How long had it been since she set foot in the world of man as one of them? More then a hundred years that was for sure. The scent of that world coming from Grimmjow made her curious, she wanted to see the world he and Yoruichi lived in.
"Grimm?" She asked sliding into his side, she found it hard to control her cat side around him but not only that he looked uncomfortable whenever she did it and it made her want to mess with him more.
"If I decided to follow you home would you look after me?" he looked at her like she was insane. It was an odd question to ask.
"When I met Yoruichi for the first time she asked me something like that and I woke up with no food or alcohol left in my apartment. Is it going to be like that?" Ichigo burst out laughing at his words; it sounded something like Yoruichi would do.
"No, not at all. I want to see what your world is like and see if there is anyway I can convince you to fight for us if this becomes a war."
"We're going to war?" Grimmjow jumped at the timid voice, he was a little surprised to see another person in the church, and it made him remember that this was a place open to all demons.
"Oh Momo no, I'm trying to avoid a war with Aizen. Grimmjow this is Momo, Momo this is Grimmjow." The girl nodded her greetings, hesitantly approaching the pair her hands wringing the hem of her jumper. Grimm muttered a quick greeting to the girl watching with interest as she skittishly inched her way towards the goddess, large black eyes never leaving them until she was a mere foot from the statue. In a fast panicky movement she pulled a collection of nuts from her pockets placing them at the goddesses' feet and praying. His new enhanced hearing let him hear the whispered words and he was scowling at them.
"Why is she praying that I don't eat her?" he whispered, Ichigo giggling lightly at his words, the smile on her face saying she found this amusing.
"Momo is a squirrel, she scares easily and has reason to, her kind tend to get eaten by other demons by mistake or other animals that prey on squirrels. Older demons can sense others of their kind and can sometimes guess what others are. Momo is far older then me, she knows you're a panther thus is terrified of you. Most of your kind had a reputation for being mean." Grimmjow snorted at that, it made sense he was a predator and the girl was prey. Still he couldn't see why she had to be so scared, she didn't know him at all.
"Yo Momo come here," he called, thinking about how non-threatening he looked, wanting to try out his new abilities. He was an easy going, relaxed and harmless man; in fact he was utterly charming and friendly. It seemed to be working the closer she got the more she relaxed before long she had let go of her jumper and was walking over rather then creeping along inch by inch. Then he made the fatal error of smirking and he watched in horror as her eyes widened and she transformed into a squirrel, darting from the church.
"Damn it, I blew it. Just as she was about to sit down I thought something about being the ultimate hunter, this ability is going to take me forever to figure out. Do ya know what hers was? I'm curious to about what the other demons can do," he said, glancing in the direction she had run off in. Ichigo hummed in contemplation, thinking about the gift's she did know about, some demons were very secretive.
"Momo has the ability to turn anything into a fourth-dimensional pocket, the ultimate storage ability for a squirrel. I know a polar bear demon that can turn water into ice; he used that ability to travel the world. My parents knew a parrot demon, she could mimic anything perfectly and a stag demon that could make plants grow by touching them. The world was once filled with many talented demons and then the humans discovered us, when they discovered they couldn't control us they abhorred us instead and took arms against our people. Nothing has gotten better for us, I just want this to be over I don't want another child to be born into this war." Grimmjow placed an arm around her shoulders, squeezing. Sadness radiated from her, it pained him to see it.
"I lost my mother at a young age, I didn't know my father. I ended up in an orphanage at six and when people found out I was quarter demon they ignored me or returned me to the orphanage. Guess they were right to seeing as I am a demon," he said chuckling a little at the truth.
"I understand that no one should have to grow up alone and unwanted because of war, it's a terrible way to live." That mad up Ichigo's mind, she needed to know what kept drawing this man back to the city with Humans when he wasn't one.
"I'm going with you!"
