Bullets and Blades

 

Grimmjow was waiting down the block in his car with Naka. Ichigo was making sure to give them as much time as possible together before they inevitably had to seperate. Grimmjow just wasn't himself anymore, or maybe he was more himself than he'd ever been. Only Sexta was left. Ichigo walked down the street to their HQ, an abandoned building that they had fixed up to suit them. Shinji and Kensei were on him before he even got through the doors.

"I can't believe that fuck face killed Kaien and Rukia! You wouldn't even believe the look in Kuchiki's eyes when he found out." Shinji hissed. "I'm ready for a good killing, Ichi."

Kensei wrapped a muscular arm around Ichigo's shoulders as they walked. He wasn't normally the touchy-feely type, but he'd always had a thing for Ichigo and everyone knew it.

"Where the fuck were you?" His deep voiced rumbled in question. "We looked everywhere, asked everyone, but no one had a fucking clue. Shiro's in the hospital underground, fucking Kuchiki is lookin' at us like we're his next target, and you and the boy have fucking disappeared."

Ichigo slid out from under his arm and rubbed his temples with his finger tips. He had too much to worry about than wasting time trying to explain everything. Too much shit to do. He sat down on a red couch and laid his head back with a sigh.

"Shin, you're going to get a good killing, but it won't be Grimmjow. Kensei, I was with Grimm and so was Naka, I plan to go see Shiro but not anytime soon and it's good that Byakuya has broken off ties with us, that way it won't feel like betrayel when we bring war to the Reapers."

"What?"

Kensei's voice was without emotion at all, not even a bit of the surprise that Shinji was expressing with his shocked gasp. He knew it sounded rediculous. Grimmjow kills his brother, lays out his twin, and kills the only woman he'd ever really been close with and instead of killing him with his bare hands, he's helping him get his revenge for the deaths of Stark and Nelliel. It wasn't something anyone else would understand if they weren't there, if they didn't know Grimmjow as well as he did. He could gurantee that Shiro wouldn't even be all that angry when he was well again. He'd be sad and pissed at what Abirama had done, how he'd put him in that sort of position, but he wouldn't have hard feelings towards Grimmjow. It was the sort of life they led, you had to expect that sort of shit to happen at least once in your lifetime. You couldn't control a gang, run the streets, kill people, and still have the same sorts of morals that he average civilian had in their day to day lives. People you love dying was a given. You just had to avoid the kind of situations where it could happen to you as much as possible. Abirama had put everyone in that room in danger because of what he'd done. If he had just ran or even told him over the phone, no one would have gotten shot, but even knowing what he knew the bastard had come back from the store and walked into Ichigo's home where his son lived. Abirama had been ready to die, had accepted it, and apparently hadn't cared who got taken down along with him. Or maybe he'd thought that once Shiro knew what he'd done, he wouldn't try to protect him, maybe he just hadn't known how much Shiro truly loved him. Ichigo stared into Kensei's eyes with that knowledge in his.

"It's not your place to question me. We're bringing war to the Reapers and to the Aizen. Grimm talks like not all of the Espada are with Aizen as deeply as some of the others. Once they find out the best of them is dead because Aizen told the Reapers where to find him, they're going to want revenge too. He told me he's going to make contact with Nnoitra and Hallibel. We'll see what they have to say and base our next major move from there. As of now, to both gangs, we're still considered neutral and I want to stay that way until the very moment we're ready to attack. So when you go out on the street, you don't give anyone any reason to think you're taking sides. Curse Grimmjow's name all you want and curse the Reapers too for taking out Stark. This has to be done and it has to be done right, no mistakes. If any of you fuck this up, I'll kill you myself."

"Yes, Sensei." The words rang out and echoed throughout the building from his crew. Ichigo rarely bucked up and gave orders that allowed no questions or disobeying, but when he did, everyone knew to do as told without failure and show no familiarity because when Ichigo got like that it was because he had to concentrate and focus. He couldn't do that if he had to answer everyones questions and constenly give orders over and over again. Everyone watched as Ichigo pulled out his cell phone and sent a txt message. Shit was getting real. They hadn't had a war ever since they'd fought for independence at the begining of things, when Ichigo had still been a member of the Reapers.

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Sexta held his son in his lap and half listened as he babbled about things he liked and didn't like. The information would always be in the back of his mind, but at the moment he wasn't listening. He was paying much more attention to what was inside of himself. He wasn't known for his moments of contemplation, but right now he was letting go of a part of himself that more than likely he'd never see again. He kissed the top of his baby's head just as his phone vibrated in the passenger seat. It was Ichigo.

'come inside. things are handled.'

Sexta smiled, blood and death glinting in his cerulean eyes. He was finally on his way to his revenge. He could finally let loose, be the animal he was meant to be. Everyone would be reminded why even though he wasn't top of the food chain, even Stark had feared his rage.

"Da da?"

"Yeah?" Grimmjow asked.

"Are you going to die?"

The atmosphere in the car got dark enough that Mayonaka shook a little.

"No, I'm finally going to be alive." Sexta grinned as he answered the boy's question.

A/N: So, I'm getting back into things. I'm sorry it's so short but I want to get to Bones of the Dead today and maybe Siren. Hopefully there's some tension in this chapter, I'm not sure.