9. Tom Cat and Green-Eyed Monster

Orihime returned with a big fluffy peach towel and a small smile on her face, until she got a better look at Grimmjow's scowl. She offered Ulquiorra the towel, eyes resting on his now intact neck.

"You are dead. I mean, living again." She nodded slowly. A mixture of surrealism and delight at seeing him again rushed ( Read more... )

9. What the Cat didn't Drag In

Grimmjow wasn't ready for Orihime's new ideas for his bachelor pad. Instead of going straight back to her apartment, she convinced him to begin his shopping for house wares. She didn't know if it was such a good idea exposing the mall-goers at large to the former Espada, but if it meant helping Grimmjow into his new ( Read more... )

7. Freedom on Hold

Orihime found herself rid of Grimmjow earlier than five o'clock that afternoon. After stopping to buy a pair of rubber boots for his new job - a shopping venture that proved less painful than the first - and a quick late lunch, he'd left back for the Tsukiji fish market at four.

Once he was gone, she couldn't decide what to do ( Read more... )

6. Taking Lumps

Orihime awoke the next hot, sunny morning to noise of the shower running. She opened one sleepy eye to look at her bedroom door, sighing that it was still closed, and plunged her head back into the billowy pillow, pulling the sheet around her better, dreading the moment she'd have to leave her room. Her sanctuary.

But it was Day ( Read more... )

5. Nice WordSpeak

They found lunch at a kiosk selling rice balls and ordered two of each variety to eat on the way to their next destination. The stares around them had grown a little less compulsive as they made their way to the trendier part of town, the short strip mall promising more anonymity for Grimmjow's appearance that deviated from the ( Read more... )

4. The Mirror Has Two Faces

Orihime awoke the next morning to one of the worst nightmares since returning from Hueco Mundo. She sat up bleary-eyed in her bed, rubbing the tangle of bright auburn hair at one temple as she tried to sort her thoughts. The morning sun was eking across the floor as she sighed. Just a dream.

Until she looked at her closed ( Read more... )

3. Hazard Pay

After the early lunch, the day dissolved from late morning into the afternoon, spent with Grimmjow planted on the couch, watching Orihime skirt the piece of furniture as she washed the few dishes and needlessly straightened rooms. It wasn't until two hours of pretty much nothing had passed that the intricacies of everyday life with her ( Read more... )

2. Hell's Kitchen

Orihime reached into the top shelf of the overhead kitchen cupboard, acutely aware of the lurking Espada behind her as she brought out a few packages of ramen. She sorted through the different varieties and selected a few.

"What do you like to eat ... Grimmjow?" The words curdled in her mouth. "Chicken, pork, shrimp, or beef?"

"What' ( Read more... )

This is another Bleach one, this time kind of crackish, with some of our favorite enemies. First chapter of Dead Espadas is up now. Thank you to author Bankai Betty!

Briefly: Grimmjow’s fight with Ichigo left him dead. Forced into his new afterlife, he finds himself in the Living World. Soliciting help from the only source available to him now ( Read more... )

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