~Recap~
Ichigo, Rukia, and Renji joined their friends in Hueco Mundo. They met Nel and her ‘brothers’ and their ‘pet’. After they all split up, Strawberry and Rukia went in their door and as they ran along, they found a domed room. A cloaked figure came in and it was revealed to be Nami. Nami turned out to be an arrancar and her and Ichigo got into a fight which Nami obviously won. Nami healed her and then went to meet up with Grimmjow who still thought she was dead. Yay!! Okie, start with Ichigo.
~Start Story~
I jerked out of the darkness suddenly; just in time to catch Nami disappear. I pushed myself up slowly, grunting as I opened my kimono just enough to see where my wound should’ve been.
“Damn,” I whispered, stroking the sealed up cut that was just beside my belly button. “Why couldn’t you have just let me die, huh? Was that too hard for you?”
I sighed, looking up at the ceiling and smiling a little, standing up and taking off towards the door, “Hope you’re okay, Rukia.”
~Nami’s POV~
“Love? What kind of Aspect of Death is that?” Grimmjow asked skeptically, “How hard did you hit your head to make you choose that one?”
“It wasn’t by choice,” I scowled at him gently. “I’d rather be Calm then Love, actually. I sound like such a hypocrite when I talk to people now.”
“You don’t sound like a hypocrite to me,” Grimmjow frowned. “I think you sound like you used to… kind of. You just seem more mature, like you really are 420 years old.”
“421 years tomorrow,” I chuckled, before looking down at my hands angrily. “I haven’t used my zanpakuto as a weapon in years… When Lord Aizen ordered me to stop my friends from getting in I didn’t know what to do. He said I wasn’t allowed to see you until I attack my friends.”
“Nami…” Grimmjow started but I cut him off.
“I didn’t kill anyone. I ran into Rukia and Strawberry and gave them the chance for one of them to go on and for the other to stay and fight. Ichigo fought me… naturally, she didn’t last a second. I hate myself for it,” I sighed, contradicting myself in many ways. “Ichigo isn’t much of threat so I healed her. I’m sure she’ll be taken back to the Soul Society soon if she gets hurt again.”
Grimmjow gave her a sympathetic grimace before sighing, jumping off the window sill. “Since you’re an arrancar now, and you have my number branded on you,” As he said that, he smirked and I blushed, “we’re going to the meeting that Aizen just called before you came in. I didn’t plan on going, but I might as well now.”
I hopped down beside him, grabbing his hand and dragging him outside, flying towards the throne room. When we got there, I let him enter first, watching as the nine other espada looked up expectantly.
“Has the meeting started yet?” Grimmjow called as I peeked around him at the others, grinning brightly.
“Lord Aizen hasn’t arrived yet,” Ulquiorra said coldly, barely casting me a glance. He’d been there when I was turned into an arrancar so there was no reason to surprise him. “So you’re lucky.”
“Luck tends to favor those who don’t depend on it,” I giggled, following Grimmjow closely as he took his seat, standing next to him. I glanced at Tia, her eyes trained on me until she saw me looking and she turned away. I sighed; the only person that I would get any good reaction from would be Lillynette and Grimmjow himself.
As Aizen walked in, I bit my lip to keep myself quiet and watched as he sat down, not answering him back as he greeted us. I clenched the chair Grimmjow sat in as Aizen had Kaname turn on the projector and shut off the light. He motioned towards the screen and explained that the intruders had entered Las Noches, all six of them, and that they had some arrancar friends with them. I felt Grimmjow tense up beside me and I placed a warning hand on his shoulder, keeping my gaze on the projector. I watched Strawberry catch up to Rukia, Renji and some arrancar racing in another direction, Ichigo and a more human arrancar, Chad, and Uryu and another arrancar (K: I think I got that right). I grimaced and bowed my head, my attention lost as I thought about my friends.
“Ms. Ukitake, I would appreciate it if you would listen to me when I am talking,” Aizen called to me, every eye on me now.
“Oh! S-sorry, Lord Aizen,” I mumbled, bowing a little and blushing, glad for the dark for once so that no one could see. “I was going over strategies… or trying to anyways.”
“Yes, you know these humans well.” Aizen chuckled, “You must know their weaknesses better then anyone.”
“Er…” I mentally slapped myself, “Well… Ichigo Ryu, the new Captain of Division Three, isn’t much of a Soul Reaper really. She knows bankai but she is rather weak. Rukia… well I don’t really know much about her abilities. She does seem to have awakened her zanpakuto though. The fake Soul Reaper is powerful and I haven’t seen the extent of his powers in a while, last I heard, he was working with the vizards in the World of the Living. Uryu is a Quincy, a pretty good one too. His arrows when they’re alone aren’t all that powerful but he’s quick, very quick. Chad, the big one, he’s slow but his attacks are mighty powerful. He couldn’t win against Shunsui Kyoraku, Captain of Division 8, though, when he invaded the Soul Society. Renji is powerful and quick but he uses long range attacks and he sucks at Kido techniques.” I bit my lip shamefully, “That’s it, sir. I’ve only been around Strawberry lately and she hasn’t grown in power at all. She is no threat to us, she would not last a second in battle.”
“That’s why you healed her, then?” Aizen asked, narrowing his eyes at me.
“Partially, sir,” I mumbled. “As my Aspect of Death, I contradict myself over and over again by hating to kill people. If they do not stand a chance against me, I will heal them. Her power has never grown, not since she became a Soul Reaper. I do not expect it will, either.”
“Of course,” Aizen nodded, standing up. “Now, you are dismissed. Nami, I want to speak with you before you leave.” When he saw my gaze flicker to Grimmjow as the lights came back on, he chuckled, “Grimmjow may stay with you.”
“Thank you, Lord Aizen,” I mumbled, waiting for the other espada to leave before I swallowed and waited for Aizen to slice me in half.
“So, you already know that one of your shikai has remained with your zanpakuto,” Aizen started. “And you have found that it heals wounds quicker and better then before. Now, do you know whether you still have bankai and your other shikai?”
“Not yet, sir, no,” I murmured, seeing where this was going. “But if you wish, I shall try to use them. But perhaps I should find that out somewhere I cannot destroy things.”
“Of course, let’s go outside and see.” Aizen agreed, leading the way outside with Gin and Kaname following close behind, Grimmjow and I not far behind them. I clung to his arm gently as we walked up to one of the higher pillars of the roof. I unsheathed my zanpakuto again at a nod from Aizen, the others backing away from me as I twirled the blade in my right hand, biting my lip before calling loudly, “Scream, Dark Angel!” The blade became a flute, just as I remembered and I put it up to my lips. I focused on a rock on the ground and blew into it, watching as the visible sound waves crumbled the rock into little pieces.
“And that’s with your ring on?” Aizen asked, sounding a little impressed.
“And the patches,” I mumbled, ripping a few patches off of my shoulders and one off of my hand. Feeling my reiatsu rise just enough before I pulled the ring off my finger as well, the level flying up to its usual power. Holding my zanpakuto tightly, I sighed, “Bankai.”
~Grimmjow’s POV~
I held my hand up to block the light from my eyes as it exploded around Nami. I was already struggling to stand up against her reiatsu as it was but the power that was added to her as she manifested her zanpakuto spirit was unbearable and I fell to ground on my hands and knees. When the light was gone, I lifted my head just enough so that I could see her and gasped. She didn’t seem to have any new mask fragments on her, as a matter of fact, there were no mask fragments on her at all. She had waist length black hair and red eyes that, when looked at, looked like they could pierce your soul. The biggest change was the 14 foot wings sticking out of her back. She didn’t have a sword or anything to defend herself with so she was unprotected.
“Surprised?” She asked, her voice sending pains through my ears. “Nami told you about her bankai before she died, Grimmjow.”
I hissed as I felt blood leak from my ears, “Angel, go to sleep.”
Angel gave me a surprised look before she gasped and collapsed, her black hair fading quickly to pink but never shortening. She took quick, sharp breathes as I got off the ground and stuck the ring back on her finger, picking her up.
“I don’t want to even imagine her resureccion,” I growled. “I’m sorry to knock her out before she showed you the true extent of her powers but… she would first need to deafen us so she doesn’t completely kill us.” I paused, taking in the death glares that I was getting from Kaname and Aizen. “I did it for your safety, Lord Aizen.”
“We’ll start again tomorrow,” Aizen growled, wiping the side of his head and drawing his fingers away to find blood as well, “If she’s even able to use her zanpakuto by then. Take her back to your room after you get Orihime to heal her back.”
“Her back?” I blinked, brushing the hand that held her legs between her shoulders blades and groaning when I found two slits where her wings had been. “Thank you, Lord Aizen.”
I disappeared, reappearing in front of Orihime’s door and slid it open with my foot. The ginger human looked up fearfully as I carried Nami in, her new long hair hanging down as her head moved to nuzzle my shoulder gently.
“Heal her,” I demanded, laying Nami on the couch on her stomach. “She would do herself but she’s out.”
“O-okay,” Orihime stumbled over her words as she moved next to me and placed her hands just above Nami’s back. “Soten Kesshun…” She remained quiet until the cuts were clearly healed up and Nami bounced up, accidentally knocking Orihime’s arms away. “Ah!”
“Oh! Sorry, Orihime,” Nami laughed a little, rubbing the back of her head. “I Didn’t realize you were doing that.”
“Y-yeah,” She murmured, backing up so that Nami could get off the couch.
Nami blinked at her, “Are you scared of me, Orihime?”
“A little bit,” Orihime admitted quietly.
“Well that’s no good!” Nami exclaimed, jumping on Orihime and hugging her tightly. “You shouldn’t be afraid of me now that I’m an arrancar, I’m no different then I was before except for the fact that I’ve just been a hollow for the past month.”
“R-right,” Orihime sounded nervous and she was laughing a little bit.
“Nami, time to go,” I called to her, making her look up. “Lillynette must have heard the news by now.”
Her eyes brightened even more then before and she let go of Orihime, pushing me out the door and waving bye to Orihime, and racing to my room. She yanked the door open and raced inside, going to the closet and pulling out a new shirt. She glanced at me, motioning for me to turn around and, unfortunately, I did and missed everything. She was all dressed up again before I could turn around to catch anything on her.
“Damnit, why did you have to get dressed so fast?” I grumbled and pulled her to me. I expected her to push away and protest about seeing Lillynette but she didn’t. She reached up, standing on her toes to reach me, and wrapped her arms around my neck, kissing me gently. She twirled her fingers in my hair gently as I kissed her back, picking her up off the ground a little.
“Wow,” She breathed when she pulled away. “That one was different from the first two.”
“Yeah, I’ve been saving it,” I chuckled. “Better get to Lillynette.”
Nami pouted as I let her down, “That’s not fair.”
“Of course not,” I chuckled. “You can wait until we get back here, right?”
Nami smiled up at me, “I don’t want to, but I will if I have to.”
I smirked at her, “When you put it that way…”
I leaned back down just as a knock came from the door and it burst open. Lillynette raced forward, throwing me out of the way and squeezing Nami in a tight hug, “Ohhh!! Why didn’t you come see me?!”
“Well I was! Until… I got a little caught up with something,” Nami giggled, hugging her back as I leapt off the bed, holding up my fist angrily.
“You have some nerve, you damn brat, I should pummel you for that!” I growled, holding myself back from hitting her.
“Calm down, Grimmjow,” Nami laughed cheerily. “You choked me when I came in here earlier. Karmas a bitch.”
“Don’t use one of your damn sayings,” I spat at her, humor glowing on her face as I did.
“It’s always useful when I use them though,” She giggled. “Maybe next time you won’t choke me.”
“You’re a damn smartass, you now that?” I grumbled.
“Rather be a smartass than a dumbass,” She pointed out before Lillynette cut in.
“We should go to the World of the Living and hang out for a while,” She suggested.
I watched Nami cock her head thoughtfully, “Well… I think that would be a great idea if it weren’t for the fact that the whole of the Soul Society is looking for both me and Orihime.”
Lillynette frowned, “We’ll figure something out later. I better get back to Starrk before he wakes up again. Bye!”
She ran out the door and shut it swiftly, letting Nami laugh a bit afterwards, “She doesn’t seem to hate anyone. I love that, it’s adorable.”
“You’re weird,” I scoffed. “I think she’s annoying.”
“You’re annoying,” She retorted, jumping up to the window when I moved forward. I was about to jump up with her when she came back down and jumped on the bed, hiding beneath the blankets.
I glanced up at the window and saw the beginning of twilight. “Don’t tell me you’re still afraid of the dark?”
“A cat bitten once by a snake dreads even rope,” She retorted, her voice muffled beneath the blankets.
I climbed under the covers next to her, hugging her to me, “When are you going to stop fearing the dark?”
“When I forget the nightmares,” She whispered, turning over and nuzzling my chest and closing her eyes.
I frowned and stroked her hair, “Nightmares?”
“Angel,” She mumbled, the simplest explanation to any question.
“Oh,” Was all I could say. After witnessing her bankai, I could imagine why she had nightmares about her zanpakuto. “We’re going to have to fix that soon.”
“Just as long as I can sleep right now,” She sighed, hinting for me to be quiet. I chuckled, closing my eyes and slowly falling asleep as I listened to her breathing.
~End~
I fucked up Grimm Kitty’s personality. He’s not so bad anymore but he will be the same Grimmjow in fights that he usually is. Nami is going to show off her resureccion and show her bankai’s full power again once she’s deafened all of them with her kido (own personal kido). I hope you enjoyed it, I’ll begin writing the next one again as soon as I’m finished with this one. I’m going home on Sunday after my dad takes me back to my mom. I REALLY miss her and I’ve never been away from her more then a week at a time. It’s been two weeks and I’m done being here in Ohio. :/ I was listening to these songs while I was writing:
Playing God - Paramore
and
Curse of Curves - CuteIs What We Aim For
~Kayler teh Sailor~
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