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Watching all of this was kind of weird but it was interesting to see this side of Ichigo. Stubborn, rash, steel nerves, short tempered, smart ass. Any of those ring a bell? If this was the way he normally was then why was he always so submissive and clingy to Grimmjow? Maybe he just knew his place in their secret relationship. That had to be it because the blunet couldn't imagine him being like that for anyone else which also meant that he was devoted. They ended up going with the kid cause she claimed she could take them to Los Noches which was really only a deal because she had faster transportation. Two points where they would've met the guardian were taken care of by none other than the panther watching over the berry, stalking its prey, waiting to pounce.
'Just a little longer Grimmjow... you need to back off for a bit, you can't make it seem like it's so easy to get into Los Noches.' with that in mind, he gave the guardian the order to attack before leaving, heading back home. He wanted to continue to watch Ichigo but he wanted to be in his room more so that's what he was going with. Besides he needed some more time to think about what that thing coming from Ichigo was. Suddenly hearing Ichigo scream, he turned back to see what had happened when he felt the same pulse of reiatsu he had before. Great so now everyone could feel it, he knew he was going to be questioned nonstop about this-it might even get to Aizen, in which case, he knew what would happen from there. The boy was on his side, clutching his stomach as he yelled in pain. Just by seeing this, Grimmjow could tell that it had gotta much worse over the week.
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He walked into the room where the human girl was being kept, the blunet met Ulquiorra's eyes.
"What are you doing here Grimmjow?" the pale man asked.
"Well you've been hanging around me nonstop so why can't I do the same thing?" he asked, walking passed him. Ulquiorra watched him, never taking his eyes off of him. Did he imagine those words? Did he really want to spend time with him? "So she's not eating?"
"Yes that is correct." he answered, turning around to follow the blunet as he walked over to Orihime who was sitting on the couch. He knelt in front of her but she never even so much as looked in his direction, she just kept her head turned to the side.
"You know your friend Kurosaki is coming to save you." the girl held her breath. "I've been watching him, he's currently in the middle of a fight. Would you like to know how he's doing?"
"Yes! I want to know! Is he okay?" the red head exclaimed, meeting calm blue eyes with panicked ones.
"Then eat." he ordered standing up as he pointed to the food. "I don't care if you're not hungry, I won't tell you anything until that plate is clear." the woman didn't hesitate to walk over to the tray to start eating. The pale Espada watched this in amazement, without even trying, Grimmjow had successfully gotten the girl to eat while he had not been able to. "Ulquiorra." said man turned to the other who was heading for the door. "I have to get a few things from my room, I'll be right back."
"Thank you Grimmjow." the fourth called, shocking the other though he quickly recovered.
"Don't mention it."
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"He's made it into the walls of Los Noches, he's fighting some low arrancar. I know it'll only take a second to get passed him so after he does, he'll continue his way here. That's all I've got to tell for now but as long as you obey Ulquiorra one hundred percent, I'll keep bringing you more. Deal?" Grimmjow explained and Orihime nodded. The blunet claimed the couch though the fourth sat on the arm while the red headed human was seated at the table, sipping a small glass of water that she had even asked for. "I'll go check on him again later." no one said anything.
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Ichigo stopped mid step and looked around. Uh-oh had the teen finally detected that he was being followed?
"Ah I can't breathe!" he looked down to the child under his arm before laying her on the ground.
"Sorry I didn't mean to squeeze so hard, I was lost in thought."
"Good bye." she mumbled, sprawling herself out on the floor, causing the other to panic.
"Wait a minute Nel you can't be dead! I'm really sorry!"
"Tell me Ichigo, are you really truly honestly sorry?" she asked weakly, turning her head to the side.
"I really truly am. Will you forgive me?"
'Heh you're playing right into her trick kid.' the observing panther snickered.
"I suppose I'll forgive you if you give me a piggyback ride." she said, peeking up at him with one eye, a wide smile on her face.
"Wha? Why you little-this is serious business, we don't have time to be fooling around." at the rejection, the small girl flung around yelling, causing the other to panic further, looking around to make sure no one was around to hear her.
"You almost squished me to death and now you're yelling at me! I don't think you're very nice!"
"Alright, whatever you say. Will ya stop crying now?" Ichigo asked picking her up as she settled down. "Come on."
"Ichigo are you sure you're really sorry?"
"Yeah I'm really, really sorry." he responded, sounding as though he regretted the words already.
"Then we better get a move on! Getty up horsey!" the girl exclaimed joyfully, pointing forward. Grimmjow nearly burst out laughing when the berry did it, he looked like such an idiot, bowing to a child like that. "Now we're really getting somewhere! Faster, faster!"
"I swear, I'm never having kids."
'Heheh... I'll have to agree with you there Kurosaki.' the boy suddenly crashed to the floor screaming, sending the girl once on his shoulders forward. 'Damn... again?' he thought, feeling the pulse once more. He was close enough that everyone would have felt it. He knew Aizen was going to call him in to question him about this so he figured it would go faster and easier if he just went in and explained. Maybe Aizen could come up with something as to what it could be.
"What's wrong? What happened? Are you okay?"
"I-I'm fine... it's nothing..." Ichigo tried to sound strong but the pain and fear in his voice showed through. Grimmjow's eyes narrowed in worry, he turned away, knowing where he needed to go.
'Hang in there kid... I'll make sure you're alright.'
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Running as fast as he could, Grimmjow rushed to find Ichigo but having no idea where he was now, that was hard.
"So it's been coming from him... I see." the "god" was silent and I still kinda hoped that whatever he said wouldn't cause the kid to stay here. "If that's the case then I would like to see him." shit. Now the kid was gonna have to stay just cause the bastard had gotten interested in the story shared with him. "I have an interesting theory but I would like to analyze him to find out whether my suspicion is accurate or not. Bring him to me Grimmjow and if you want him alive and in one piece, get to him before Ulquiorra does." my eyes widened in horror. Why the Hell was Ulquiorra going after him now? Before Aizen could even take in a sip of air to speak again, I was gone. I couldn't waste any time.
"Damn it Ulquiorra... you better not touch him." he growled as if the other could hear as he stopped outside Orihime's room and walked in. "Where's Ulquiorra?"
"Grimmjow! You have to let me out! Please-I can't take this anymore! Rukia-" she stopped to let out a small shriek when the angry blunet grabbed her throat, lifting her above his head.
"I'm in a hurry! Just answer my question so I can go! Did Ulquiorra tell you where he was going?" the girl shook her head before she was dropped on her ass and the door slammed shut. That was a waste of time. He saw one of the servant arrancar for this hall and stopped him. "Have you seen Ulquiorra?" the man shook his head so Grimmjow moved on. No one seemed to know where he went. "Have you-" he cut off his sentence as he bolted in the opposite direction. Ichigo's reiatsu shot up, meaning that he had just entered a fight. It seemed like Ulquiorra had gotten to him first after all.
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Ichigo stood panting as his mask crumbled, revealing his face once more. Was that it? It had to be, it was finished. He tried to catch his breath but the more he tried the harder it seemed to be.
"Ichigo!"
"Nel?" he asked more to himself, turning around to find that the girl was flying at him.
"Ichigo!" she screamed before her mask connected with the others face, sending him rolling into a pillar farther off. "I thought you were going to die! I thought you were going to die! Don't die!" she screamed, shaking him.
"Who knows, I still might."
"Look at you, you're a complete physical wreck but you still used your powers to fight with! Stop that! That's naughty crazy! I was really worried about you cause that's the thing cause you were fighting and I was scared!" she cried into Ichigo chest who smiled as he placed a hand on her head.
'Maybe it actually wouldn't be so bad to have a kid or two...' he smiled a bit further at the thought. "Sorry... Nel. I guess that... you got pretty scared." she pulled away from him, snot running down her face like a fountain.
"Oh Ichigo...!"
"Easy." he said before realizing that it had gotten all over him. "Your snot! Make it stop-it's touching me!" she stopped and sniffed in really hard, sucking it all back up. "Come on Nel that's gross!"
"Back it goes." she said cheerfully.
"How nice..." he sighed. 'I take it back, I'm never having kids.' he thought, placing the small child back on her feet. "Alright... let's go." the boy spoke as he weakly stood up.
"Are you alright Ichigo?"
"Yeah I'm okay. We can't waste any more time hanging around here." he gasped when he heard something moving behind him. He slowly turned around to see Ulquiorra standing there perfectly unharmed though the same couldn't be said about his uniform. "What... how?"
"Impressive. Even using both my hands, I couldn't stop it. I'm quite surprised. Was that it? Finished Ichigo?"
"It can't..." he trailed off, staring at the man in front of him in complete horror. That was everything he had put into one attack and he walked out of the full force of it without a scratch! How could that be?
"Hmp... yes it would appear that it was." the Espada spoke as he brushed himself off before holding out a hand, his finger stretched out toward the other who gasped, getting in a ready position. "How unfortunate." he said as green reiatsu came together at his fingertip, forming his cero. After it was shot, Ichigo found himself outside back on the sands but ran, not caring where he was. He needed at get Nel to safety.
"Nel are you alright? Nel!" she was unconscious. "Try to hold on, I'm gonna find you somewhere that's safe! You can rest!" he looked to his right just as Ulquiorra showed up there. After only a few steps, the pale man kicked him, sending the boy crashing into a building. It hurt so much just trying to push the rubble off of himself and it was such a nice surprise to find the fourth Espada standing in front of him.
"I'm impressed by your reaction time. You used your mask to block my cero." they were silent for a moment. "But this time it shattered instantaneously. I'm afraid that you won't be able to bring it out again." he stated, walking closer to the boy. "You have nothing left to hold me off. It's time to give up."
"I wanna know..." the sudden statement took him by surprise.
"What?"
"I wanna know what happened to Grimmjow. Last week he suddenly disappeared. I just wanna know if he's okay..."
"This is sudden-"
"It's just as sudden as you coming to the World of the Living just to ask me what love was. If you don't want anyone knowing about that after I kill you then answer me! What happened to Grimmjow?" silence overwhelmed the two. Seeing how the boy did explain love to him and was about to die anyway, might as well answer him.
"I don't know what you're talking about. Nothing has happened to Grimmjow. He is most likely in his room or has already joined the fight." he explained before lifting his hand to strike. All the teenager saw was a pale arm flying at him and then black. He felt a hot, creamy liquid splat onto his face followed by warm breath. His eyes shot open, recognizing the sweet sensation of breathing in that same air gave him. It was Grimmjow. Said man was on his hands and knees above him, panting as blood dripped from his mouth and onto the oranget.
"Gr-Grimmjow! What are you doing? Are you alright?" Ichigo panicked, quickly sitting up which he regretted doing.
"Shut up... soul reaper..." the panther growled, standing up though it took some effort.
"What are you doing Grimmjow?"
"Exactly what Aizen told me to do." Ichigo stood up as well, using anything he could as support as he examined his lover, looking over the wound on his back. Although it wasn't bleeding too badly, it looked pretty deep and painful. "Aizen wants to see him." both of the other males looked at him seriously though Ichigo's eyes held a bit more fear in them. What did he want?
"Then let us bring him to Lord Aizen."
"Wait! What does he want with me? I'm not going if-"
"Hey!" Grimmjow yelled over him, silencing his submissive partner. "We'll make a quick stop to see your friend if you shut up and come quietly. Alright?"
"Fine." the teen quickly jumped on the offer. In truth, he was going to go with them anyway so this was just a bonus. "But Nel comes too." the two Espada looked at each other before Ulquiorra went to get her.
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Grimmjow and Ulquiorra walked silently down the halls of their home, the silence growing more awkward and tense by the second.
"Are you sure you're alright?" Ulquiorra finally spoke. "That strike was meant to kill him but you took it instead and it seems to be taking its toll."
"I'm fine!" Grimmjow snapped. It was true that it hurt like Hell but he didn't regret doing it because it was to protect... he looked down at the sleeping boy in his arms… him. He was too weak to walk so Grimmjow chose to carry him without a word. The boy was fighting unconsciousness because he wanted to stare at the man he missed but eventually sleep overcame him. Conscious that the teen was watching him, Grimmjow couldn't help but to take a few peeks but when their eyes met, he tore his away but whenever he looked at him, he couldn't help but to notice that he looked at peace. He looked up at his love as if he didn't remember that he was in enemy territory. Like all that mattered was that he was in his arms and since that's exactly where he was, he was comfortable enough to fall asleep. How odd.
"Ha you're pathetic and weak. There's no way a mere human can stand up against an arrancar's strength." the two men looked at each other, the same thought running through their minds. Was that coming from Orihime's room? "I told you, stop acting like you're better than me!"
"Do you want to go in or should I?" Grimmjow sighed as they neared the missing door.
"I suppose I will. The girl is my duty after all."
"Yeah I guess... so are you gonna kill them?"
"If Orihime is hurt, yes." he answered as they reached the room. Grimmjow leaned against the wall just outside while the other went on.
"You think you're so hot, I'm gonna make sure you never see Lord Aizen again!" Loly yelled, tightening her grip on the red head's hair.
"And how do you plan on doing that?" Ulquiorra asked as he walked in.
"U-Ulquiorra!" the two girls exclaimed in shock, moving away from the third. The pale man walked over to the couch and lay Nel down on it before kneeling in front of Orihime, examining her wounds. "W-we were just... we were-"
"Leave." they didn't hesitate. They bolted for the door but little did they know that a powerful red cero awaited them on the other side. Their screams wouldn't be heard by anyone and if they were, no one would care. "You're a mess." Ulquiorra stated as he stood up. "Heal yourself." the girl did as she was told.
The panther held onto his berry tightly though with great care as if the boy would shatter with a single wrong touch. He knew that the boy would end up staying... he just still wasn't quite sure if that was a good thing or a terribly wrong thing. He sighed before walking into the room.
"Ichigo!" the girl yelled, rushing up to them.
"Hurry up and heal him so we can go." Grimmjow ordered, laying him down on the ground just before the golden glow that brought back his arm went over the boy.
"Where are you taking him?" Orihime asked.
"To Aizen."
"What? Why?"
"Cause Aizen wants to see him now shut up." he growled and she obeyed the scary man.
"Why did you protect him?" Ulquiorra asked and the blunet turned to him, an eyebrow raised. "You could have just stopped my attack."
"And?"
"Why did you protect him?" Grimmjow just looked away and to his luck, the other didn't pursue an answer though the red headed girl's eyes did but no one would answer her puzzled expression. Grimmjow's eyes wandered over the berry's body, eventually settling on his hand. Why did he feel such a strong urge to hold it? He slowly started to reach for it but his hand quickly shot up to his mouth as he coughed blood into it. "Orihime heal Grimmjow first and then you may return your attention to Kurosaki." she gasped and objected but when she received a gaze so cold it nearly froze her soul, she obeyed. Was Ulquiorra actually worried about the panther? Time ticked by slowly and no one spoke nor did they move, hardly even so to breathe.
"T-there's... something weird about Ichigo..." the girl spoke quietly, as the glow went away.
"Such as?"
"W-well... there's... it feels like there's another reiatsu in him..."
"Nn..." Ichigo's hand suddenly moved as if searching for something. Seeing this, the sixth Espada placed his hand next to the others and it quickly latched on like a leech. "Grimm..." the boy mumbled in his sleep as he turned over on his side so he was facing the owner of the hand while his back turned to Orihime. His eyes slowly opened and blinked to test the light. As they opened fully, they caught sight of the hand in his and trailed up to meet his lover’s eyes. "Grimmjow!" he shouted, throwing his arms over him as his head cuddled into said man's neck. "Where the Hell have you been?"
"Here. Why?"
"I was worried that's why!" he shouted, pushing him away though he didn't move. "You can't just disappear like that! It would be nice to hear when you're coming back ya know!"
"Since when did I have to tell you where I was going?" Grimmjow yelled back.
"I'm just saying that it would be nice if you told me that way I didn't stay up all night, waiting for your ass to show up!"
"Well obviously you've mistaken me for someone who gives a damn!"
"Um... Ichigo?" a small voice asked and the teen blushed bright crimson as he slowly turned around to see Orihime.
"Ori...hime... you can just forget about all of... that. Right?" he asked shyly and the girl nodded awkwardly.
"Hurry up, we have to get going." Grimmjow barked, standing up.
"Ichigo!" the girl shouted, throwing her arms around him, the tears she held back starting to flow. "I was so scared! I thought you were going to die!"
"C-come on Orihime, I'm fine. Really-" he started screaming again as he thrashed around in the girl's arms.
"Ichigo! Ichigo!" she yelled in panic, trying to calm him but his body was pried away from her and was taken away by the sixth Espada who quickly left with him in his arms. "No! Ichigo!" she screamed, trying to go after them but was stopped by the fourth.
"Grab the girl lying there on the couch and follow me." Ulquiorra commanded calmly.
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The two males walked into Aizen's quarters slowly, though it was more of Grimmjow guiding the other.
"Are you sure you're alright?"
"Yeah I'm fine." the berry reassured his lover.
"Welcome Ichigo." Aizen greeted, walking up to them. "I've been informed of everything and Grimmjow is concerned that-"
"I'm not concerned damn it!" the blunet snapped.
"That he had been pouring too much of his reiatsu into you and that it may be killing you." he stated calmly and Ichigo held his breath as his eyes widened at the new information. He was dying? "It's interesting but not true." he let out a relieved sigh. "Would you mind if I felt your stomach?"
"HUH?" they both exclaimed but the brunet just smiled warmly at the teen. That was sudden.
"What the Hell do you need to touch him for?" Grimmjow growled and the boy at his side shivered.
"I just need to feel what you did to confirm my suspicion."
"Feel what?" Ichigo demanded.
"Just let him. The sooner you agree, the sooner it'll be over." the blunet sighed, rubbing the bridge of his nose.
"B-but I... he... fine." the kid grumbled to himself as he pulled his arms out of his top to reveal his torso to the other man. He looked away, a light blush on his cheeks showing that he was uncomfortable with the situation but with Grimmjow next to him, he wasn't worried. He exhaled slowly when the others cold hands were place on his skin. Just as expected, the "god" felt a pulse followed by another and another as if the reiatsu pulses were creating a heartbeat. He still wasn't quite sure how but it was definite.
"You Ichigo Kurosaki... are pregnant."