Chapter 6: Old Friends
GrimmjowXDJaggerjack: Warning this is, basically a plot chapter and is focused more on Shearia and an Old Friend. This chapter focuses on her and said Old friends character development and plot development. OC X OC relationship.
Down the street, the grunting of men fighting echoed across the walls, the smell of blood flooding the blonde woman's nose as she walked confidently towards the pained sounds. She turned around a corner into the alley the sounds where resonating from.
Before her stood a tall black haired male trying his best to fight off the ten men that had surrounded him. The man had broad shoulders and a physic that could pass for photoshopped it was so toned and perfect.
In a mere few seconds five of the ten men were down and it looked as if the black haired male in the middle had gained the upper hand, until one of the men pulled a knife and managed to ram it into the man's side.
The man roared in agony before spinning and kicking the armed male into the wall, soon followed by the other four men left standing.
Blood poured from the fresh wound staining the cement crimson. "Shit." The man hissed, placing his hand to the open gash, applying pressure in a hopes of stopping or at the very least slowing the bleeding.
"You seem a little off your game tonight Kurosogi." Shearia stated from her spot on the wall. She would have sounded more concerned about her old friend's well being, but she knew that doing so would only shame the man. Kurosogi was a prideful person who hated more than anything making his friends worry about him; it made him feel weak.
"Just a little. Got a first aid kit on you? This isn't too serious but I sound still probably patch it up." Kurosogi chuckled but winced when the clenching of his muscles stretched the new injury. Shearia sighed and sauntered over to the wounded male.
"I don't have one here but Nishikata Byakko is just around the corner. I can have Retsu Patch you up." That said Kurosogi nodded; the blonde not having to actually tell him to follow her. They had known each other long enough that they normally didn't have to talk much to understand the others intentions. Which really came in handy whenever the two where in fights together. "So what are you doing so close to Nishikata Byakko? You normally keep to the other side of town."
"What I can't come down to visit a friend?" He teased as he strutted confidently down the street alongside his friend and master, ignoring the pain in his side.
"You can. But you should really call first. So I can get things ready for your visit." Shearia replied, offering a smile, though inside she was rather worried about the wound in Kurosogi's side. She was dreading the possibility that the knife had hit a vital organ.
"What in the world would you have to get ready for me to visit. You always have booze, so what else is there?" He countered raising a black brow at the woman.
"Well, it's been awhile since we've seen each other and I believe I missed your Birthday too. So for this particular visit I would have liked to have one of my girls treat you to a special night." Shearia grinned, already knowing what the next words coming out of the taller male's mouth would be.
"Well I can only think of one girl that I would like treating me to a night out and she always says no." He stated, starring pointedly at Shearia.
"And it will still be a no. I have no intention of giving myself to a man just yet. Though if it's a dance you'd like instead. That I can do." She replied in a sultry voice and a grin.
"I'd love a dance." Kurosogi exclaimed. It wasn't often that Shearia would offer even to dance for the man. For some reason the woman was afraid to give into her emotions and just date someone. It bugged the heck out of Kurosogi, since he had been in love with the blonde for almost three years now. Even so the male wasn't going to give up on her yet. He knew she had her reasons for refusing him, so for now he would take whatever he could get and just give her time, however much it might be.
"It's settled then. But first let's take care of that wound in your side." She said as she opened the door to Nishikata Byakk's first floor bar. "Unohona! I have a patient for you!" Right away the doctor emerged from around the order where the Doctors office was.
"Oh, Kurosogi. It's been awhile since you've stopped by." She greeted warmly, with a soft smile that quickly dropped when her gray eyes landed on the blood rapidly seeping into the large man's shirt. "Come have a seat and Shearia please help him remove his shirt. He shouldn't be moving his arm too much. It will irritate the wound." She instructed and she quickly headed back into her office to grab what she would need to treat the male.
Nodding in response to the doctors instructions Shearia started to remove Kurosogi's vest, followed by his shirt. The fabric stuck to his skin do to the shear amount of blood that had soaked into the white fabric. "I thought you're the one who's supposed to strip." He teased grinning at Shearia, who's blue eyes were locked on the deep gash in Kurosogi's side. The bleeding hadn't stopped and the man's skin was starting to lose its colour; worrying the already concerned female.
"I should have jumped in. You're such an idiot sometimes. This isn't something I should have let you and myself ignore. It's worse than I thought it was. Damn i-"
"I'll be fine. You worry too much. Unohona will patch me up." Kurosogi assured, placing his hand to her cheek to force Shearia's eyes to meet his red ones.
"But if I hadn't been there you could have-"
"But you were. I'll be more careful next time. Now stop worrying. You're supposed to be the one telling me. 'You're going to be fine Kurosogi. We'll get you all patched up.' Not acting like I'm on my death bed. Which I'm not I might add." Kurosogi chided smiling at her. Normally Shearia would shrug off such injuries just as easily as he did but, tonight she seemed really worried, scared almost. Now that he was looking her right in the face he could almost see water forming on her eye lids. 'Is she trying not to cry?' Kurosogi had never seen Shearia cry or even come close to it, and he'd been injured far worse than this before. Something must have happened to have her emotions acting out like this.
"You're right. Sorry. You're going to be fine." She smiled but Kurosogi wasn't so sure if it was meant to cheer him up or her.
"Alright Kurosogi. Let's get you fixed up." Unohona announced patting the male on the shoulder.
About thirty minutes later Kurosogi was stitched up, with white bandages wrapped firmly around the freshly cleaned wound. The man stretched his arms up carefully, the moment he felt a pull on the stitches he lowered the limbs again. "Thanks Unohona."
"You're welcome. Now make sure to change the bandages once a day, alright." Kurosogi nodded and took the roll of bandages the doctor handed him. "Well, if you need anything else please call me." The older woman said, patting her boss lightly on the shoulder.
"Thanks Retsu." With that the doctor returned to her office leaving the two friends alone again. "Would you like a drink?" Shearia offered, walking through the bar door and grabbing two glasses, turning to face the back counter to prepare the drink.
"Yeah sure, just a rye and Coke." He replied turning in the bar stool so that he could rest his elbows on the bar top. "So what's wrong? You seem off tonight. Did something happen before you ran into me?" Shearia paused in making his drink before quickly continuing in her work. "You real-"
"One of my V.I.P.s injured two of my best whores, one female and one male. Then today Grimmjow's sister was attacked well in the care of the male whore that was injured the day before. He was shot, it was just in the leg but if Yuroichi and Soi Fon hadn't have been there, Ichigo would have been dead and Nel would have been used to force Grimmjow to rejoin the hollows. So I went looking for you. Hoping that you could help me but now I don't want to ask it of you." She explained. Keeping her back to Kurosogi.
Her shoulders were shaking and he could tell she was probably crying but said nothing. If Shearia was crying it meant that the events as of late had finally been too much for the woman to keep in. The blonde was a person like Kurosogi who cared deeply for her friends and if any harm befell them it would have a great effect on her. Just normally that effect would be her going on a killing spree. Hurt Shearia's friends and you weren't likely to live long. So that fact that she wasn't out hunting down the bastards must mean that she couldn't yet do anything to pay the bastards back.
"The V.I.P, was taken care of but the ones who went after Grimmjow were the Hollows, as you had probably already guessed. So I can't just march into their base and kill their leader. Not without any information." Oh now it made sense why she was acting like this. She couldn't do anything to stop what happened and now she isn't in a position where she can do anything to prevent it from happening again.
"So let me guess. You were going to ask me to 'join' the hollows to gather information on them and help you track down their leader to take him down. But after I got injured tonight you're afraid I'll get hurt or worse killed. So you don't want to ask that of me anymore." Shearia nodded though she still hadn't turned around to face him, her shoulders had stopped shaking though. So Kurosogi didn't think she was crying anymore. "Well, guess what sweet heart? I'm going to do it anyway. I just need away to prove to them that I can be of use. So I'm going to need those knives I ordered from one of your talented employees." Kurosogi grinned waiting for Shearia to turn and face him so they could get to planning.
"Kuro-" Shearia started to say as she turned around to face him but stopped herself when she saw the 'I'm going to do it no matter what you say' look. "Fine but you're taking a tracker with you." Kurosgi nodded, agreeing to her condition. "I'll talk to Kensei about your knives, but you aren't going anywhere until that heals."
"Understood, my lady." Kurosogi said with a little bow and grinned at the now smiling woman as she shook her head. The bastard always had a way of some how cheering her up with such little statements.
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GrimmjowXDJaggerjack: Well that was a quick update. I know you guys must hate that there was no Grimmjow or Ichigo in this chapter but they'll be in the next one Promise. Hope you guys liked Shearia and Kurosogi. Review and let me know what you thought of this chapter.