XII: It Starts! The Panther King VS. The Slaying Moon
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-:- Opening: After Dark by Asian Kung-Fu Generation -:-
My shadow is fracturing
It's pieces are scattering
They all… run away
I skip over falling blooms
And though they are beautiful
Unseen— They decay
Sickening sweetness flows on the wind
From the corner of the street
And in the distance I hear the cries
As someone weeps
Stolen by the midnight wind
My hopes have all been swept away
Wonder if they'll ever be found…
I cannot accept this world
But it looks like rejecting it
Only makes my anger rebound
But I will wake up one day
If this is all in my head
And even if I still lose
I'll know that I am not dead!
[My P.O.V.]
I was enjoying a nice and comfy nap on the big pillows that Star- I mean, Brother, was willing to share with me as I slept on the other side. Peace, the thing I wanted along with a quiet silence. Well, it wasn't peaceful when I heard a battlecry and choking. I quickly sat up to see Brother holding his throat as he choked on his breath as Lily- my soul sister's nickname since Lilynette is long- laughed. "You woke up~." She giggled and I sighed while shaking my head side to side, a grin on my face. "Starrk… mornin'! Good morning Vicki!" Lily greeted with a peace sign and a large smile and I smiled back. "Morning Lilynette… and we've been asleep for that long?" I asked, my eyebrow raised as I cracked my knuckles and neck from the stiffness, also stretching my limbs from sleep who knows how long. "You've been asleep for 7 hours and 10 minutes long." Fornicarás said, appearing as a transparent figure next to me with a gentle smile. "Nerd!" Pantera said, also appearing with a grin much like his master's on his face and his arms crossed behind his head.
"Am not!" Fornicarás huffed, closing her eyes with her arms crossed as she looked away from Pantera with her chin up. "Are too!" Pantera called out as their argument started to sound like a little kid's argument over who did it. Then all of our eyes widened in size as we turn to see what Lily was doing to Brother. I quickly turned back as I blushed madly as Fornicarás's was lighter and Pantera turned away from us as he lightly blushed pink. "I was not expecting that…" I thought as Fornicarás and Pantera nodded in agreement. "-Aaroniero. He's killed." Lily said, making me snap from my thoughts as Hichigo said in the depths of my mind, "Does it look like I give a s***?"
"I surely don't." I thought back and he chuckled. "I already knew." Brother said as I laid back down with my arms crossed behind my head and my brown eyes closed in content once more. My mind began to fade to sleep as I could've sworn that Brother said something like, "Does it look like I care?"
In A Dream
A sigh escapes my lips as I felt some wind as it caressed my hair. Wait, wind? I open my eyes to see the familiar blue skyscrapers and the white clouds the fell down slowly. A grin made it was to my face and I jumped up and landed on my heels, crouching as I placed my left hand on the building and looked up to see a familiar dark figure. "Zangetsu!" I said and ran towards him. He turned around as his ever-waving hair moved, slight shock entering his eyes. I wondered if it was an illusion because I could've sworn that there was a faint tugging of a smile on the corner of his lips. I stopped myself, sliding into a stop pass the Quincy spirit, about 2 feet away from him. "Welcome back Vicki." Zangetsu said, nodded his head and I smiled at him. "Nice to see you too." I replied as then I heard the swoosh of a sonído. In a flash, I summoned the oversized sword I always used and blocked a giant white one. "Hichigo." I said as the man before me grinned. "Princess." He said as we dismissed our locked swords, Hichigo putting his on his back and the black bandages wrapping around the sword.
"Nice to se ya got time to come over here." He added and held out his hand for me to shake. I shook it but then…
[Nobody's P.O.V.]
"Yeeooooww! Hichigo!" Vicki cursed as she pulled her hand back and Hichigo laughed, clutching his stomach. She glared at him, getting in front of him and then kneeing him in the face. "You idiot!" Just like his Human counterpart, Ichigo, he flew a few feet from me and fell on his back. "What the hell was that for Princess!?" He asked, rubbing his chin and the brunette crossed my arms. "That's for what you did to me! assbutt!" She yelled. "Turkey ass!"
"Thou art unfit for any place but hell(go to hell)!"
"Thy words are blunt and so art thou(dumbass)!"
"The devil damn thee black, thou cream-faced loon(get a tan you pasty idiot)!"
As the two threw Shakespearean insults at each other, Zangetsu turned and broke the fourth wall. "Now I could be wrong, but I believe we are witnessing the beginnings of love here." He said as Vicki screamed, "You did not just quoted Ouran High School!" And that's when the other accounts in the real world, but don't have a life due to loving anime, start arguing over the shipments for the story.
Time Skip & Exit Dream
[My P.O.V.]
"Hey," I look to see that it was Brother who called me and shook my shoulder. "Grimmjow wants you to come with him." He said and I nodded, getting up from the comfit of my pillows and walking towards the door in which Grimmjow was leaning against the opening of the door. "C'mon kiddo." Grimmjow said, impatient about something and I nodded. "Don't worry Starkk. Your sister will be safe with me." I raised my eyebrow at him as we walked down the white halls of Las Noches. "How did I know that you're his sister? That Ichimaru dude told me." He said and I nodded. "Quiet one aren't you?" The blue-haired man said and I nodded again. "That's good 'cuz I got a plan so don't say a word."
"Got it." I replied and he explained to me his plan. The goal, he said, is that he know that Ulquiorra would kill Ichigo, taking away his wish of defeating him since he's "really strong". If we successfully "kidnap" Orihime, find Ichigo and if he's almost dead, then Orihime can heal him and they can finish their fight. "It'll work I tell ya! We're now here so, shush." I nodded as we hear some yelling and I then remember what happens with Orihime. "The slut patrol." I thought as Grimmjow grinned once he stopped in front of a wall, the door being on his left. "Wait Grimmjow," I said, pointing at the door. "The door is on-"
BOOM!
He fired a blue Bala(Bullet/Hollow Bullet) at the wall as the wall made a large hole along with debris and smoke to make a dramatic entrance. "Grimmjow!" Spoke the short blonde haired girl, Menoly, in shock as Grimmjow walked through the smoke as did I. "And you're that girl Lord Aizen's been paying attention to!" Spoke the twin ponytail black haired girl, Loly, with anger. I then realize that they weren't just the "slut patrol", but the "Aizen fangirls". "Well… are we interrupting? I see you two waltz right in while Ulquiorra wasn't around. Looks to me that you're having a little fun at someone's expense." Grimmjow said, stating the obvious as I look around the rom and made eye contact to the girl they were abusing for amusement. She has brunt orange hair that stopped at her waist with sky blue flower-shaped hairpins to hold her bangs back with the exception of a tiny fringe over her right eye and grayish-purple eyes. The girl wore the Arrancar uniform as the whole outfit looked like a dress.
It was obvious she stood shorter than me, at least 5'2" so she stood at where my jaw met my neck at least. I automatically recognized her as Orihime Inoue, Ichigo's childhood friend as some believe that she's got a thing for Ichigo. "So what of it?" Menoly asked. "It's our business. How did you get in here anyway?" Loly asked. "Why go through door? Well, actually, f*** that he just likes destroying s***." I said as I knew it hit their nerves and I smirked just to add more to my soon-to-be funeral. "Don't mess with us." Menoly warned as Grimmjow walked towards them and I walked behind a bit with my hands in my front pockets and my back slightly hunched. "Yeah, nosy bastard." Added Loly as these words didn't affect the two of us one bit. "Let me at 'em! We'll teach 'em a lesson." Whispered Hichigo and I sent a silent hum to him in response. "Get lost." Grimmjow said and backhanded Loly a few feet away. "Huh? My bad. I used a little too much force." I chuckle at his sarcastic words, a small grin starting to form that looked like it could match Hichigo's grin from when Ichigo first encountered and the laugh.
"Grimmjow!" Menoly said, charging her crimson red Bala as she ran at us. In a flash with a wicked grin like Hichigo's, I hit Menoly's shoulder as it went limp. To let you know, I hit her pressure point hard enough so she couldn't move it. "You b****!" Loly cursed and came towards me. "On three Hichigo." I thought and whispered, "One." She got up as I stood calmly.
"Two…" Loly then ran at me as my left eye slowly changed to Hichigo's eye.
"Three." I swiftly turned around and roundhouse-kicked her in the stomach before Grimmjow finished her off after dealing with Menoly. Glad that we got that done and over with. "Why are you doing this?" Asked a soft voice as I turn around to face Orihime. "Huh, it looks like I forgotten 'bout her." I thought as she flinched with fear clear in her eyes. "Oh, sorry 'bout that." I said as my left eye went back to normal. "Didn't mean to scare you like that. You're Orihime Inoue, right?" I asked and she nodded. "I'm Victoria Garcia, but call me Vicki." I said and Orihime nodded, the fear in her eyes gone. My eyes went to look at the heavily injured bodies of Menoly and Loly. "Go ahead." I said and she looked up at me. "I know just by looking at you that even though they treated you lower than s*** that you still forgive them. But… why easily forgive them even though you've been through all that." Orihime nodded, standing up as she said, "Sōten Kisshun(Twin Sacred Return Shield)… I reject."
Then her hairclips glowed as two bird-like shapes, one red and the other light green, fly and started to form the dead body of Menoly. "It's because sometimes… they're misunderstood." She said, snapping me out of whatever I was thinking of. "She's got a golden heart alright. Just like her name, fair to everyone despite of what they've done to her. You better hook up with her Uryū." I thought as she finally finished with the sluts. "Now for the finishing touch." Grimmjow said as he then quickly wrapped a plain-looking handkerchief around her lips and tying it behind her skull and covering her whole body with a brown blanket. "And you."
"What?" I asked as I then yelped when he threw me over his shoulder, making my face blush brightly as I realize something while he sonído'd away from the prison. "Get your hand off of my ass."
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"What? Got a boyfriend or somethin'?"
SLAP!
"Ouch what was that!?"
Lovely Time Skip
With Bonus Ducks!
Bonus Ducks!
Ducks!
Dddduuuccckkkkkssss!
After about 8 minutes have passed, I hear the cry of, "Don't die Ichigo!"
"Nel!" I thought as I remembered that Ulquiorra had "killed" Ichigo while said Strawberry was in bankai. Winds that blew my hair had stopped as I look to see that we are here as a headache starts to form from being hanged and the blood that rushed to my skull. I look to see Nel, tears forming in the corner of her eyes. "Hey kid… beat it!" Grimmjow said as I elbowed him from my position. "I-it's r-really you… Master Grimmjow Jaegerjaquez, Espada number six." Nel stuttered as she then realized that I was here. "Vicki! You're b-back!" I smiled at her as I rolled off of Grimmjow, landing on my butt harshly. "Yeah I am Nel." I said as she glomped me in a matter of seconds. She started to cry and I confronted her with a hug. "It's alright Nel." I said softly like a mother to a crying child. After a few minutes, everyone but I gasped as we turn to see Ichigo conscious again. "Had a nice nap Kurosaki?" I asked with a chuckle as he looked at us with some shock. "It's Nel… and Orihime… and Vicki." He said as she said, "Ichigo."
"I-ichigo.'" Nel said, jumping on Orihime's shoulder as they teared up. "See, what did I tell ya? The boy's too stubborn that not even death can hold him back." I whispered under my breath and Grimmjow must've heard it because he chuckled. "Shut your mouth girl!" The blue-haired man said, making us turn around to face him as I stood up. "If you have time to make fuss then just heal him already!"
"What the- Grimmjow!" Ichigo gasped in shock. "Why are you with… Orihime and Vicki?" He then asked as I nearly rolled my eyes. "Shut up Ichigo! She's healing you alright! And when you're completely healed, you and I are going one-on-one Shinigami." Wow, he actually almost cared back there. "It can't be true! Is that the only reason you want him to heal?!" Orihime cried as Grimmjow yelled, "Quit all your complainin'! If it wasn't for me letting you save his life he'll be dead. Now get to work!" He was silent for a moment before continuing with, "Hurry! Ulquiorra will catch on to what's happening sooner or later and come back. And before he does-" But Grimmjow didn't finish as we all stood in shock of the flash of dark reiatsu. We turn to see a guy with really pale skin that he could've passed as a vampire, messy inky black hair that ended a little above his shoulders and emerald green eyes with matching tear streaks. His upper lip was black to complete the "emo look" as he appears to be frowning without any expression.
On his head is his Hollow mask remnant, a half of a helmet with a horn sticking out of it. He wore the white Arrancar uniform which consisted of a white jacket with a high collar and long coattails, a white hakama with a black sash that held a light green sheath with a sword that has a silver tsuba and matching light green wrappings. "You just had to jinx us don't cha Grimmy?" I muttered under my breath as I felt my fist shaking in fear, but my other hand clasped it to stop it shaking. The man's emerald green eyes looked before landing on me and said, "… You're that trash Lord Aizen has kept as prisoner."
"I'm not "trash" whey-face kiss rampallian clotpole(pale kiss ass idiot)." I spat with a glare, killing myself on the inside as Ulquiorra Cifer is one of my top favorites, ranked as my 6th favorite back home. "What are you doing? Grimmjow…" He said, now ignoring my presence after I insulted him with Shakespearean insults. "… What's wrong? I'm talking to you." Grimmjow gave Ulquiorra his "f*** you" face that oddly reminded me of Death the Kid from Soul Eater. "What are you trying to pull— healing the wounds of an enemy I defeated?"
"…" Grimmjow remained silent as did I when Ulquiorra asked us. "… No response?" He said as Orihime looked away from him. "Very well then. In any case, Lord Aizen has entrusted that girl to me. Hand her over." Ulquiorra said with what seemed to be a glare. "F*** you." Grimmjow said which made me snicker at those words. "… What did you say?" Ulquiorra questioned as Grimmjow's lips started to form a grin and he asked, "What's the matter? You've got a lot to say today don't you, Ulquiorra!" Said Cuatro's blank expression turned into one of shock with wide eyes as Grimmjow punched him, but he stopped it with the back of his left hand. The attack made some winds blow and make my hair fly along with it. Nel clutched herself tightly to my leg so she couldn't get blown away due to her small body. Instincts kicked in as I shunpo'd in front of Orihime and stood in a stance with my hands in my pockets with a glaring-like expression and my reiatsu slightly flaring around me in it's usual silverly blue aura in a defensive way.
"… I can see it in you, Ulquiorra… You are scared of fighting me…" Grimmjow grinned. "Scared of ripping us both to shreds!" He then fired his bright blue cero at Ulquiorra who barely dodged it with a shocked expression again. "Hah! So you diverted it! As expected, one attack isn't g-"
"Look out!" I shouted as Ulquiorra pointed his finger when he sonído'd above Grimmjow and charged his green cero, but in a flash Grimmjow placed his palm against Ulquiorra's pale finger and charged his blue cero, causing a explosion. I dunno how, but Orihime used her shield to block any debris that would hit Nel, Ichigo and I. All I saw was smoke and when it cleared up, Grimmjow stood there with his usual expression as I remembered he used Caja Negación(Negation Box/Anti-Membrane of Negation) on Ulquiorra. "Wh… what just happened…?" Orihime asked once Grimmjow landed on the ground safely and she dismissed the shield. "Aizen gave us Espada a "Caja Negación" for the purpose of punishing subordinates. That's what I just used. When deployed on an average Arrancar, it permanently traps them in a sealed dimension. But it wasn't intended to be used on the Espada. With a reiatsu like his, it will probably only hold for two or three hours. Now that you know, hurry up and heal him." Grimmjow explained, also telling Orihime to continue healing Orihime.
"… No." She stated as I turned to face her, looking down at her since I'm taller than her with my 5'7" height. "Orihime," I said and placed my hand on her shoulder. "If you don't heal Ichigo, he's going to die and I know you wouldn't like that to happen to a friend like him. I can tell that you both are childhood friends and I would do as Grimmjow says and heal him." She was silent before nodding and started healing Ichigo again as he stood up to his full height. "And… can you heal Grimmjow too?" I asked, unsure if she could after she's done with Ichigo. "I don't need your sympathy." Grimmjow grumbled as I turn to face him and said, "Don't the two of you want a fair battle? Or is it tat you want to save those wounds… so you have an excuse when you lose?" My words made Grimmjow irritated as he knew I was telling the truth.
Time Skip
Orihime was done with healing Ichigo, him crouching down with Zangetsu in his shikai state and sheathed. Grimmjow's healing was also finished as the small bird-like shapes circled Orihime before she turned her hands at me. "What are you… doing?" I asked as she said, "You got injured." I look to see that she was right and I saw that my left sleeve was slightly torn to reveal a wound. "Sōten Kisshun I reject." Orihime said as the two flowers, the green one I remembered as Shun'ō(Althea) and the red as Ayame(Iris) either went on the top of my arm or the end as a oval-shaped orange shield form. But then… I screeched in pain as the shield broke like glass and I fell to my knees and clutched my arm. "W-what the hell!" I cursed, the pain which felt like my entire arm was burning on fire very slowly faded away as I gasped for air. "I'm sorry Orihime." Shun'ō apologized, a frown on his face(yes, Shun'ō is a guy if you didn't know). "But it seems we can't heal Vic for some reason."
"I-it's alright." I said, finally catching my breath. "I can heal myself." Then we all heard the clashing of swords. I quickly stood up and looked to see that Ichigo, now in his bankai state, along with Grimmjow who had a large grin on his face, with locked swords. It now has begun, the rivals have clashed once more.
Ichigo Kurosaki, Substitute Shinigami of Karakura Town, wielder of the powerful Zangetsu, the Slaying Moon.
Grimmjow Jaegerjaques, Sexta Espada of Las Noches, wielder of the fearsome Pantera, the Panther King.
Have now entered the conflict of battle.
… To Be Continued In…
XIII: Grimmjow's A Cat, Nel's Rangiku In Disguise, and Nnoitra's One Giant D
M.G. Crystal: As some of you may have noticed, I used the manga version for this chapter. The video is acting funny so I thought, "Screw it I'm using MangaPanda."
Grimmjow: Yeah, yeah, no get typin' woman!
M.G. Crystal: *slaps Grimmjow upside the head with a scowl*
Grimmjow: Ouch! *glares at M.G. Crystal*
Pantera: *snickers and looks at the readers* Anyways, the question of this chapter is: "What is the name of the character that is Yhwach's/Juha Bach's "other half" and rank?" Hint: It's in the lastest chapter of Bleach. So please review, follow, and/or favorite. Flame and I'll use Desgarrón!