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As the oranget prepared to summon his hollow mask, he tried to figure out a way to just make the other man leave without hurting him too much. Ichigo watched the other, trying to figure something out but to no success.
'There's got to be some way, right? I'll just have to keep him busy and wait for reinforcements. I'll make sure he gets back safely though I know I can't guarantee that he'll be unharmed. At least it's something.' he thought before finally drawing out his mask. Grimmjow seemed completely shocked and even knowing the short time he could stay hollowfied, the oranget just stood there, allowing the other to take in the silent information.
"Wha... what the Hell was that?" Grimmjow finally spoke.
"Sorry I don't have time to explain it to you." Ichigo answered before attacking, meeting the others blade. Releasing more of his reiatsu, he was willing to show Grimmjow that he wasn't as weak as he was last time.
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A strong reiatsu poured down on us, it was almost suffocating but I couldn't seem to find its source.
"What the Hell happened here?" a calm voice asked and my head shot to where it came from. "Di Roy's been killed?" he stood above us. Just by hearing the man's voice... I couldn't help but to list everything little thing about him. Black and white boots, white baggy pants. "Heh, oh well. In that case..." matching top though it was more like an open half jacket with rolled sleeves. "It looks like I'll have to kill the both of you." blue handled zanpakuto sheathed on the left side, tan skin, broad and muscular. "Let me introduce myself." hollow hole placed on his lower stomach. "I'm arrancar six." as I continued to look up, I couldn't help but to be completely attracted. Wild blue hair, right jaw bone mask, blue marks under cold piercing eyes of the same color, and a bright murderous grin across smooth looking lips. "You can call me Grimmjow."
'Grimmjow... such a perfect name for him...' I thought as he lowered himself to the ground. We all just stood there, staring at each other. I knew Rukia was staring at him in fear but I was watching at him in wonder and I hoped that his gaze was more on me than the girl standing at my side.
"Which one?" he suddenly asked, taking us by surprise. What did he mean? "Which one of you is the strongest? Who's gonna take me on?" I wanted to raise my hand but I knew that that would just get me pinpointed as the target. But with this guy... was that really a bad thing?
"Ichigo get out of here! Run!" Rukia suddenly yelled and I looked over at her just to watch as the arrancar's hand went through her.
"Heh I figured it probably wasn't you. No surprise." what was happening? I was still too lost in my own imagination for anything to sink in. Rukia tried to speak but nothing came out other than groans of pain. It was when Grimmjow lifted his hand, taking the small girl with it before turning and throwing her off like she was nothing that made me snap out of it.
"Rukia!" I yelled before charging the arrancar that may have just killed my friend. He slightly turned to acknowledge me, that murderous grin showing greatly as if he was about to play his favorite game.
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"Getsuga Tenshou." Ichigo exclaimed before the powerful red and black reiatsu that formed the attack took over. When the smoke cleared, Grimmjow stood cut up, bleeding, and panting heavily.
"This... power of yours... it's not the power of a soul reaper." still aware of the lack of time the teen had, he stood there staring at the battered body before him. If his first attack did that to him, maybe he should take it down a bit. "Damn you... it's only been a month. What the Hell did you do to yourself?" Grimmjow yelled but instead of answering, the teen lifted Zangetsu before swinging another Getsuga at him. The blunet drew his sword to meet it though seemed to be having troubles managing it.
"I already told you..." Grimmjow's head snapped to the voice behind him. "I don't have time to explain." another-bigger Getsuga Tenshou. Grimmjow shot out of it, looking more hurt. 'I really need to be a bit more gentle with my attacks instead of getting so carried away... it looks like he's not going to be able to take much more of this.' Ichigo thought as he dove down to attack again but was stopped when Grimmjow shot a cero at him. 'A cero? I knew he wasn't so weak to be taken down so easily.' it was a lot more difficult to part it than Ichigo had originally thought it would be but then again why was he assuming that it would be easy? It was the cero of the sixth espada. But with some more effort, it was done though Grimmjow was nowhere in sight. Hearing the swift sound of a sonido behind him, Ichigo spun around just in time to meet Grimmjow's blade with his own.
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We were fighting one on one. Grimmjow seemed to be having a lot of fun as we fought. I was in pain, having been the only one taking any damage while the blunet hadn't even drawn his zanpakuto. Grimmjow caught my blade which he had been doing all night and I was really starting to wonder how he was doing it. There was a moment that our eyes were actually connected and I realized how close we were to each other. I didn't think that my face heating up at a time like this would be good and I didn't realize that I had dropped my guard until I felt the others foot make a solid connection with my gut. I spit out blood as I spiraled down, crashing into the road below. I tried to stand up, nearly failing but managed to somehow stay on my feet as I saw Grimmjow speeding for me, fist ready. Still off balance, I held Zangetsu in front of me and when my enemy was close enough, I swung. His fist went against my sword and was able to block as if it was nothing! Was this really the power of an arrancar? A sudden kick to the head sent me crashing down the street until a railing finally stopped me. I sat there for a moment before trying to get up. If I thought simply standing up was hard earlier... that was nothing compared to this. Footsteps... I could hear his footsteps coming closer and closer. I tried desperately to get up but couldn't there was nothing I could do. I couldn't move while he was unharmed and ready to kill me... what was I supposed to do? A shadow was cast over me... that's when I gave up. I looked up to meet my fate.
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"Grimmjow!" the berry yelled, following the smoke down to where he had last seen the others body land. "Damn it! Damn it! Damn it! I thought I told you to take it easy?" Ichigo yelled at himself as he searched. When his eyes finally landed on the motionless body of Grimmjow, his heart sank. He rushed over to kneel down next to him; carefully placing the others head on his lap. "Grimmjow wake up!" no response. "Grimmjow!" the substitute shinigami called again, still receiving no answer. "Damn it Grimmjow, get up!" he yelled pounding on his chest twice. No sign of life. "Grimmjow!" without knowing it, he had begun to cry.
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I saw him standing there in front of me... towering over me as if he were god. Even though I knew my death was going to be slow, painful, and merciless... I couldn't help but to think that at least my killer was as attractive as Grimmjow. He grabbed the collar of my ban-kai outfit and pulled me up harshly. I stared at him in worry-that's a lie. As much as I hate to admit it... it was fear. Straight out, blunt fear. Then it began. Hit after hit... punch after punch... I took it all while he just stood there laughing. At least he was enjoying himself. I wasn't sure if the pounding in my head was the result of a headache more so... my death? Or if it was just the sound of Grimmjow's fists beating against my skull. Probably both. Orihime... Rukia... Renji, Chad, Ishida, Yuzu, Karin, Dad... I knew I needed to protect them... I knew I had to. But what else was I supposed to fight with? I had nothing. Finally, the constant beating was done... I was in the air, slowly beginning to fall when another blow was delivered, sending me into the sky. I hadn't gotten too far up before a kick sent me once again into the crater I had made from my previous fall.
"Is that all there is to your ban-kai?" I heard Grimmjow's voice but the words never really reached me. Honestly I was surprised that I was still alive but I couldn't think of that now, I needed to find a way out of this. "I gotta say you turned out to be a real disappointment." a way out, a way out... I needed a way out. There was a voice in my head though I couldn't exactly make out its words. "You used your ban-kai and all it gives you is average speed? Huh?" my hand tightened around the handle of Zangetsu and pulled it back behind me as if preparing for an attack though I didn't really tell it to. I felt a small jolt of energy and caught on. I had one move he wouldn't see coming. I didn't really have enough sense at the moment to wonder why my body had moved on its own but then again, did it matter? It got me out of death even if for only a moment.
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Ichigo had held a grudge on the blunet somewhere in the back of his mind. He just couldn't stop himself from laying attack after attack on the blunet for making him think that he had nothing better to do than die. He felt bad for it now but... maybe now was too late. It couldn't end like this. Not after everything he had done just to get the blunet's attention. Not after what he had come to realize.
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"Getsuga..." my attack started to form on the blade in my hand as I glared up at the man who had been trying to kill me before we even met. "Tenshou!" I yelled, firing the attack straight at him. It connected I know it did but I was shocked and disappointed to see that he was only slightly burnt. I panted heavily but was glad just to be on my feet again.
"Damn... what was that?" Grimmjow mumbled to himself as he moved his burnt arms away from his face. "Ulquiorra didn't mention that move in his report about your attacks soul reaper. Not a word." while he was speaking, I had fallen back down to my knees but I still smirked up at him.
"So maybe I won't be disappointing after all, arrancar." he threw his head back as he laughed.
"Guess I might've been wrong about you. It may turn out, that you're worth killing after all."
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'There's something around me... it’s warm... inviting... it holds things that I've never even known could exist. Wait just a fucking minute... why the Hell am I being touched?'
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"Ichigo..." I nearly jumped at the voice. It was the same one as earlier. It was his voice. "What are you smirking about?" I watched as black started to crawl out from the corner of my eye. A sign that he was trying to take over. "You're acting awfully confident, huh?" he taunted.
'Hold on.' I told him, covering my eye. 'Just a little longer.'
"Ha! Do you really think you can handle this alone?" he had me there, there wasn't anything else that I could do and if there was then I couldn't do it without allowing him to take over more quickly. I looked back up at Grimmjow.
'Damn it... he barely has a scratch. He took the full force of my Getsuga Tenshou and he acts like it was nothing. What do I do?'
"Hey soul reaper. Just how long are you gonna stand there?" I didn't answer. "Alright then, now it's my turn." he smirked before going to draw his zanpakuto for the first time. Tosen was suddenly behind him and it wasn't long until he took Grimmjow away. I tried to make him stay. I don't know why but even though I got my ass kicked... I kinda felt it would hurt more to see him leave. Grimmjow Jeagerjaques. Twice. That's twice he had given me his name... did he even know mine? He told me to remember his name... well it was then that I decided I'd make him memorize mine.
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"What the Hell are you doing?" someone yelled as Ichigo got shoved away from the blunet's body but to the berry's liking, when he looked back, it was Grimmjow who had pushed him away. He sat up and glared death at Ichigo though didn't make a move to attack. "What the Hell are you crying about?"
"I thought I killed you, you asshole!" Ichigo yelled, wiping away the tears he didn't know were there.
"Heh... can't handle taking a life can ya?" Grimmjow chuckled, standing up, and picking Pantera up off the ground.
"I just don't want you to die!" Ichigo shouted before he could stop himself but luckily Grimmjow didn't seem to take it in the way he meant it.
"That's what we've been trying to do, you little fuck!" he yelled back before stabbing Pantera through Ichigo's wrist, pinning his entire arm to the ground. The teen just stared at it in shock, lucky to not feel much pain from it. "Fine then. If you won't fight to kill me..." he held his hand close it the others head. "Then I'll just kill you." he smirked before starting a cero.
'Now or never.' Ichigo told himself but still couldn't bring himself to say it. No. Everything that he had gone through... he had to say it. He had to! "I-" he stopped himself but when Grimmjow's cero grew, he forced it out. "I love you Grimmjow!" he yelled as he cringed back, waiting for the cero to kill him. That's twice now that he's made him feel like he was a dead man. The cero stopped and Ichigo slowly opened his eyes to look up at the blunet who gazed down at him shocked, confused, and... worried? Grimmjow rubbed the back of his head, looking around as if he was expecting to find the answer floating around as he avoided Ichigo's eyes.
"Wha… what the... huh?" he finally spoke, looking back at Ichigo, really not knowing what to do in his extreme confusion. It was Ichigo's turn to look away.
"I... I said 'I love you.'"
"Since when?" the Espada asked in disbelief.
"Since... since we first met..." Grimmjow laughed.
"You fell in love with me-the same sex enemy-while I was kicking yer ass?"
"Y-yes..." Grimmjow laughed harder. When he finally calmed himself down to a chuckle, he shook his head as he ran a hand through his hair.
"You really are pathetic..." he growled, his mood suddenly changing. He readied his cero once more but Ichigo didn't care... such a harsh rejection from this man was enough to make him want to die. Just when he thought the blunet would deliver the final attack that would kill him, his hand was suddenly frozen in ice. They both looked over to see Rukia. She launched an attack that froze Grimmjow completely, leaving him to look like nothing more than a decoration.
"Ichigo!" she called as she ran over to said berry before kneeling down, trying to remove the sword through his wrist.
"That's a pretty incredible move." he said to keep from telling her how much he hated her for stopping Grimmjow from killing him. "When did you-ah!" he stopped when she moved it in a way that hurt.
"Don't speak, this is tricky. It's hard enough to get you free as is. It's really stuck." she said, using both hands. "The power that you were using certainly seems ridiculous too." Ichigo never met her eye; he seemed more interested in looking for signs of life in the frozen Espada. "You're in bad shape."
"Just shut your mouth." the oranget mumbled and Rukia stopped messing with the sword to watch him.
"Ichigo..." there was something else that she wanted to say but couldn't as they both heard a loud cracking sound just before Grimmjow's arm pushed out of the ice to grab the girl's head.
"Don't underestimate me soul reaper." Ichigo had mixed emotions on seeing the blunet alive. "Did you think you could kill me by freezing me under a thin sheet of ice?" he had a valid point there. "You're an idiot!" he yelled before starting a cero.
"Rukia!" Ichigo called but there wasn't much he could do if anything at all. Grimmjow started laughing as the cero continued to grow, gaining power. The teen tried to move but was held down by the stubborn blade. Light suddenly flew across his skin and he pulled away, his hand steaming from the warning shot. Shinji. Ichigo didn't care. He just didn't care anymore. The only reason he even watched the fight was to see if Grimmjow got killed or not and things didn't look good for the panther. He was on his knees in a small crater in the road, glaring at Shinji who just seemed bored. He stood up as he turned, running for the blond.
"Now Grind!" he yelled and his zanpakuto glowed blue as if the blade itself was made of reiatsu. He was stopped, however, when a pale hand grabbed his wrist. He was an arrancar as well, that much was clear. He had black hair, skin as white and snow, and a bone head piece on his left side. Cold, emotionless, green eyes followed by the same color marks running down his face like tears gazed down at Grimmjow who glared back. "Ul...quiorra..."
"Our mission is complete. We're leaving." a bright light that tore through the sky and engulfed them, slowly carrying them up. No one said anything. They just watched them leave without a word. It wasn't Tosen... but it still hurt like Hell to watch him go for a second time.