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Notmyrealname: The hollow basically stabbed Nicara, but she's still alive thanks to Orihime's healing abilities. Hope that clears up the confusion!
I didn't get to spend as much time editing because I just really wanted to publish it.
This chapter turned out slightly better than I thought it would, so enjoy!
The day after Nicara got out of the hospital, the shinigami came over to discuss Nicara's safety. They all gathered in Nicara's living room and made themselves comfortable, hoping the meeting wouldn't last too long. Toshiro Hitsugaya, being the only shinigami captain within the group, lead the discussion.
"We are here to discuss Nicara's safety. As we all know, Nicara has an abnormally high amount of spiritual pressure, which attracts hollows. We need someone to be her bodyguard for the time being until we are able to control the situation."
"Why do we have to protect her? Isn't she just another human like Kurosaki's dumb friend, Keigo?"
"Yes, but her spiritual pressure has risen in the last couple of days. Before it was just slightly above average, now it seems she might posses some type of power."
"Like me and Chad?" Orihime asked.
"Precisely, so who wants to volunteer as Nicara's bodyguard?" Everyone stayed silent.
"Umm, " Nicara put her hand up to speak."Can I have any say in this?"
Toshiro nodded, "Go ahead."
"Thanks so much for the concern, but don't think a bodyguard will be necessary. Now that I know what I'm up against, I think I'll be fine,"
"Yeah, the woman knows Karate, she can take care of herself."
Upon hearing Grimmjow's voice, it gave Toshiro an idea. "Grimmjow, would you be willing to be Nicara's bodyguard?"
"What!?" Grimmjow bellowed. "Why me?"
Toshiro had a felling Grimmjow wouldn't comply, but he knew exactly what he needed to do to get the espada to listen. "If I recall, you were asking to move out of Ichigo Kurosaki's closet and into Nicara's extra bedroom."
This seemed to catch Grimmjow's attention. "Yeah, so?" he questioned smugly.
"We will allow that if you agree to be Nicra's bodyguard."
"Yer kidding right?" Grimmjow couldn't believe his ears. Did shorty really say what he think he said?
"Of course we will have to check up on you, but for the most part you will have permission to change out of your gigai when necessary."
"I'll take it!" Grimmjow announced without a second thought. Just the idea of having an actual bedroom made Grimmjow happy. Not only that, he was also allowed to change out of his gigai and beat the shit out of hollows as his job. Best fuckin' deal these shinigami's have given me so far.
"Wait, so Grimmjow's my bodyguard?" Nicara confirmed with a slight panic in her voice. She seemed taken aback with the sudden decision.
"You got a problem with that, woman? " Grimmjow questioned, obviously annoyed with Nicara's reaction. "You already said I could have the room, you going back on your word?"
"No, it's fine," Nicara muttered. "Just making sure."
"Alright, then it's settled, Grimmjow will be responsible for protecting Nicara. In the meantime you can also try teaching Nicara some self-defence."
"Oh I will."
After the decision was made everyone left, including Grimmjow, leaving Nicara alone with her dog, Ari. Grimmjow had gone back to Ichigo's house to grab his belongings before moving into Nicra's spare room.
"Ari, you can come out now."
"Woof!" Nicara's dog, Ari, scurried out from her bedroom into the living room.
"Listen now, someone's going to be moving in with us, so make sure you behave okay?"
"Woof!" The Golden Retriever answered. Nicara wasn't sure if Ari was going to get along with Grimmjow, especially after their first encounter.
"Good dog, now let's go outside and play some ball!"
Nicara threw the ball from one side of the yard to the other knowing Ari never got tired of a good chase. Ari had just returned with the ball, and she was about to throw it again, but Ari's features changed from excited, and happy, to tense and protective. Ari's sudden change in attitude caused slight confusion in Nicara; however, she knew exactly why after recognizing the faint sound of footsteps that were making it's way near her.
"How'd you know we were back here?" she wondered curiously.
"Saw your dog running around in the back."
Nicara turned around to find Grimmjow with only a small bag, which was none other than his school bag.
"That's all your stuff?" she asked surprised. The bag could only fit a few shirts and a pair of pants at the most, but not all of Grimmjow belongings.
"I fuckin' lived in a closet, all I had were a couple of shirts. Espada's don't need stupid human shit."
The word Espada seemed to catch Nicara off guard. "Espada? I thought you were a shinigami."
Grimmjow's face turned into a dark scowl. "Don't you fuckin' compare me to those bastards. The one's in the black robes are shinigami's, I'm an espada."
"So what are espadas?"
Grimmjow sighed, he almost forgot the woman was human sometimes, but explained to her anyways. He wanted to make sure this woman knew his status. "First of all, arrancar's are Hollow that has removed its mask and has gained Shinigami-like powers."
"Okay..."
"Espada's are the top-ranked Arrancar of Hollow-Shinigami hybrids; they are the most powerful Hollows. And I'm Espada number six. That hollow that almost killed you, that was nothing compared to me."
Suddenly Nicara didn't feel so safe around Grimmjow anymore. He was basically the same thing as those monsters that attacked her and Orihime on the beach. Not only that, he is an Espada, which meant he could probably snap her like a twig. No wonder why Grimmjow seemed different from the rest of them. He always had this darker aura compared to everyone else. He really was a bad boy after all.
Sensing Nicara's abrupt uneasiness, Grimmjow decided to tease her a little. "Scarred of me now?"
"A little," she admitted sheepishly.
"Good," he grinned, flashing his canines. "You should be."
Knowing that the two weren't getting along very well, Nicara decided to show Grimmjow around the house while Ari stayed outside. It was a small house, so Grimmjow basically knew where everything was just from the morning meeting. She showed him her room, which was the master's bedroom. Inside was a double sized bed and Nicara's very own bathroom. Next, she showed him the guest room, which was the only other room in the house. It had a twin sized mattress and a small nightstand. The bed was small, but probably just big enough for Grimmjow, but he'd rather sleep here than in Ichigo's closet. The thing that irked Grimmjow the most about the bedroom was the smell of dog hiding behind the faint scent of perfume.
"Why the fuck does it smell like shit in here?" Even though Grimmjow was in a gigai, he still had a strong sense of smell. He was a panther-like Adjuchas after all, so the smell of dog was clearly pissing him off.
"Well my mom sleeps in here when she comes by, but most of the time it's Ari's room."
"So I'm using a bed that your mutt sleeps on?" Grimmjow exclaimed in disbelief.
Nicara gave Grimmjow a small glare. Sure it wasn't exciting news that he was using the same bed as her dog, but she had washed it and put on fresh sheets just the night before. For Grimmjow to refer Ari as a mutt was over the line. "Hey, be nice to Ari, you're the stranger. I don't think Ari's going to be too happy when he finds out his room been taken over by you."
"Tch, whatever. "
"Just don't make a mess, I'll be back in a sec, I need to let Ari back in the house."
Nicara went outside to find her dog, Ari, barking like crazy.
"Ari, what's wrong? It's just me-" Nicara stopped in mid sentence because she felt the same evil aura she did the day at the beach. She turned around to find a hollow. Out of reaction, she let out a small yelp, but quickly composed herself for she knew what she was up against. These hollows, according to Grimmjow, were pretty weak. Grimmjow was considered the sixth strongest and he wasn't even that scary so why should she be scarred of a mere hollow?
Taking a stance, Nicara ran and kicked the hollow in the gut sending it flying backwards into the bushes.
"Wow that was easy," she said, while she turned and walked back towards her dog. For a moment Ari wagged it's tail seeing the monster's defeat, yet quickly started to whimper in fear.
Just as she realized the hollow was still alive, she sensed it's breath tickling her back. Aiming for the hollows head, she sent a roundhouse kick, only to have her foot caught by the hollow. Now she was dangling upside down, the hollow looking at her with hunger craving thirst.
"You stupid human! You can't defeat me because-" Before the hollow could finish its sentence it was stabbed through its head and disappeared into thin air. At the same time it was stabbed it let go of Nicara, only to have her land on her back to see a smirking Grimmjow.
"What took you so long?" Nicara yelled at Grimmjow as she got off the ground. She could have been hurt or severely injured. It was only his first day, and so far he was doing a horrid job of being a bodyguard.
"Thought you could handle it yourself, but obviously not. You're so weak."
Nicara didn't like being considered weak, but she couldn't exactly argue because he just killed the hollow in one shot. "Then train me," she plead.
Grimmjow coughed up a laugh. "Train you? That's just gonna be a pain in the ass."
Knowing how much Grimmjow despised being compared to Ichigo, Nicara decided to play him right into her plans."Well, if you don't want to train me, I could always ask Ichigo. I think he would make a great teacher, even better than you!"
"Fuck that!" Grimmjow growled. "I'm training you, I'd beat Kurosaki any day!"
"Good, then let's start in an hour," Nicara said as she headed back into the house trying to hide the small smirk that had formed on her lips.
An hour later, Nicara got ready to train with Grimmjow. She changed into a sport tank top and a pair of yoga capris. While waiting outside for Grimmjow, she did a couple of push ups and squats for warm-up. Being the pervert, Grimmjow walked out just as Nicara was almost finished with her squats, getting a nice view of Nicara's toned ass.
Grimmjow gave a whistle. "Don't think I've ever gotten a better view than this."
Nicara blushed in embarrassment, realizing he was talking about her butt. "Shut up, pervert."
"Now now, is that any way to talk to your sensei?"
Nicara scrunched her face at the word sensei. "Just train me will you?"
"I don't think I heard a please." Of course Grimmjow was going to make this hard for her.
Nicara took a deep breath and made a loud sigh as she managed to grumble out "Please train me Grimmjow."
Grimmjow walked towards Nicara and gave her a small pat on the head. "There's a good girl," Grimmjow teased. "Now was that so hard?"
Nicara stuck her tongue out behind Grimmjows back as he walked past her, stopping about thirty feet away. He turned around to face her, giving her a hand single, motioning for her to come. Nicara was clearly confused.
"Well what are you waiting for? Come at me!" Grimmjow yelled.
"What?..."
"I said come at me! And don't hold back!"
Toshiro and his lieutenant, Rangiku, were back at Orihime's apartment reporting back to Soul Society through their big screen TV.
"Ahh, Captain Hitsugaya," Captain Kurotsuchi greeted. "What do you have to report today?"
"We decided to get the espada, Grimmjow Jaegerjaques, to watch the human girl for the time being."
"Hmm, interesting choice, I will definitely report this back to the Head Captain," Mayuri said, his voice intrigued. "Anything else?" he asked before leaving.
There wasn't anything left to report, instead Toshiro had a question for Mayuri. "Have you found any information on the sudden increase of hollows in Karakura?"
"No, not yet," Mayuri stated a little too hastily.
Toshiro raised a brow."Do you think it's just a coincidence?"
"Maybe, but I can't be sure. We'll just have to keep a close eye on the girl," were Mayuri's last words before the screen turned black.
"Com'on, is that all you got?!" Grimmjow wasn't even in his espada form, just in his gigai, and Nicara still couldn't even put a scratch on him. She was already panting and using the side of the house for support. "Already out of breath?"
Maybe Grimmjow was right, she was weak. Every time she tried to attack him he would easily dodge or block her kicks. Nicara took deep breath, letting the fresh air flow through her lungs. Even if she was weak, she wanted to prove Grimmjow wrong, to wipe that smirk on his face. She wasn't going to give up yet, not until she got a good kick outta him. "Don't taunt me, cause I'm just getting started."
Grimmjow's smirk grew wider, enjoying Nicara's persistent determination. "Good, cause you had me thinkin' you were done for the day."
Now that Nicara knows about hollows, and Grimmjow has moved in, I guess you can say this chapter marks the start of a new 'arc.'
Next update: I have a feeling that November going to be a busy month for me, so I'd have to say December.