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Chapter 13

Disclaimer: Bleach is owned by Tite Kubo, I only own this fanfiction.

Chapter 13: Chaos in Karakura High

Ichigo was sitting on his bed and Grimmjow was sitting across from him. They both looked very serious. "You sure about that?"

"He definitely gives that creepy stalker vibe.", replied Grimmjow. They were talking about the man Ichigo helped by retrieving his bag from a thief. "I tell you; he was in the mall and I had the weird feeling that someone had been watching us for a while. When I spotted him, he looked surprised and left. After that I didn't have the same feeling anymore."

Ichigo's frown deepened. "He did seem weird and the fact that he did tell you that he remembers you could be to save face. The thing is what could he possibly want from us?"

Grimmjow shrugged. "Hell, if I know! He could be a Shinigami, but then again, his reiatsu was normal."

Yuzu's voice interrupted their talk. "Ichigo! The food is ready! You and your friend can join me!"

Ichigo sighed. His dad would be late due to work and Karin had something to do, thus he didn't want to leave Yuzu to eat by herself. To his surprise, Yuzu had taken a liking to Grimmjow or more precisely his good looks –much to Ichigo's irritation- and she had begged Ichigo to have Grimmjow stay for dinner. The arrancar didn't protest and probably was ok with the offer of a free meal.

The silence at the table was unnerving to Ichigo to say the least. Yuzu was stealing glances at Grimmjow and was squealing in delight whenever he would take a bite of her food, which was… every other second since Grimmjow was eating like a starving man. Ichigo sighed and took a bite of his own.

"So, you like the food, Grimmjow?", asked Yuzu with a small blush on her face.

Grimmjow looked at her surprised at the question, his mouth full of food. He swallowed with an audible gulp and nodded. "It's pretty fucking good. Much better than whatever Ulquiorra's chick cooks anyway…"

Yuzu giggled in delight, while Ichigo growled in annoyance. Not only did he swear in front of Yuzu –if it was Karin he wouldn't have cared as much- but he also insulted Orihime. "Watch it.", growled Ichigo.

Grimmjow blinked at him, obviously not understanding why Ichigo was threatening him, but not caring much either since he resumed eating not long after.

Ichigo sighed and picked up his phone. He needed to call Orihime to inform her that Grimmjow was with him, and he would probably stay with him since Ichigo didn't trust him to return to Orihime's on his own.

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"It's Ichigo!", said Orihime a little surprised to be getting a call from him this late.

Ulquiorra looked at her with a raised eyebrow. She seemed to be in a panic mode or something. She finally picked up the phone after almost throwing it down more than once in her frenzy. "Hey Ichigo…", she said nervously.

Ulquiorra looked at her curiously. She seemed to be spacing out a little as Ichigo talked to her. "So Grimmjow is still with you? You want me to come pick him up?"

So Grimmjow was once again wreaking havoc, how unexpected! Ulquiorra resisted the urge to roll his eyes.

"Oh, you are ok with that? It really is no trouble for me to just come over. I will ask Ulquiorra to accompany me, so I won't be alone this late at night… Oh! Yuzu insists that he stays over… Ok, then.", she chuckled awkwardly at that. "I'll see you tomorrow at school then. I hope that Grimmjow doesn't cause you any trouble. Good night!"

Orihime sighed and looked at Ulquiorra with a soft smile. "Maybe I overreacted a little…"

"You were indeed a little too enthusiastic."

Orihime chuckled. "Looks like tonight, it's gonna be me, you and Nel only. I hope she is feeling better."

They had left Nnoitra, Harribel and Stark at Urahara because Nnoitra wanted to talk to Tesla in Hueco Mundo and Harribel and Stark noticed that Urahara had booze to offer and thus they should stay there till Nnoitra is finished. Orihime was certain that they would all sleep there since it was getting too late.

Nel had stayed in the room she shared with Orihime and it was obvious that she was down. The whole thing with Nnoitra had made her question herself a lot.

"Let's go to bed, shall we?", she said while closing the television. Ulquiorra had been curious about it and thus Orihime had put a movie for them to watch. Nel had stayed a little bit with them but after a while she excused herself and went to bed. "Goodnight, Ulquiorra."

"Goodnight, Orihime."

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Stark looked at how much more at ease Harribel looked and he couldn't help but smile. She almost looked relaxed. "Urahara sure is interesting.", he said to her.

Their host was a little eccentric if Stark was truly honest with himself, but he was a good drinking buddy to both.

"Speaking of which, where is he?", asked Harribel. He had gone to the next room to get more sake, but it had taken him a while to return.

"Beats me.", replied Stark, not really bothered. He glanced at Harribel and he supposed she didn't care that much either.

"Okay, okay! Sorry, I'm late you guys, but I had a customer.", said Urahara suddenly entering the room. He was holding a bottle of sake.

"At this hour?", asked Stark while he glanced behind Urahara. His eyes widened in surprise since the person he saw was a young girl with dark hair in a ponytail. She resembled someone he knew a little too much. "Is that-?"

"That's Kurosaki's sister, Karin. She was in need of some of my merch. You see, seeing spirits can get a little exhausting for some."

"Shouldn't you escort her back to her house?", asked Harribel.

Urahara dismissed her with a wave of his hand. "She is pretty capable of protecting herself. Don't underestimate a Kurosaki."

Harribel didn't look that convinced but she didn't press the subject. Stark opened the new bottle and served a cup to the others before pouring one for himself. "Hope that Nnoitra gets the help he needs."

"Don't you want to talk to Lilynette? You've been apart for quite a while.", asked Harribel while taking a sip of her drink.

"She is fine.", replied Stark while downing his drink. "I've been feeling positive reinforcement from her. We are still the same being in a way, but a different person."

"That doesn't make much sense.", said Urahara while downing his own drink.

"Well, it doesn't have to make sense.", said Stark while shrugging. He then turned to Harribel. "Aren't you worried about your girls?"

It was Harribel's turn to shrug. "Not really. Apachi and Mila Rose are very hot headed, and they might fight a lot, but I trust Sung Sun to have keep her head on her shoulders and be responsible while we are absent."

Stark nodded and poured some more drinks for all of them. He hoped that Orihime hadn't stayed up waiting for them, though he was certain that Ulquiorra wouldn't let her.

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Nnoitra was a little surprised to say the least when Tesla appeared on the screen with his hair and clothes disheveled and a stupid grin on his face. He didn't even seem to find Nnoitra's appearance weird. "Hello master Nnoitra. I hope you are having a great time in the World of the Living!"

Nnoitra blinked. "… Right… I need your advice on something… Are you ok…?"

Tesla laughed. Not a simple chuckle but a full-blown laugh. "I'm perfectly fine, master Nnoitra-"

"Are you high?", said Nnoitra not really getting how on earth he got high in Hueco Mundo of all places.

Tesla rubbed the back of his head. "No… Can't I just be happy because I saw you?"

"I see.", said Nnoitra with a frown. Realization had just hit him. After all, Tesla was too excited, but he didn't show any sign of being high or drunk and Nnoitra was no fool. "You got laid, didn't you?"

Tesla paled and choked on his own saliva. Nnoitra rolled his eyes. "Sir, I-"

"Cut the crap, Tesla. There is no other reason you would be like that. Congratulations, I suppose. Took you long enough."

Tesla suddenly started panicking. "Sir, I… I…"

"I don't care and Harribel doesn't care either, so stop that stuttering already!"

Tesla took a deep breath. "Right. Thank you, sir. So, what's your problem?"

Nnoitra suddenly looked nervous. "Nel heard me.", he said simply.

"Huh?"

"She heard me talking in my sleep you idiot! She knows and she must think I'm disgusting and she will probably hate me now and-"

"Sir!", Tesla looked at him with a worried expression. "Did you talk to her about it?"

"Huh? Why would I do that?"

Tesla gaped at him for a moment. He then shook his head and looked at him as seriously as he could. "You need to address the situation and not ignore it forever. She will understand."

"Oh great! And what would I tell her, may I ask? Oh, I know! Nelliel I only think of you that way when I fall asleep, and I can't control my thoughts!" Nnoitra was breathing heavily after he finished his rant.

Tesla rolled his eyes and sighed. "You won't say it like that… Tell her that you apologize and feel extremely humiliated about the whole situation and it was a very weird dream. It happens to the best of us."

Nnoitra crossed his arms and frowned. "Yeah…. No. I ain't doing all that crap. Besides she won't want to talk to me at all."

"You don't know that unless you try, master Nnoitra."

Nnoitra sighed and looked at Tesla a little more relaxed than before. "I'll think about the approach. I'll have to go to bed soon, this body is far weaker than my real one and I need rest. So, I guess goodnight, Tesla."

Tesla smiled, knowing that he had at least gotten through to him even just a tiny bit. "Goodnight, master Nnoitra."

"Have fun with your little girlfriend.", said Nnoitra with a smirk.

Tesla suddenly turned red, but before he could say anything, Nnoitra disconnected the call. He looked down, deep in thought. Tesla was right. Dammit!

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Grimmjow was following Ichigo to school much to the latter's annoyance. He had been quite annoying the whole night, always trying to sneak on him and with his father doing the same thing in the morning the idiot got the idea that it actually is a human custom or something. Karin had simply raised an eyebrow when she looked at Grimmjow, probably realizing that he was a hollow.

Ichigo was certain he looked more grumpy than usual. He occasionally stole glances at Grimmjow to make sure that the buffoon was not wreaking havoc somewhere. Worst of all; he had no idea what Grimmjow would do while he would be at school. He hoped that he remembered the way to Orihime's house from there or else Ichigo ha no idea where he would go. And he didn't trust Grimmjow to be on his own at all.

"Hey, Ichigo! Who is that guy?", a woman with long dark hair approached them.

Ichigo sighed. "Hey, Tatsuki. This is Grimmjow one of the-"

"-Guys who kidnapped Orihime last year." , finished Tatsuki. Her eyes narrowed and she glared at Grimmjow.

Grimmjow grinned. "Oh, you wanna fight?"

"I wouldn't provoke her, Grimmjow. She is exceptionally good at martial arts and in a completely physical combat she can beat me.", said Ichigo exasperated.

"Why is he here?", asked Tatsuki.

"The Espada are visiting Orihime and he ended up crashing at my house last night, so I brought him here hoping that he remembers his way back to Orihime's place."

"And you trust someone like him with Orihime?"

"Hey, I'm right here!", said Grimmjow, a little offended that they were ignoring him.

Ichigo pinched the bridge of his nose. "Tatsuki, I have already explained to you that Orihime had been bonding with them for the last year and she can handle herself just fine."

Tatsuki kept on glaring at Grimmjow until Orihime's voice sounded not very far from them. "Tatsuki! Ichigo! Good morning!"

Grimmjow scowled at her while the other two waved. "Orihime, why on earth are you allowing these guys to crash at your place?", asked Tatsuki while pointing at Grimmjow.

"I'm still here!", said Grimmjow almost growling now.

Orihime chuckled. "Don't worry, Tatsuki. They are completely harmless and it's fun to have people in the house again."

Tatsuki's expression softened at that. She sighed and she punched Orihime on the head, much to both Grimmjow's and Ichigo's surprise. "Please be careful and don't be so trusting with everyone."

Orihime rubbed her head and chuckled. Grimmjow was looking at the whole scene very confused as to what exactly was going on. Orihime then stood up and smiled. "We need to go to class. I hope you can return on your own back at my place, Grimmjow."

Tatsuki went to follow Orihime, but not before glaring Grimmjow once more. Ichigo sighed and looked at Grimmjow annoyed. "I have to discuss in which team I will enter this time. You see my contract with the basketball team just ended. You ok to go out on your own?"

Grimmjow looked at him confused. "I have no idea what you just said."

"It's a job thing." Ichigo said but paled at that. "Damn! I forgot to call my boss!"

Grimmjow looked at Ichigo even more confused as he picked up his phone and called someone. Ichigo waited for a moment and sighed as someone obviously picked up. "Hey, Ichigo here. Yeah, about that…. I want to ask for another week off…"

At that, Ichigo almost dropped the phone and a woman's voice could be heard screaming from the other side. "You idiot! Do you hear yourself?! First you take last week off, then you don't appear at all yesterday and now you're asking to take another week off?!"

"I know and I'm sorry.", said Ichigo. To Grimmjow, he didn't sound sorry at all.

"Sorry doesn't cut it! You've gotta a lot of nerve you know that?! Get your butt down here or else you're fired!"

Ichigo looked unbothered by the threat. "Aw, really? Then I guess there's nothing I can do."

"What?!" The woman's voice sounded panicked now. "No, no, listen! Don't talk like that, Ichigo!"

"I'm just saying that if you have to fire me for being a slacker who wants to take time off, it can't be helped. I really am sorry and I appreciate all the time I've worked for you."

"You manipulative motherfucker…", mumbled Grimmjow with a smirk on his lips.

"It hasn't been that much time! Only six months! You have yet to see the fun that working odd jobs offers! This is only the beginning of a grand adventure together-"

At that Ichigo ended the call and glared at Grimmjow's smirking face. "Don't you dare say a word."

"Who would have thought that the great and just Ichigo would try to quit his job like that? How so unlike him!"

"Oh, shut up!"

Suddenly a shriek was heard and as the boys turned, they noticed a commotion. Some guys dressed in black had barged in the school and they were also carrying metal pipes. "We're looking for the one named Kurosaki!", shouted a big guy that looked like their leader.

"Aren't you popular?", asked Grimmjow full of sarcasm.

"Shut up! I have no idea who is this guy!", shouted Ichigo.

"Show yourself!", shouted the big guy.

"What era are they from? I don't know anyone so old-school…", grumbled Ichigo.

"Well, they do know you though.", replied Grimmjow.

"One of our boys lost seven teeth thanks to him! Seven! When two is more than enough!" The big guy had pulled another one in the front. That guy was the one that had attempted the robbery the day before.

Both Grimmjow and Ichigo sweatdropped. "That explains it.", they both said.

"Heh heh heh! I'm sure you hear me Kurosaki! You're probably shaking in your boots wondering how I learned your name! It was easy! We got a good look at your face! It was a piece of cake putting two and two together! But listen up, Kurosaki! Until you come out, we of the Miya High Gang are blockading this gate!"

"How threatening…", mumbled Grimmjow while sweatdropping.

"Hey, you there!", a new familiar voice yelled. "Drop the retro display. Can't you see you're inconveniencing everyone?". Uryu had come to the gate and he looked pissed.

"Oh, yeah?! And just who are you?! Are you Kurosaki?!", shouted one of the guys from the other school.

"What did you say?", asked Uryu while punching the guy in the face and pushing him a few miles away.

The big guy looked at Uryu surprised. "What did you do?! Not taking us seriously, dumbass?!"

"That's my line. I thought you said you got a good look at his face. So, what part of me looks like Kurosaki?", asked Uryu, looking annoyed.

"Didn't know that the Quincy kid had it in him…", mumbled Grimmjow.

"That blockhead! Did he just come to stir things up?!", shouted Ichigo and started running at them. Grimmjow followed closely behind, because he did want to take part in that action as well.

"You're dead meat!", shouted the guys and charged at Uryu.

Before they could even reach Uryu, Ichigo tackled one of them full force and Grimmjow did the same to another one.

"Who the hell are these two?!", shouted the big guy.

The guy from the robbery shook. "It's h-h-h-h-h-him Mr. Obuta! And the blue haired guy was with him, yesterday!"

Ichigo was holding the guy down. Uryu got pissed and kicked Ichigo on the head. "What'd you do that for, Ishida?!", shouted Ichigo.

"I should be asking you. What are you doing here Kurosaki? And more importantly, what is he doing here?", he asked while pointing at Grimmjow who was beating another guy and looked ecstatic about it.

"What do you think?! I showed up to take your place! And Grimmjow was leaving!", shouted Ichigo.

"I'm having too much fun to do that!", shouted Grimmjow while punching a guy.

"I see now! That orange hair is just as I heard!", shouted Obuta. "So, you're Kurosaki!"

Before he could say anything else, both Ichigo and Uryu punched him in the face and send him flying away. After that they started bickering with each other, until the rest of the gang charged at them.

Ichigo, Uryu and Grimmjow were easily taking them on. Ichigo and Uryu continued bickering. "You've been going on too many Hollow hunts lately! If the Soul Society notices then what?!", shouted Ichigo.

Uryu sighed. "They're not Hollow hunts, they're hollow exterminations! Don't say it like I'm doing it for the thrill or something! And I've only been going when the Urahara shop sends a request!"

Grimmjow flinched at that. He understood about the necessity of Hollow extermination or whatever they were called, but Urahara supposedly was their communication with the other worlds and learning that he was orchestrating the Hollow killings didn't sit right with him.

"Urahara should be keeping things in check as far as that goes!", shouted Uryu.

"Did you forget that until recently he was wanted by the Soul Society?!", shouted Ichigo.

Grimmjow stared at them surprised. He had no idea. Maybe he should have been paying more attention to what was going on around him. Uryu glanced at him and frowned. "We shouldn't be talking about that stuff right now! Text me about it later!"

"I don't know your phone number! And when did you get a phone?!", shouted Ichigo.

"Mr. Urahara gave me one for helping out at the shop the other day!"

"That phone probably doesn't work here then!", said Ichigo annoyed.

"Kurosaki!", a new voice shouted.

"Great! How many more people have you pissed off?", asked Grimmjow annoyed.

"Oh, shut up!", said Ichigo.

A guy with afro hair approached Ichigo with a confident smirk. "Yooo! Kurosaki, it's been a long time. I'm glad to see you're looking well. You recognize me, don't you?"

Ichigo looked at him for a second looking very focused. "Nope. I don't remember.", he said in the end and Grimmjow burst out laughing.

The guy got furious and tried to make Ichigo remember him, but Ichigo didn't much to Grimmjow's amusement. Before the guy could attack Kurosaki though, he was punched by another person. A woman was standing over some of the other guys that had been previously defeated. "You look like you're having fun, Ichigo."

"Ok, now it's getting kinda annoying.", said Grimmjow. "She's hot though."

"That's my boss!", shouted Ichigo looking terrified.

"What?!", both Uryu and Grimmjow exclaimed.

"Be a good little boy and get abducted by me!", she shouted.

Before Ichigo could even form a sentence, she pulled him inside of a van. Grimmmjow followed her looking surprised. "May I come with you?"

"Are you his friend?", asked the woman.

"Nah, I'm just curious about what kind of business you do. If you can throw Kurosaki like he is a sack of potatoes, I'm very interested in it."

The woman beamed. "Yes, of course! I'm also looking for more employees. So, if you are into the job, you can join! The name is Ikumi Unagiya."

"Grimmjow Jagerques.", he said with a confident smirk.

She drove them to her home and Grimmjow was indeed intrigued with the weird jobs this woman was doing.

"But we are not an eel shop! You got that?!", she shouted looking exasperated.

"Sure…", said Grimmjow looking quite uneasy.

Ichigo, who had been tied up in a couch finally spoke. "Um, I've said it before but you really ought to change the name of your business."

"What?!", she shouted. "You're suggesting I change my precious name that's been passed down for generation?!"

"That's not what I meant. You can keep your name, dude, just change the name of the shop.", said Ichigo.

"No to both! And don't call me dude! Call me miss Ikumi!" She the tossed papers at Ichigo and yelled at him because he supposedly should have filled them since it was his job.

"You suck…", mumbled Grimmjow.

"Nobody asked you.", replied Ichigo. "Why are you even here?"

"I got curious about the way she tossed you around. Plus, she is hot.", he whispered that last part.

"About that…", said Ichigo and showed him with his head that Ikumi had changed her clothes and was talking to a small child that was glaring at them both.

Grimmjow frowned. "She has a brat?!"

"Yes… And he hates me because he believes I'm flirting with his old mom.", replied Ichigo.

After the child went back to his room. Ikumi hit Ichigo on the head. "Ow! What was that for?!"

"For calling me old!", she said annoyed.

Suddenly the bell rang. Ikumi immediately went to open the door. "A client? Hello, please come in."

In that instant both Grimmjow and Ichigo froze as the man from the mall and the robbery entered holding something.

"You again?!", shouted Grimmjow getting on defense and Ichigo glared him.

The man revealed that he was holding a bowl. He smirked at them. "How about some ramen?"

Ichigo and Grimmjow nodded at each other and the both took defensive stances. "No need. We're an eel shop here.", said Ichigo.

End of Chapter 13

A/N: It's finally finished! I'm sorry for taking this long but I wasn't sure where I would finish the chapter and thus ended up making a big one. There are a lot of parts taken from the manga and specifically chapters 425 and 426. In the next chapter we are going to have more Ichigo and Grimmjow, but we will also return to our main couples since they weren't playing a big part in this one. I'm going to say happy holidays to everyone, since there is no way I will update before the New Year and I hope you enjoy the new chapter. Till next time!