Chapter 12

                                    

                                          
NOTE: THE ITALIC PART IS THE POINT OF VIEW OF GIN ICHIMARU
                          
As I reach inside of Grimmjow's hollow hole, I can't bear to hear the sound of his suffering screams. I know he's in a lot of pain, and I don't like how Aizen took over him just because he doesn't work enough. His screams get worse and worse by the minute, and he starts breathing heavily. Tia is by my side, comforting him. Nothing is seeming to calm him down very much. 
                          
"Careful, Ichimaru! You're going to kill him!" Pesche exclaims. 
                          
"Shut up, Pesche! You're going to make him distracted and then he'll really kill him!" Nel says. 
                          
After the procedure, Aizen's spirit lifts out of Grimmjow's body and disappears into the air like water being evaporated. Grimmjow lays still, unconscious. I let him rest and give orders to people. 
                          
"What on Earth am I going to do?" I say to myself softly, rubbing my eyes with one hand. I decide to stay by Grimmjow, so when he wakes up, I can take him back to his home to see his daughter.
                          
Ichigo says that he said to Toshiro, "There's no way that you're going to have a chance with Kuko. Just give up. She doesn't like you, idiot." 
                          
"You damn idiot! He's really sensitive, and you can't say that to him!" I scream in his face, pushing him back. 
                          
"Wait, don't tell me you actually like that dwarf?!" He exclaims. 
                          
"No, I don't! I'm just being a nice person! I love you, Ichigo. I need to go." I look at him, and then run away. I run outside, and straight home. All I can think about is my father, and if he's dead or not. 
                          
When I get home from school a few months later, I find Renji on the porch, and I run up into his arms, upset about Grimmjow again. 
                          
"Whoa! What happened? Why are you home so early? And where's Ichigo?" He says, wrapping his arms around me. I hear footsteps on the porch, and I can feel Ichigo's hand on my back. 
                          
"Are you okay, baby?" Ichigo asks me. 
                          
"Of course not, Ichigo! I lost my father." I cry in Renji's shoulder, my voice muffled by his shirt. 
                          
"Oh, it's okay. Gin contacted me and told me that he's doing fine. He just woke up, and he's ready to come home. He'll be here soon." Renji says, kissing my head. 
                          
I look at him, excited. My tears go away, but the ones on my cheeks have dried. Suddenly Renji turns his head, and I look back in the direction he is staring. I see a blue haired man, and I know that it's my father. I run into his arms and he twirls me around, kissing my head. Renji and Ichigo come, and he puts me down and kisses Renji softly. 
                          
"How are you, Daddy? Is Aizen gone?" I ask my father. 
                          
"Yeah," he nods, "he's gone. 
                          
I am so happy to hear his voice. Something just tells me that he's the way he used to be before Aizen controlled him, and he's not gonna hurt me anymore. I look up at him and kiss his cheek. 
                          
"I missed you, Daddy." I whisper in his ear.
                          
"I missed you more than you could ever imagine, baby. I love you, my little warrior." He says, wrapping his arms around me. He kisses my head, and all my worries wash over me like getting over a sickness. 
                          
"Hey, Grimmjow. Why the hell didn't you go with the plan?" A voice says. Grimmjow and I turn, and there stands a man with pink hair and yellow eyes. He's got white-framed glasses. 
                          
"Szayel, please. I'm not gonna go with your plan and kill my daughter just because Aizen said to when he was alive. Get outta here and go back to Hueco Mundo before I kill you!" Grimmjow says, still holding my in his arms. 
                          
"Oh, please. She's just a pest making your work harder for you. Put her down and kill her, or I will. You don't need her." Szayel says, ready to pull his sword out. 
                          
"What?!" I say, a wave of worry washing over me. 
                          
Renji pulls me back and holds me in his arms tight, and I wrap my hands around his neck and my legs around his body. I must seem light to my fathers, because they pick me up all of the time. 
                          
"Listen, that's not gonna happen. I'm not working for Aizen anymore, NONE of us are. He's dead. We can move on now and go back to our families! What about your brother and sister, YylFordt and Locura? You care about them, don't you? What if someone went ahead and killed them because a dead guy said to when he was alive?" Grimmjow says.
                          
Szayel looks at him then says, "You're right, Jaegerjaquez. I won't kill her. Bye." 
                          
He walks away without another word. I still don't let go of Renji, and I don't know why. He kisses my head and we all go inside. Then, he puts me down and I go to my room with Ichigo and play Bioshock while my dads go in their room. 
                          
"So, how's having your dad back?" Ichigo asks. 
                          
"Obviously it's amazing." I reply. "I can't stop smiling whenever I think about him."
                          
"I'm glad he didn't die. Otherwise you would've killed yourself or something." Ichigo laughs. 
                          
I chuckle, thinking about what he said. What if Grimmjow did actually die and this was all just a dream? 
                          
"Ichigo, I'm going to go ask my dad a question. Do you want anything while I'm out there?" I say, standing up and walking towards the door. 
                          
He doesn't look at me and focuses on his game. "Yeah, sure. Chips and soda, please and thank you." 
                          
I nod and go to my dad's room. "Daddy, can you remember anything before Aizen had controlled you?" I ask Grimmjow.
                          
He thinks for a second. Then says, "No...I can't. I only remember being taken away from you to get Aizen out of me." 
                          
"Oh. Well, I'm glad you're here, Daddy! You wouldn't believe how much I've missed you!" I smile, throwing myself into his arms. 
                          
I knew then that this wasn't a dream. He was really alive.