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Ling Yao- chapter 2 should be out soon for those waiting for it, sorry if chapter one seems a bit confusing, I'll be updating that again to make it uh,...Comprehendable? LOL Anyways, that & Starrk Chapter one shall be out tomorrow so hold on tight fellow Starrk lovers!
Chapter 3: Sheathing the Blade
After walking over to the side of the house, Ren decided to make her way over to see Renji sweeping the mats; which in all honesty wasn't that surprising…
"Oi, Renji-Kun!" She smiled & waved to him getting the red head attention with a returning smile; even though his eyes were always closely watching her... That too, wasn't anything new.
"Oi, what'cha doing over here, Ren?" The lavender haired Arrancar shrugged at him frowning a bit just as she sat down Indian style to reopen her book while laying back against one of the outside support beams.
"Trying to find a place to read without interruptions." She replied just before hearing…
"Ah! Ren-Chan! There you are!"
Looks like today's not that day.
At this, Ren could only bring the book higher to your face, trying to hopefully ignore her stalking landlord.
"What is it now Kisuke?" She huffed with irritants.
"Awe...Don't be like that Ren-Chan. But since you asked, I want you to go to the grocery store for me. Could you do that?" She looked up cocking a brow at him before sighing & closing her book, "Sure."
"Oh, could you take Grimm-San with you too? He needs to get out for a bit anyways, if he doesn't I think he'll end up ripping the whole house apart."
Now, she slammed her book down on the wooden porch beneath her, pissed off that he didn't just say what he wanted to. She knew there was more to what he was asking!
"Damn it Urahara! Why? The Espada doesn't even have any respect for anyone, & you want me to take him out into public?"
He just smiled, "Yep! Oh! And do something about his mask will you? I don't need people asking about it, you know why."
Ren didn't even bother to say yes or no, she just rolled her sterling eyes & went inside to grab her keys & the grumpy Arrancar.
And her sight to behold, he was still chilling in the same spot in the front of the store. In the chair behind the desk…
"Come on you." The girl muttered at him, seeing the Espada only shrug out of the corner of her eye, before getting out of his seat & followed her quietly to the van.
"You drive?" He cocked a brow when she opened the door to the dark blue van, & jumped into the driver seat.
"Yep. Oh, come here..." His expression still stayed the same as the woman approached him with her hand extending to his Hollow Mask.
"Turn your face this way."
"Why?"
"Just do it, & stop being so stubborn."
"First, you tell me what you're going to do? No one touches my face."
Ren had to sigh as she ruffled up the back of her head in frustration, just before turning Grimmjow's face to the side by his chin, causing the Sexta to look down at the girl utterly shock.
Usually, others would just fear him not even trying to help, but that would only piss him off more.
What he seemed to notice was that she wasn't afraid of him like the others...Not in the slightest.
She just held his chin in place with a very light grip, still making sure not to get too aggressive with him while she held his chin, gazing at his unique jaw bone.
The next thing Grimmjow knew was what she ended up doing to the remains of his Hollow mask. Her middle finger extended out to softly touch the exterior bone, which only made him flinch at her gentle touch of his cheek, just before he realized that the woman before him had made his hollow mask disappear.
In satisfaction of his expression, Ren smiled triumphantly, & sighed closing the car door to her side with ease.
"Alright, now we can go." Grimmjow seemed to still be utterly shocked by what just happened in front of him, until you honked the horn & put your elbow out the opened window.
"Hey! Come on now, either get in or I'm making you can walk." He growled before giving a quiet huff to himself, before jumping into the passenger seat.
Once the two were buckled in, Ren took off in the van, having silence consumed their ride to the store; well until she tried to put on some music.
Once she found the right station, she gasped at the sound of her favorite song playing.
I'm sitting in a room.
Made up of only big white walls and in the hall.
There are people looking through the window in the door.
They know exactly what we're here for.
Don't look up just laugh & think there's no place else you'd rather be-,
Just as she thought she could get into the lyrics of her song, Grimmjow went for the radio, turning it off as he laid himself back in his seat.
Ren's eyes shifted over at him, seeing that he hadn't even looked at her as he gave a grimace face.
Again, she sighed gripping the steering wheel & stared at the freeway while she signaled to get over, with calmness but deep down, flaming frustration.
You could just see the twitch in her brow from it…
"Alright, what? What is it now?" Her head shot over to him seeing him shoulders shrug slightly & his body shift uncomfortably.
"I want to know how you got rid of my mask so easily, onna." At first, she hadn't expect that to come out of his mouth & only stared blankly at him before a giggle passed her lips.
"Well, It's because I can. I have the ability to do so. Come on now, you didn't think that I'm was an Arrancar without a mask do you? I just hide it so its not out in the open for all the humans to see it. So! Yeah, I'm sure I don't need to explain more. You're a pretty clever guy, Grimmjow." He was silent at the comment, but only began to look & poke at the side of his face with fascination.
"So…What? I'm...Normal now?" He asked more to himself out loud, but none the less, Ren heard the question & smiled sadly as she kept her eyes completely on the road.
She saw their exit, & pulled off merging into the far left lane to take their turn at the stop light.
"Heh, What is normal?" He didn't seem to answer & before they knew it, they had arrived at the Grocery store.
"Here… We are!" Ren's mood dramatically changed from solemn to ecstatic when she found a parking spot close to the entrance.
After turning off the car, the two arrancars locked the doors before they headed inside the chilled building.
Ren instinctively grabbed a cart on the way in & walked down a few aisles to a few of the things needed on a list that Kisuke had made before the two had left the house.
"Alright, chicken, rice, beef, noodles, milk, cheese, vegetables... Hmm, What else are we missing?" She itched her temple trying to figure out the check off list in her head, but only came to suddenly notice the sound of Grimmjow growling within his throat & tightening his finger nails into his biceps; even his eyes seemed to be filled with something that Ren couldn't exactly make out beneath his bangs.
"Grimm? You okay?" No answer, instead he just lowered his head more, gritting his teeth in anger…He look like he wanted to kill something.
Just then, the sound of two annoy giggles began to slither into the woman's ears…
"Look at him, he's kind of scary looking, but he so cute. Sexy even…" One girl giggled.
"By the way he's dressed & the hair, he must be like one of those bad boys or something?"
"I know... I mean, What other kind of guy makes himself look like a that?"
She could feel it, the more those school girl's flapped their yaps the more she couldn't help the hint of a glare in her stare.
And they didn't seem to realize Ren was already behind them until she had tapped on one of the three girl's shoulders, "Hey, missy, did your mother ever teach you it's not nice to talk about people when they're not around to hear it! Especially when your all huddling around each other like a bunch of giddy sixteen year old girls."
The girls all cocked a brow at Ren like she had lost her mind for even approaching them, "Who asked you, bitch? What're you like his girlfriend or something?"
Without another word Ren gave a grin before suddenly socking the girl that opened her mouth first in the nose, trying hard not to break her nose, but inside just knocked her ass out cold on the floor.
Of course, the other girl's just gawked at the dark hair woman, both of them looking as if they were about to piss themselves before they carried their unconscious friend out of the store.
After that little stunt, the woman only smiled happily & began to walk back to the cart, grabbing Grimmjow's hand to put it on the handle of the cart, which left the Espada shocked, both from what Ren just did, & her grabbing his hand…
"Stay close...Okay? We'll be out of here soon." He was certainly in awe of this woman. She was something else…
After getting all the supplies they needed, they left the store with no more issues & headed back to the van to put the groceries into the back of the trunk, then they took off just in time to see an ambulance go by as they exited the parking lot…
"Why?" The panther suddenly asked a little annoyed.
"Why what?"
Okay…That was Random…
Ren looked to the Sexta, cocking a brow of her own this time from his unexplainable question.
"Why did you stick up for me like that? It's not like I couldn't have handled it myself, you know!" He growled under his breath, making Ren sigh & smile.
"Well, you see Grimmjow, this isn't Los Noches anymore; you can't just go around & beat the crap out of who ever you want. Even though I did just hit that girl & probably broke her nose in three places, it was because...I can't stand people who talk behind other people's backs. Everyone knows I'm hot tempered that way, but besides that. It's because I saw the look on your face when they were talking about you. You obviously weren't liking what they were saying…So, think of it as me doing you a favor, free of charge."
He gritted his teeth at the word then spat out the window, "Che...Whatever."
"Grimmjow I know it's hard to fit into a world that doesn't want you to belong, but it'll get better. It did for me, so it will for you. If one Arrancar can do it, why can't another?" That seemed to soothe him in a way, but again he never responded & just put his hands behind his head & closed his eyes.
"Eh, whatever. I'm taking a nap. Wake me when we get back." He never seemed to amaze her.
The way his attitude was so hard & cold. How he didn't care.
This blue panther full of spite reminded her so much of herself when she had first came to live in Karakura Town.
Upon knowing Kisuke already, he was always so nice to her, somehow he always seemed to make her laugh, or stop her from crying when she felt the world was against her when they truly were at one point. And even when the world had turned its back on her, he hadn't.
After finally getting back to the ship, Ren parked the van in the back near the garage, asking Renji, along with Tessai, Ururu, & Jinta to help her with the groceries which they did without hesitation.
"Thanks guys, I really appreciate the help."
"No prob, wait, where's the grumpy Espada?" Renji asked looking around, but only to find the arrancar in front of him smiling, rolling her eyes towards the van.
"He's still sleeping. Don't worry, I'll get him." With that, she skipped happily over to the passengers side of the van & opened the door quietly, as not to disturbed the sleeping kitty cat.
"Hey Grimm-San, wakey, wakey!"
He didn't seem to hear her; either that or he was ignoring her, but his eyes were still relaxed while closed & his breathing was so soft she could've sworn he was purring.
She slipped back some of her ridiculously long hair behind her ear before bring her ear down to his mouth to hear his soft breathing, hearing him sigh gently as he adjusted his head over to the side, his mouth now slightly opened, with his pearly white teeth revealing themselves in his deep sleep.
Until now, Ren hadn't noticed how attractive he was.
And even though he had such a rough exterior to him while he was awake, he looked so peaceful when he slept. His face was content & once furrowed brows were relaxed & parted; He was...handsome & beautiful.
Just then, Ren caught a glimpse of an idea to awaken the sleep panther…
She couldn't help but notice a strand of his hair had fallen in the front of his eyes, & carefully she removed it, only to watch his face turn to her more, nuzzling the side of his head into the seat, his eyes still never opening; for some reason she began to feel this unfamiliar sensation, wild anxiousness bubbled to the surface of her stomach like vodka to her throat, erupting in the pit of her stomach. She tried hard to ignore it, but the more the girl stared at his distinct blue & green features, the more she couldn't help but gaze in awe upon him. He was just so unique compared to most arrancar she had face… But him, he was simply art in her eyes.
Simply, without thinking about it, her hand hesitantly came closer to the side of his face, starting at his neck & trailing up the side where his mask laid hidden. She tantalizingly traced her index finger softly over his jaw line & up over his cheek bone…
It only to watch him shiver at the touch…Groaning weakly in his sleep…
She knew that was one of the weak spot for any Hollow, no matter what stage they're at, form wise.
Under their mask is where you'll find their g-spot. Not even 5 seconds after she was about to pull away, Ren felt Grimmjow's hand fly up & grip hers firmly, startling the woman to make her gasp out in surprise…
He was awake.
Uh-Oh.
His eyes slowly opened gazing upon Ren's shameful & reddened face, "You really shouldn't be doing that." He grumbled a bit as he released her hand, in attempt to sit up.
"S-Sorry...But you wouldn't wake up, how else was I suppose to do it?" Ren smiled watching as he rubbed the side of his head & shook himself a little before getting out of the car where she stood, just to have him follow her till she reached upstairs & entered her room.
Grimmjow placed himself at the window seal, gazing out at the mid-afternoon.
The kids from the area could be heard for miles, & birds were chirping happily.
His eyes were gazing out at the city around him…
"It's bigger than it looks." She told him while picking up some of the mess that was left out on the floor from earlier.
"Hmm." Was all he could respond; Ren didn't seem even to notice his eyes shortly shifting over to her, watching her readied herself on the bed with a book once again.
"What the hell are you reading?" His annoyed voice asked interrupting her for a second.
"Erotica stories."
His face quickly began to shade into a deep red blush, his eyes shifting away with what look like embarrassment, "How could you read such things?"
with a sly smirk, she looked over to him from her reading since she was already laying on your stomach, & lowered her reading glasses at the end of her nose, to give him an even more of sly smile.
"Don't be like that Grimmjow-Kun, there's nothing to be ashamed of when it comes to wanting the other sex in an intimate way."
His face turned even redder, "WHAT THE HELL? SHUT UP ALREADY! IT'S NOT THAT!"
"You act like you've never heard of sex before Grimmjow, jeez, take a chill pill. It's not like sex is a bad thing when it comes to two people. Unless you like the whole swinger life then hey, praises to you, hope it works out." She tried to explain it to him the best she knew how, but it only to made the Sexta growl with bundled up frustration & stomp out of the room slamming the door behind him.
"What? What? What did I say?" She yelled after him only to have no answer.
Ren couldn't resist a giggle at the thought of his flushed face & finally shrugged a little before carrying on with reading the book in her grasp. But then, before long Ren began to wonder something having her brightened eyes shift up at the wall with curiousness.
Has Grimmjow even ever had sex before? She had to think about it considering how some Arrancars worked so hard & were so cold that they didn't think they'd have time to get close to anyone or for that matter, laid.
Even though some took shapes of Hollows & some of human's or Shinigami's, there was something about Ren that made her extremely different from her bretheren, was that she, herself went into heat every couple of months… Whether it be in her nature, or because of unnatural cause, Ren could never control apart of her that felt that it needed to mate with someone.
Actually the mere thought of it coming up made the girl sigh & cringe; she hadn't had sex in a couple years!
It had always been so hard to find the right mate, & since most living things were afraid of the poor girl, it was even harder to find a mate that could fit her standards.
The only reason she had ever found out about sex was by the books she read. Kisuke had tons of them in his room, & even though he was a perverted man, he did have good taste in books, at least in Ren's own personal opinion.
Before she knew it, Arrancar began to drift off to asleep, having her mind cleanse itself of its wondering thoughts as her head laid nuzzled in her pillow, letting her glasses lay on the floor beneath her hand as she let out a small sigh of tiredness & drifted off into a much needed cat nap.
~Meanwhile~
It was so obscene! That woman had had one too many it seemed, or a screw loose. I could feel my face heating up still at what she said, too…
Don't be like that Grimmjow-Kun, there's nothing to be ashamed of when it comes to wanting the other sex.
I guess she was telling the truth but she was just so blunt. Maybe in reality, did I want the same thing?
It was hard for me to find a mate at all considering I was a ruthless man; who would ever want to be with a cold empty hearted Arrancar Espada me anyways?
I continued to walk into the front part of the store, only to see that green bucket headed man Urahara sitting outside on the porch with that ridiculous fan he always carried around.
"Just who I needed to see, old man." I threw my head up to him only to have the him turn back with a cock brow.
"Old…? I'm not Old…"
"Che, whatever. Listen, I really need to train or something. Do you have like a gym or anywhere I could blow off some steam? I'm driving myself crazy just strolling around the store."
Kisuke waved his fan in front of himself before jumping to his feet as he turned to me, passing by with a pat on my shoulder which I only gave a frown to.
"Well, if you insist, just don't call me old again. Next time I won't let you use the training room." I was pleased. Finally some time to myself!
I followed him through a few hallways before coming to the same Elevator I ended up taking to get up here. I seem to get it now that the training room was the same place I had arrived in the first day I was came here.
"Now please, do as much training as you need to, but just keep your reistu to a minimum, & don't destroy my training grounds, oh, & one more thing…You'll need an opponent to spare against, won't you?"
"No, I can train by myself. Just leave me be."
"Sheesh, lighten up buddy, remember I'm the one doing you the favor." I growled not caring what he thought. I hate it here! The only thing that's keepin' me sane was the deal I made with that Head Captain of Soul Society &...
…I hated to admit this...
The other thing would be that girl who's been working around here. Ren Shinju…
Damn she was strange to me, the way she was always trying to nice & yet annoyed all at the same time. I'd sometimes wonder if she was bi-polar, even thought I knew for sure she wasn't. She was so out spoken & never held anything back to what was on her mind.
Considering what she had told me just recently...I was still kind of dumbstruck…Speechless, even. Maybe it was because she was the first woman to ever approach me without any fear in her eyes.
"Awe...come on damn it! Focus!" I shook my head of those thoughts of her, even though my head had flashed a few of her smiles through my head.
Apparently the one I savored without realizing was the moment she softly ran her finger tips over & under my mask….
It was the oddest feeling I had ever experience in my life! And it was from her mere touch.
I guess it was probably from the fact that no one ever wanted to be near me. Ha! Like I cared!
Obviously this girl changed something that time we spent on our way to the Grocery Store in the car.
What was it though? I shook my head again rubbing the back of my head, staring up at the fake make believe sky in the room I stand in alone, before sighing & walking out into the middle of the plans as I released my reitsu, creating a crater beneath my feet as I started to pull out my sword…
"Grind…Pantera…!"
The hours had passed by quickly to Ren's disappointment. She opened her eyes still in a daze as she got to washed her face before deciding to head down stairs, braiding her hair on the way down to the kitchen.
"Ren-Chan? You finally awake?" She heard that familiar voice again only to know it was Kisuke, & rolled her eyes with a soft chuckle, "Yeah, I was planning on getting some take out...Maybe some ice cream too. Ya want anything?"
"Oh! Yeah, sure, Come in here & I'll give you some money. Oh, could also get something for the kids?"
Ren only smiled when she walked in to see her friend pull out some cash from his wallet & handed it to her generously.
"Mm-Hmm! Can't have ice cream without the kids having some too, right? That would just be cruelty." She giggled before leaving putting the money now in her own wallet for safety measures, & headed to towards the little rug rats.
At the same time, her mind began to consider two other people for her search for take out & ice cream, "Hm, maybe I'll see if any of the guys want to go with me."
Her soft smile never left her lips as she raced up stairs again, coming to find Renji in his room, looking up at the ceiling with an intent look on his face.
That man always seemed to be stuck deep in thought, almost in a daze, before the little arrancar knocked on the door to snap him out of his trans.
"Oi, Renji. Wanna go get ice cream with me?"
"Ren…?" The Shinigami sat up, startled at her sudden appearance at his door, merely gaze at her surprised, then a little hurt.
It made Ren stare at him with a tilt of her head before his suddenly sighed scratching the side of his head; he didn't even bother to look her in the eye.
"I would but I have some things I need to take care of first. Why don't you ask the Espada if he'll go with you?" Ren's smile faded slowly.
"Oh. O-Okay. I understand." She wanted to say more. She wanted hit him for being so monotone with her, for basically avoiding her!
He had been ever since the other guy showed up!
Turning away, she left without saying more.
Without her knowledge, Renji was already having second thoughts on what he said to her, & hesitated for a moment before he sighed even more frustrated & closed his door.
That's okay, at least I might know someone that might want to go with me, even if it's just to get out of the house...Unlike, someone I know. Damn it Renji, you're such a child! Sometimes I wish I could just slap you into next year!
Ren's eyes began to show a hint of sadness…
She didn't hate Renji… In fact she use to like him until he began to act the way he was right now; but again Ren was going shook it off for the joys of Ice cream that awaited her & with that thought erasing everything else, she skipped her way over into the living room finally locating the kids who were sitting on the floor & watching T.V.
Go figure
"Hey guys! Have you seen Grimm-San?"
Jinta merely shrugged his shoulders at her without taking his eyes off the T.V. set.
"Yeah, he's down in the training room." Ururu spoke up pointing down the hall, which Ren happily smiled at her for it & bowed her head in gratitude.
"Thank you Ururu-Chan. Thank you for at least answering me!" Ren growled glaring daggers at the boy on the way out of the living room.
Little did Ren get to witness the bit of a paleness covering the boy's face as she left….
She didn't mean to scare the poor little guy but what was she to do, damn it? She was tired of everyone avoiding or ignoring her!
When she finally gotten down in the training room, she took only a couple steps forward before hearing a loud howling sound come out of nowhere; it made the woman curious to find where it was coming from, but she had a very good hunch it was…You guessed it! Grimmjow.
She followed the rietsu out into the plans, passing some of the hills that were in her path before coming upon a something amazing!
Ren had found Grimmjow alright, but upon finding him, she also found him in his Release form...
She was nearly breath taken by the sight of his white coated body, long blue hair, & black hands & feet that resembled somewhat of paws by what she could tell. None the less, upon her observation, Ren began to approached him…
"Hey, Grimmjow!" He gasped & turned around quickly about to strike the intruder behind him.
The Panther was so deep in his thoughts, he had almost struck the woman in the heart before she grabbed his hands & wrist to moved herself to the side, flipping him over on his back in the process which surprised him greatly, turning back to normal as he panted from the sudden move Ren just pulled on him.
His mask had returned back to the side of his face, making Ren noticed this & sigh with small smile of exhaustion more than anything.
Before he knew it, she was tracing the jaw bone feature of his mask to have it whither away at her touch.
"Hey don't let me cramp your training or anything, but I just wanted to know if you wanted to get some ice cream with me?"
He stared at her curiously, cocking a brow at her before standing himself up with a grunt.
"Ice cream? What the hell is that?"
Ren giggled blushing at him, "Well, come with me & I'll show you, you may like it."
He growled for a moment before stopping himself & walked over to her. With the close of his eyes, he followed Ren out of the room & outside of the house, letting the silence between them finally evaporate as they began their evening stroll, "So, how's training going for you?" Ren asked this as they had made their way to the side walk outside the house & down the street.
"It's fine."
"Oh good. Well, not that I'm trying to pry when I ask this, but was that your sword's Release form I saw?"
He noticed she wasn't mocking him when she asked that…She actually sounded interested about his sword's release, & Grimmjow could only look down at her bewildered before he shifted his gaze away from her, trying his damn hardest not to blush at her mused eyes.
"Che...Yeah, so?"
"I loved it! It was very beautiful…Corny as that may sound…." She blushed admitting what she thought of it, which made him cock an even bigger brow at her as she shied away.
He was so confused…Was she afraid of him or not?
"You scare me you know that right?"
"Well… If I do scare you why did you come to get ice cream with me?"
He growled, "Because you asked me to."
"But if you really were scared of me, you wouldn't have come with me in the first place, now would you?"
He stayed silent letting out a signature 'Che,' before gritting his teeth.
"But hey! Changing the subject! Have you ever took a moment to stare up at the stars?"
"Why do you ask so many random questions? Do you have tendencies to hyper focus or something?" He asked her that pretty much to refuse her previous question.
Come to think of it though, Ren did have a big thing with asking questions about people, & it was always about just about damn near anything in general.
"Hm...You know, I never thought of that, but to tell you the truth...I haven't a clue."
"Well, that doesn't help the situation now does it?" She giggled nervously before seeing the ice cream shop just up ahead.
"Oh look! There it is. I promise you're going to love it! Its the best thing humans could ever make, that & every other food, like pockys, marshmallows, cakes, chocolate covered fruits! Oh my god! There was this one time! Right? It was during their 100th anniversary mark, & for the day they brought in one of those chocolate fondue fountains to let the customers dip their own cones in it when they bought their $2.00 ice creams! That night was the best night of my life! I can tell you that much." Ren couldn't help but licked her lips just thinking about it, but then noticed Grimmjow just staring at her.
There was no real emotion to his stare, he just seemed like he was…Actually listening, which made Ren laugh a little, looking away as she blushed, "Sorry, I get excited when it comes to sweets."
For the first time he actually smirked at her…And chuckling at her enthusiasm, "You sure are one strange girl...You know that?"
Ren could only grin, nodding knowingly, "Yeah, I've known that for a very long time now... Come on, tell me something I don't know…"
Next-Chapter 4: She was Grace, but Not Graceful
It all started with a walk in a park...
When one feels ruthless, the other will place a hand over his heart to embrace who he is...
R&R Guys, that's all I got for now, but don't worry, if you stick around long enough, this story will be more updated before you know it! Technically I'm on chapters I haven't put out yet not even on Quizilla, so fans of Quizilla...
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