichigo blushed at this reply and without a warning Grimmjow kissed him tenderly. "Listen, finish work, the zoo's closing soon, then we can go to your place and…continue." Grimmjaw said, purring into Ichigo's ear. He added: "I'm sure you want to get rid of this virginity problem of yours too." Ichigo looked at his new lover with lust. He automatically stood up, took his equipment and finished his work as fast as he could.
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After half an hour Ichigo was done with his work. He went through the whole zoo and picked up all the trash he found. He was then called to the Information centre via loudspeakers. Kiyone told him that Ukitake wanted to speak with him about his first working day. Ichigo headed towards the office and Ukitake's office and knocked at the door. "Oh, Kurosaki-kun, please come in." Ichigo was asked to sit down. Somehow the orange-haired boy felt nervous, he didn't know why. Like as if he did something bad and now his boss wanted to punish him or something like that. Or maybe Ukitake found out that he was skipping work in the beginning, or that he made out with Grimmjow in the aquarium. That girl in the aquarium maybe told tales and now the whole zoo knows about them. "Kurosaki-kun, are you alright?" Ichigo snapped out of his thoughts and looked at his boss with a meek smile and said: "Sorry, I just was a little pensive." Ukitake then smiled and said: "Alright then, I have checked the zoo, and I must say, you're very good at your job, and that is good to hear. Please keep up the good work. If you want you can go home now." "Thank you, Ukitake-san" Ichigo replied and went towards the door. "Kurosaki-kun, before I forget, tomorrow evening, after work, I'm having a party at my house for my employees, you are cordially invited. Please come, it would be the perfect opportunity to make acquaintance with the others." Ichigo smiled and replied that he would come.
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Grimmjow waited at the entrance. Ichigo surprised him from behind but Grimmjow wasn't scared at all. He somehow felt that Ichigo was coming from behind. "Okay, let's go to your place and fuck." was the first thing he said. "Why my place?" Ichigo asked. "Because my flat is tiny and it's a mess." Grimmjow looked at his younger lover lustfully and you could see in his face that he was very impatient. Ichigo then blushed and said: "Listen Grimmjow, I still live with my family." "Oh fuck. I'm sure you're now gonna say that you don't want them to hear us fucking and that it's embarrassing. Am I right?" Ichigo nodded and said: "That's why I'm working here to collect some money and buy my own flat!" Grimmjow sighed and took the orange-haired boy's hand. "Then you're virginity will have to wait a little. For now I'll just bring you home."
After five minutes of walking, Ichigo thought of the conversation he had with Rukia. Without thinking he asked his partner: "Why don't you want to belong to the big family?" Grimmjow just looked at Ichigo and thought: "What the fuck?" "Oh, forget it." Ichigo just said with a smile.
Tadaa! Chapter 2 is finito! Hope you liked it. It's a little longer than Chapter 1. Oh my, Ichigo really acts like a high school girl…well, who cares, he's cute!
Okay! I need your help! With whom should Ulquiorra end up with? I don't have any ideas, I thought of a one-sided love for Ichigo. What do you think?
Thanks again for reviewing and reading!