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Summary: After Inoue Orihime’s kidnapping incident, Ichigo is not given permission to go into the world of Hueco Mundo. Although this happens, Ichigo plots his move to enter the Hollow world without the Soul society noticing. But what happens when a familiar face enters the scenery? What about the conversations held within the redhead’s dreams? Will the truth keep him going or change him forever? Alternate Universe.
Pairing: Grimmjow x Ichigo
Disclaimer: I own Bleach and its hot characters… in my dreams.
Ichigo’s thoughts were interrupted by an irritated glare coming from the person in the center of Ichigo’s thoughts. His eyes were like piercing daggers that can stun you on the spot. He probably noticed Ichigo’s glances every five minutes. I mean, who wouldn’t notice that?
“Oi,”
“Shimata!”
“Kurosaki-san, please read pages two hundred sixty-five to two hundred seventy.”
Ichigo sighed, stood up and responded. “The Meiji period, a golden time for Japan, flourished during the great emperor, whose accession to the throne marked the beginning of a national revolution known as the Meiji restoration. Due to the many foreign influences, Japan’s government strengthened with great speed thanks to Western technology.”
Everyone listened intently to what was being said by the red-head except for one, Aoi Hyō. He had been ignoring everything the teachers and his new class had said since this morning up to present. Ichigo wasn’t any different. Aoi’s eyes had rolled clockwise once their instructor had called for Ichigo’s name. He was bored. Apparently, he wasn’t in the mood to do anything but glare at the looks that girls were giving him every ten seconds. He was getting very irritated by the second that had come to pass, he was reaching his limit.
“…and this is why they called Meiji the ‘enlightened rule’.” Ichigo finished and sat back down to his seat. The teacher nodded and a few seconds later, the bell rang. Students flocked over the new student and started to send him each of their questions, something that doesn’t happen most often at Karakura High.
“Nee, Aoi-kun… Do—Do you take special care of your skin? It’s so smooth!” A female student asked, brushing her fingertips with his skin. Aoi’s eyes sharpened, but tried to contain him self.
“Oi, oi! Aoi-kun do you read porn magazines like these??” A male student asked, taking out a luggage from out of nowhere onto Aoi’s table, he opened it and there it was… the shiny collection.
The luggage seemed to shimmer in bright light as all the other male students (except Aoi and Ichigo of course…) bowed down and chanted altogether; “We’re not worthy, we’re not worthy…”
“Gaaaaaaah!!!” The girls screamed in terror, each hitting the boys with mallets that come from out of nowhere.
Ichigo watched as the students of his class go into utter chaos. Some men turned into little chibis as they were chased by the women with flares in their eyes, trying to pound the guys into pancakes by the large mallets they held. The others were too concentrated on interrogating this new student by asking him every question possible, and yes, they were fans of his since Ichigo overheard them ask if he was wearing either boxers or briefs.
Ichigo bowed his head down and sighed, pitying the new guy. He somehow thought this would be his class’s reaction since Karakura High did not accept that many students, especially in-between semesters, so practically this was all a miracle that this student was able to get in. But then again…
Ichigo’s face observed Aoi. His face, his gesture, his response… Did it all seem really normal? Was there no evidence at all that this man—this man could have been the sixth espada? He looked normal, true, but was that it? Nothing? Not even the slightest trace of spirit energy filled this guy… It was probably just a coincidence.
“Ichigo!”
“Mmph?” The red-head immediately snapped back into reality noticing that the students have left and the room was completely empty, only Keigo at the door.
“Ichigo, mind if you turn the lights off for me? I have and errand to do,” Keigo’s face went pale as he muttered softly so only he would hear, “for that witch…”
Ichigo turned to his things and started to pack up, and without even looking at Keigo, he responded, “Yeah, I don’t mind… go already.”
“Thanks, I owe you one.” Keigo said with a sad grin on his face together with a small salute before dashing off and leaving Ichigo all to himself. Once Ichigo had packed up he shut the windows, turned of the lights and closed the doors.
Dusk had been drawing near and yet some students still remained within the school’s premises. It had been rather cold one everything grew dark, Ichigo wanted to leave before that happened. Things hadn’t been at its usual these past few days. Without Soul Society’s consent, Ichigo could not go after Inoue. He blamed himself for not being able to save her, “If only I had finished him at that moment instead of showing off… I—I could have saved her…”
Ichigo cursed. He knew fully well that by thinking of such thoughts, things would not change. He knew that even though he continuously blamed himself for her absence, things would not change. He knew this and this was why he blamed himself even more. He knew about it, but he couldn’t do anything to prevent it. He needed to know how to get in Hueco Mundo… but most of all, he needed to become stronger.
His walk towards home felt stiff. He stopped his tracks to watch the sun, silently retreat and prepare for another cold, starry night. The breezed blew past the grass, like a child running around the park while looking for someone to play with. The pale orange sky seemed to mirror that of the flames within chimneys as well as the color of Ichigo’s hair. The scene reminded him of what it was like before… right after they stormed back to help save Soul Society.
“Iiiiichi-goooo!” yelled a small stuffed bird that had run its way to grab onto Ichigo’s neck. Ichigo turned around to see who it was when it immediately grabbed hold of Ichigo, catching him off-guard.
“W-Wha?? Ririn?” Ichigo grabbed hold of the little stuffed bird as it struggled to get loose.
“Waah! Let me go! Let me go!” Ririn yelled, flapping her wings back and forth, trying to get herself free. Ichigo, in one way or another, complied, setting the petite figure to stand on the ground with her hands on her hips.
Ichigo looked at her as she tidied herself quickly then quickly jumped back onto Ichigo. “Urahara sent me to pick you.”
“Urahara?”
“Yeah, he said for you to meet him near the river, I guess…” Ririn shook her head and sighed, “Really now, why do we have to do all the chores in the house, the guys really seems to love asking people to do his dirty work.”
Ichigo merely smiled, he looked up to the sky to see it already turning dark since the sun was setting. It had been a week since the incident; the bounto wasn’t what everyone wanted to talk about… especially Ishida. Nevertheless the experience did challenge everyone to become stronger, it kept everyone together
It wasn’t long till Ichigo reached the river; it was just a few blocks away from where Ririn and Ichigo met earlier. He didn’t seem at all excited about seeing Urahara since he knew he would be asked to do something for the man again. Ichigo didn’t complain though, he was the opposite, he was grateful for what Urahara had been doing for him and his friends. A little thing like this wouldn’t matter, he thought.
“Kurosaki-kun!” called out a familiar female voice.
“Ah! Inoue!” Ichigo caught her waving like as kid near the river with several others. Once he had caught up to her, he noticed that the others were sitting on tables and chairs, while Chad was at one end cooking up barbeque.
“What’s going on, Inoue?” Ichigo asked, scratching the back of his head in bewilderment. There he saw the others such as Ishida, Nova, and Ururu on the table, each minding their own business. Jinta practiced his pitching skills and sometimes used Kon as the ball. Kon on the other hand was stirring up trouble by trying to jump into Inoue’s arms but would fail every single time since Tsubaki would mysteriously pop up to attack the stuffed lion leaving him, twitching on the ground afterwards. Everything seemed to come back to normal, it was quiet, it was peaceful… well, except the fact that Kon would end up yelling after getting beat by the black fairy around Inoue.
“Ahh, Kurosaki-san here you are, the final installment.” A man said coming from behind, his striped hat covering part of his face, he fanned himself as Tessai walked over from behind Urahara to Chad, brining with him more materials for a barbeque feast.
“Ah! Urahara-san, kon’nichi wa!” Inoue greeted and bowed her head for a few seconds before rising up to meet him. He smiled as well, “Kon’nichi wa, Inoue-san.”
“Ririn, come help Chad and Tessai grill the barbeque, onegai?” Urahara asked, addressing the stuffed bird to leave the three for a while.
“Hai.” She responded and quickly jumped off Ichigo’s back and walked towards the two tall men.
“Kurosaki-san, Inoue-san, I hope you don’t mind that we all have a little get together now don’t you?”
“N-No not at all!” Inoue immediately replied.
“What’s this all about?” Ichigo asked getting quite annoyed since his question wasn’t answered.
“Why? It’s a celebration! A feast for the heroes that saved Soul society!”
Ichigo and Inoue crouched down to whisper at each other, “Heroes? He’s over reacting isn’t he?” Ichigo asked in a soft voice, Inoue agreed, nodding several times when Urahara caught sight of this.
“Nan’da? I’m telling the truth!”
They continued to whisper, “He lies.” Ichigo said and Inoue agreed nodding her head a few more times.
“Anyway, Kurosaki-san how is your training coming along?”
Ichigo’s face darkened a little, “Fine, it didn’t start officially though. They made me do ridiculous things.”
Urahara had already known about Ichigo’s Hollow self and the vaizards. He had noticed Ichigo’s actions these past few days and decided to lighten his spirits up a bit by having him and his friends have a day off for a change.
“Ooooiii! Ichigo! The food’s ready!!” Ririn yelled aloud as Tessai and Chad served the food on the long picnic table. The scent of barbeque filled the area as the red sun slowly made its way to its one-day slumber. Ichigo, Inoue and Urahara walked down the slope to reach the table and eat with their group of friends.
“Kurosaki, what took you so long?” Ishida asked, implying that the red-head was late, only to annoy him as he adjusted his glasses.
“Whatever…” Ichigo said with an annoyed look. Inoue laughed at this and so did the others. The three took their seats and ate to their hear hearts content.
After a few minutes, it was getting dark and the wind that blew past the group of friends ushered for them to leave while a part of the sun still remained. Everyone helped each other pack up and before five minutes, they finished. The others had left early, Chad had to help bring the things back to Urahara’s shop so he had to leave with Urahara and his team, and Ishida said that he had other matters to attend to but thanked Urahara just the same. Only Inoue and Ichigo were left, and only one-fourth of the sun’s brightness remained.
“Inoue, what are you going?” Ichigo asked, approaching the red-headed girl who was apparently talking to her fairies.
“Ah! Kurosaki-kun!” Inoue flinched, hearing his voice all of the sudden sent shivers to run down her spine. “W-What are you still doing here?”
“I was wondering if you wanted me to walk you home.” Ichigo replied, scratching the back of his head.
“Eh?! There’s no need for you to do that Kurosaki-kun, I can go home myself!” Inoue exclaimed pointing at herself. He smiled, rubbing her hair roughly.
“Waah!” Inoue was caught off-guard, she flailed in a playful way when he let go.
“Baka, it’s getting dark, Chizuru’ll kill me if I let you off yourself, kora, ikumashō.” Ichigo said and smiled, he signaled for her to walk beside him. She blushed in the shade of dark pink but shook her head and agreed.
If you were there watching, the two seemed so much like a couple as they walked the streets. Inoue would share to him things about her happiest moments down to the most embarrassing ones. Ichigo laughed at her jokes and enjoyed her company, little did he know a seed had already begun to sprout.
Ichigo sighed, he checked the once red-orange skies had become bluish-purple. It was getting late and it had become unbelievably cold. He started to walk down the path to his house with his book bag on his back. Once he had reached a junction, an unexpected face was seen standing by the alley walls. It didn’t seem as though he saw the red-head since his eyes were closed.
Blue hair… blue eyes… and arrogant face. Who else could it have been? Ichigo glared at him, the new student, Aoi Hyō. His proud exterior made Ichigo sick, this guy and Grimmjow had that in common, every time Ichigo would see either one he would immediately see red, even if neither did anything to him. It was probably like that with all the other arrancar. The guy opened his bored eyes half way, taking a cigarette out from his black leather coat’s pocket to his mouth, taking a lighter from his denim jeans’ pocket to light the cigarette. Ichigo scowled.
Aoi took one deep breath from it as put back the lighter in one of his pockets and breathed out, approaching the irritated red-head. He stopped once he had reached the side of Ichigo.
He spoke in one cold, icy breath, “Yo… Kurosaki Ichigo.”
Warui, warui... I'm really sorry I had updated late. Something came up. I did promise to update faster but I guess it couldn't be helped. Anyway, I think I'll post the next chapter within this week, depending on my schedule. XD (-Studies come first!-)
Oh noes! I think there may be some IchiHime here in this chapter! (shields oneself from all you readers' attacks)
Lol. Don't worry, despite that I will keep pursuing the pair GrimmIchi! Nyaaa!X3 For those of you who want to know about Aoi, you'll just have to keep reading! (grins)
Anyway, enough of this very long author notes, I've probably bored you long enough. Thank you for reading and I do hope you leave a review. Till next time, ja'nee!