First, thanks for the reviews Tiryn, xUltimateOtakux, and ronniieroxxx. I originally planned to have the kiss scene earlier in the story, but I was like, nah. Then I wasn't sure if I should just have them almost kiss, but that would be too mean. Overall, I'm glad the chapter turned out pretty good.
Second, Have you guys been reading the manga, Grimmjow's back! I always knew he was still alive, was just waiting for him to officially appear. Not a crazy fan girl, but he is my favorite character, and well I'm in the middle of writing this Grimmjow x oc story as we speak.
Grimmjow and Nicara were about to turn around and head in another direction, only to find they weren't alone. Twenty feet away from them stood a shinigami, but not just any shinigami.
"Well well, what do we have here?" Mayuri spoke, observing his foundings.
Grimmjow growled at the sound of the captain's voice; just listening to it made him sick.
"You've been causing quite the hassle, Espada, maybe I'll just kill you here." Mayuri drawled out his sword, pointing the blade in Grimmjow's direction.
Grimmjow immediately pushed Nicara behind him, though she was probably more powerful than him at the moment.
"How'd you fuckin' find us?" Grimmjow demanded. Out of every shinigami, why did it have to be him? They'd been cautious the entire time and he didn't have any reiatsu. The weird thing was, Mayuri was alone, he hadn't come with his squad or anyone else.
Mayuri's face lighted up into an ominous smirk. "What a good question! You may think you fooled everyone because of the reiatsu collar, but the woman, she had immense spiritual power compressed inside. It's very faint which is probably why nobody has sensed it, but I can."
Nicara looked at the captain, eyes wide. "Me?" she squeaked, frazzled by the news.
"Yes, you," he confirmed, taking a couple steps closer. "You're the human who's tamed the Espada, there's so much I want to learn about you."
Nicara only hid herself closer behind Grimmjow's body, afraid.
Her reaction only pleased the captain, making him snicker. "No need to be scarred, my dear."
"That's bullshit!" Grimmjow spat. Nicara placed her hand on his shoulders to calm him down, instinctively he relaxed.
Nicara, being brave, stepped out from behind Grimmjow and boldly spoke up. "No need to be scarred?" she questioned. "Aren't you the one who want's to dissect Grimmjow?"
Mayuri smirked. "Oh, so you know lot's about me already?"
"Just answer the question."
"Yes, of course. I am a scientist, and he is just a lowly hollow after all. You, however, are a human, whom I will treat with the utmost respect."
Nicara looked at Grimmojw, he shook his head, indicating not to trust him. The sick minded bastard was the last person they could trust. He probably wanted Grimmjow dead so badly just so he could experiment his body. He was just the shinigami version of Szayelaporro Granz.
They needed to get away from Mayuri, fast. Their eyes quickly scanned the area, looking for any openings or way to run. However, there was nowhere to go; it was a dead end, their enemy blocking their only exit.
Mayuri could tell the two were attempting to escape from his sight. "There's nowhere left to run, espada." He quickly shunpoed in front of Grimmjow, about to stab his sword through Grimmjow's chest, but Nicara stepped in front, shielding his body.
"Stop!" Nicara hollered.
Knowing he couldn't hurt the human girl, Mayuri drawled his sword back immediately.
"Why are you trying to kill Grimmjow? He did nothing wrong!" Nicara exclaimed.
"Nothing wrong? He had strict rules for living in the human world, and he broke them when he attacked and almost killed two humans."
"He did it because of me! He was ordered to protect me from any harm, and that's what he did. He saved me from getting raped by those two men! If it weren't for him, my pride, and dignity would've been lost."
"The trial has already been set, and he will die today no matter what!" he bellowed.
"You can't kill him!"
"And why's that?" Mayuri questioned, ears perked up to hear the woman's reason.
"I'll..." she stuttered. "you'll have to kill me first."
Mayuri laughed. "Foolish human, you think that would really stop me? The smartest thing for you to do right now is step away from the arrancar, before I kill you as well."
Grimmjow put a hand on Nicara's shoulder. "Just go," he muttered. "We're done for, I can't use my powers." She shook her head, not willing to give up. He wasn't sure if she was just being stubborn, or determined.
"You can't use your powers right now, but I can." Before Grimmjow could respond, Nicara pointed her index finger towards Mayuri and concentrated all her energy at that one point. "Cero," she whispered.
"Cero? That's not possible!" Just as Mayuri finished his sentence, a ball of black energy exploded form Nicara's finger tip. It created an explosion, causing Mayuri to fly back a few yards away. It was the most powerful cero Nicara had yet created, surprising both herself, and Grimmjow.
Mayuri, on the other hand, was blown away, literally. The cero was strong, almost as powerful as an espada's. He should have been able to stop it, but he was caught off guard. He didn't give enough time to put up his defenses.
Pushing himself up from the ground, Mayuri brushed off the rubble on his clothes. He had to give the woman some credit, he never thought she was capable of such power. "My my, you truly have unique abilities. I really hope I get the chance to study you, my dear."
Nicara face turned into disgust. "I'd rather rot to death than work with you!"
"We'll see about that," he grumbled.
In a blink of an eye, Mayuri shunpoed in front of Nicara, and grabbed her as he held the tip of his sword to her neck.
"You wouldn't!" she stuttered trying to break free.
"Shall we find out?" he challenged. His blade effortlessly dug into her soft flesh, creating a small trickle of blood.
"Let her go, fuckin' bastard!" Grimmjow growled, lunging at Mayuri.
"What's this? Has the heartless espada developed feelings for the human?"
Ignoring his comment, Grimmjow continued to attack the Twelfth division captain. Even though his reiatsu was sealed up and his sword was gone, Grimmjow could still put up a decent fight. He was, after all, skilled when it came to hand to hand combat. It was harder than he thought though, since the bastard was basically using Nicara as a shield.
Making eye contact with Nicara, Grimmjow and her developed an unspoken plan. First she bit Mayuri's arm, which caused him to loosen his grip. Next she elbowed him in the chest and stomped on one foot. At that moment he lost his grip on Nicara, so she dropped to the ground and rolled a few feet away. Not wasting a second, Grimmjow lunged at Mayuri, punching him square in the jaw.
Grimmjow was exhausted, but at least the bastard wasn't touching Nicara anymore.
The captain made a loud sigh, twisting his neck back in place. He was done playing games. "I didn't think it would come to this. Claw out, Ashisogi Jizō." he commanded. "Don't worry, I'll make it nice and quick."
Nicara and Grimmjow could only stare in dismay.
Suddenly, a voice yelled from above. "STOP! On orders of head commander, stop this battle and shelf your sword."
Mayuri swore under his breath, he was so close.
Yamamoto arrived along with Ichigo, Orihime, and a few other captains.
"Captain Mayuri, what is the meaning of this?" Yamamoto demanded.
"I found the espada, just like you ordered us to." He calmly answered.
"Yes, but you were suppose to report him to me unharmed."
"Of course, but he wasn't cooperating, and the human girl kept getting in the way."
"You had no permission to attack, especially the human."
Mayuri was starting to loose his facade, as he firmly stated. "She was helping the arrancar escape, she should be punished."
"Silence!" Yamamoto shouted, shutting Mayuri up.
He walked over to Grimmjow and Nicara. She was shaking a little, not out of fear, but because of the high resistu. Yamamoto gave a quick glance to Grimmjow, but made full eye contact with Nicara.
"Is what Ichigo Kurosaki, and Orihime Inoue explained to me true? The arrancar only hurt the humans because they were attacking you?"
"Yes..." she whispered. "Grimmjow may have gone too far, but he's doing me and all the other women out there a favor."
Yamamoto gave a nod, seeming to understand the situation. He turned around, facing the crowd, and announced. "The trial for Grimmjow Jaegerjaques is cancelled."
"What?!" Mayuri spat.
Yamamoto ignored him and continued on."The arrancar will be given another chance to live in the human world."
Mayuri obviously wasn't happy. However, Ichigo, Orihime, Nicara and Grimmjow sighed in relief because Grimmjow wouldn't have to die today after all.
After the announcement, most of the shinigami's went back to what they were doing. Ichigo and the others stayed behind, healing Nicara and Grimmjow's wounds, and releasing the collar on Grimmjow's neck. He finally had his powers back, though they were never gone. He could feel the reiatsu flowing through his body. It was as if he were a new person.
Since Grimmjow lived with Nicara, he opened up a garganta and took her home. She was extremely exhausted from the day's events, so Grimmjow ended up carrying her home. On the way, she fell asleep. She had used so much power in order to release that cero today; She never imagined she was capable of such power. She kept thinking about what the crazy scientist shinigami said. Apparently she had a large amount of spiritual pressure compressed inside of her, but what did that even mean? It didn't really matter right now since Grimmjow was safe and coming back home with her;however, She'd go ask Rangiku or Ichigo about it some other time.
As soon as they got home, Grimmjow woke Nicara up and set her on her feet. He could have carried her to bed and let her sleep the night, but he needed to ask her something.
Nicara was about to head back to her room, but Grimmjow grabbed onto her wrist. "Hmmm...?" she muttered as she turned around.
He looked straight into her eyes and asked, "Why did you risk your life for me today?"
"I couldn't let you die," Nicara stated as if it were the most obvious reason.
Grimmjow shook his head. It wasn't the answer he was looking for, so he tried again. "Why did you go so far to save me?"
Nicara felt stumped, what was he getting at? "Because I ..." Because I like you. Because I care for you.
"You what?" he urged.
"I..." She couldn't say it, could she?
It didn't matter because Grimmjow backed her into the wall and started doing the same thing he did earlier today. He came in close and tilted her chin up, their faces only centimeters away. However, before their lips could fully make contact with each other, a loud bark came from Nicara's room causing her to whip her head around.
Ari came running down the hallway, welcoming his master back home.
"Ari!" she cheered with open arms. Not wasting a second, the Golden Retriever jumped into Nicara's arms, tackling her down in the process. "Aww, you missed me that much?" she asked her pup who was leaving slobbery tongue licks all over her face.
Grimmjow, who had clearly lost all Nicara's attention to Ari, cleared his throat. He was just about to kiss the women, and the mutt shows up out of nowhere.
Nicara looked up at Grimmjow, remembering his actions right before Ari came running out. The moment was kinda gone, but that didn't mean she couldn't tease him. "Oh Grimmjow, are you jealous?"
He looked at the woman with disbelief. "What are you talking about? Why in the world would I be jealous?"
Nicara stifled a laugh, he could be so obvious sometimes. "Seems like someone's feeling left out. Ari, why don't you show Grimmjow how much you missed him!"
With that, Ari tackled Grimmjow to the ground with his wet, slobbery kisses.
HeHe, no second kiss for Grimmjow! XD
I think this chapter wrapped up quite nicely. What do y'all think of my story up until now?