Tangled Bindings - Chapter 1 (ApaGrimm + others, multichapter Bleach Fic)
Title: Tangled Bindings
Fandom: Bleach
Pairing/Characters: Apache x Grimmjow (main), Ulquiorra x Orihime, Sun Sun + Mira Rose + Apache (with hints at Mira Rose x Apache in the past) Szayel (with some Szayel x Apache) and Halibel will play a part in future chapters.
Rating: R
Notes: This is my first multichapter fic in forever. It's a romance/drama with a few twists and turns I hope people will find enjoyable. In this story, Apache and Grimmjow are already together. If you're looking for an "explanation" story, check out What the Desert Knows and Breaking This Fixation. Being that I'm working with characters I've never touched before, and pairings/aspects of pairings I've had yet to play with, comments and critiques would be very much appreciated (so long as they are constructive and polite. Flames will be deleted.) The story is completely written, but I am still revising later chapters, so feedback will be taken into consideration.
Very Special Thanks: To my beta,kasenshiki , for being awesome and helping me out with this one!
Tangled Blindings
Chapter 1
It all started with the human girl. Apache didn't particularly LIKE the human girl, but she found her intriguing. She was very pretty, and yet at the same time so sad. Apache supposed if she had been dragged from her home against her will, she wouldn't be happy either. However, if someone were to kidnap Apache, there would be hell to pay. She couldn't understand how this girl could just allow herself to be held captive, with little to no battle.
She was a human, though. That would explain a lot.
Apache perched up in a low branch of the dead tree of the ‘garden'. It wasn't a true garden in the human sense. Tall, dead grass and white, ghostly trees were the only things here, arranged in something like a courtyard. The trees were perfect for hiding in when she didn't want to be found. They also gave her quite a view of everything else going on around her.
"....Are you going to continue like this all day? Looking so sad, hm?" a low voice said from the opposite end of the garden. Apache perked up. It was the Quatros. She looked at him curiously, his green eyes falling on the human girl. Apache had never seen him in this kind of setting before...without the other espada around him. He seemed smaller, less frightening...and more tender.
"...I really just want to be alone right now..." The girl had said softly over at him. But Ulquiorra continued to advance. His arms draped over her shoulders from behind, and despite the upset look on her face, she lifted her hands to rest on his arms.
"If you keep doing this to yourself, you're going to become like me. You don't want that, do you?" He cracked an almost smile down at her...a smile on his face seemed so strange. And then from his pocket, he drew something red from his pocket. It was a flower from the human world. Apache had only seen one in her life. She didn't know exactly what it was called...Mira Rose and Sun Sun had liked them more than she had. She just liked the prickly thorns. But Orihime's eyes lit up, and she took the flower from him, a smile now on her face. The smile looked so much natural on her own lips as oppose to Ulquiorra's. And then she drew up and kissed him on the cheek. Ulquiorra's hand reached up, touching her face lightly. His green eyes met her own.
"This should be good..." muttered Apache, curious to see the espada get rejected by the human girl. Much to her surprise....it didn't happen. The girls cheeks turned red, but she didn't pull away. She looked back down to the flower, and then back up at the Espada. It was obvious that she wasn't completely sure what to make of him, but didn't mind his attentions. In fact...she rather liked them.
As suddenly as it had begun, Apache felt lips on the back of her neck, two arms pulling her nearly suffocatingly close against a nearly bare chest.
"Been lookin' for ya..." Grimmjow said softly. "...I feel like a fuck." She turned around, staring into ice blue eyes. She glanced back at Ulquiorra, who seemed to have noticed the rustle in the tree.
"Can we save it for later? Not like I'm trying to refuse, but I was busy...."
"Too busy for me, bitch?" He smirked and pulled her into a tight hold. "...I was in the human world, and I grabbed something for you."
"The hell?! You grabbed something for... me?"
"Well, what can I say. You are a good fuck." He smirked as he dipped into his pocket, and pulled out something small, ugly, and furry.
"...You got me a rat?"
"....It's a fucking cat, okay?!" Grimmjow growled, holding up the scrawny thing by the scuff of its neck. It was gray, had a large scar across its face, and hissed and spit at him. "...It was half dead anyway. And I'm partial to cats, but I don't need a friggen pet, so I figured I might as well give it to you rather than leave it."
"What am I supposed to do with a cat?" She realized right after she said it that it was the wrong thing to say. Grimmjow looked furious as he threw the kitten right at her.
"How the fuck am I supposed to know?! Do whatever you want with it, keep it, kill it, eat it, I don't give a fuck." He leapt down from the tree, hands shoved into his pockets. Ulquiorra was staring by now, and Apache could have hit something. She jumped from the tree.
"Oi, Sexta-sama." They were way past formalities but she used it now, anyway.. "Thanks, okay?"
"Whatever." Muttered Grimmjow as he peered over his shoulder. "You'll pay for it later." With a flick of his hand good bye, he stormed past Ulquiorra and Orihime, stopping once only to shout, "The fuck YOU looking at?" Apache just stood and shook her head. Then she turned awkwardly to look at the couple they had so suddenly interrupted.
"Oooooh, he got you a kitten!" Orihime exclaimed, not particularly caring or noticing the awkwardness. "...It's so cute....here kitty!" The little demon in Apache's hands started hissing again."Eheheh...a little vicious isn't he?" Ulquiorra sighed, looking to Apache and shaking his head.
"...You're...Halibel's Apache, right?" She nodded her head in response, having never been addressed by the Quatros before. "...I don't know what interest Grimmjow has in you, or you have in him...but...." He glanced to the cat. "...He gave that to you because he's too lazy to give a crap himself, but that ball of fur is actually a lot like him..." Apache looked down at the squirming beast in her hands. "It may sound strange, but I know him. He's pretty damn selfish most of the time, so he wouldn't just give you something without it having to do with him. And at least he didn't bring you the still beating heart of a rogue Shinigami, because I have known him to do that." In the mean time, Orihime was reaching out to touch the cat. Instead, she got nipped in the finger.
"I think he's hungry!" She said with a grin."I'll go get him some food..." She darted back in the direction of her quarters, leaving Apache and the Quatros there, alone with the yowling, twisting creature, which Apache was holding at arms length by the scruff of its neck.
"...So, you are allowed to let her run off like that?" she asked curiously.
"..I know she'll be back." He said simply. Her violet eyes met his green ones. "In the same way that Grimmjow knows you'll be back."
"What are you saying? You know Halibel-sama would -" He shook his head as she spoke.
"...I know nothing, just as you know nothing of...the human and I. Ignorance is truly bliss." Apache nodded her head.
"...Watch yourself with him. He will be the death of you if you don't watch out."
"...With all due respect, Quatros-sama...I could say the same for you.
~ * ~
"Why the fuck does my favorite pillow have claw marks in it?" A very irritated Mira Rose picked up the pillow and threw it in the middle of the floor. "Sun Sun, what did we say about bizarre pets in the bed room?"
"Mi-chan, you know I wouldn't. Narggles was the last one, and when he started to devour his own tail I knew it was pretty much hopeless." The sweet looking arrancar girl was stretched out on her bed, seeming to be stringing together some beads and rather sinister looking teeth.
"It's not Sun Sun's this time. It's mine." Apache was lying boredly on her bed, her hand taunting the gray kitten on her chest. He seemed to really like chewing on it, as was evident by the holes in her gloves.
"What?! Apache, I didn't think you'd stoop so low!" The rather sexy young arrancar swept up to her, and stared down at the cat. It hissed at her.
"...Where did you get that?" She narrowed her eyes.
"Found it." Apache replied boredly, letting the cat gnaw on her finger.
"...No, you don't just find these things in Hueco Mundo. They're living...although I'd say this one is living just barely by the looks of the little beast. It had to come from the human world."
"So what if it did?" She narrowed her eyes and looked up to Mira Rose, as if challenging her. "What the hell do you care?! It's just a stupid cat, it's not as bad as Narggles."
"I don't care, stupid! I just want to know how you got it...or...who gave it to you..."
"Was it Grimmjow-san?" Sun Sun chimed in. Both Apache and Mira Rose stopped and stared at her.
"...Now...What would give you that crazy idea?" Apache said. She was glancing to the side, hoping she didn't seem too flushed.
"Ha! Sun Sun, don't flatter her! Let's face it, if I couldn't sleep with him, neither of you stand a chance.." Apache's teeth were grinding so hard that the cat seemed to notice, and take it as an excuse to grind its own. "...He's out of my league. He'd only fuck the sexy, and powerful. And that means no one in this room is getting a taste of him. Least of all a pussy licker like you who wishes she had been born with a cock."
"...You know, leave my tongue out of this, Mira Rose. Last I checked, you liked my tongue." She gave her an evil grin, licking her lips as she spoke.
"....You're good, Apache. But your skills with women in bed don't hold a candle to what a hot thick cock can feel inside." She leaned over provocatively, letting her breasts dangle in front of the tomboy. "I may fuck you when I'm bored. And I'm sure you can attract your own...meager collection of boys and girls to sleep with. But you'll never be able to get the big fish. You'll always be like the rest of us...Halibel's girls."
"Why do you care so much about who sleeps with who?" Sun Sun asked curiously. "It's not exactly a big deal or anything."
"Sun Sun, you don't get it." Mira Rose said, bringing a hand to her forehead. "Goddamn it, why do I live with the two of you again?"
"....Because you're not powerful or sexy enough for anyone else." Apache finished in an annoyed tone. She held the equally annoyed looking kitten above her head, before setting it down on the floor.
"...You just wish Grimmjow would-"
"SHUT IT, MIRA ROSE. SHUT IT RIGHT NOW." Apache snapped at her. "....And while you're at it, leave my kitten alone." She glanced at the ball of fur on the ground, before making her way towards the door, thoroughly pissed. She wanted to find Grimmjow, maybe try to make up for her harsh words from earlier. Maybe fuck out some of this tension. But that wouldn't really solve the problem, now would it?
She was so angry, and not paying attention to where she was going, that she bumped head first into a figure. The force sent her straight to the ground on her behind.
"Hmm...interesting." Said a voice, as he stared down at the girl.
"...Octava-sama..."
Fandom: Bleach
Pairing/Characters: Apache x Grimmjow (main), Ulquiorra x Orihime, Sun Sun + Mira Rose + Apache (with hints at Mira Rose x Apache in the past) Szayel (with some Szayel x Apache) and Halibel will play a part in future chapters.
Rating: R
Notes: This is my first multichapter fic in forever. It's a romance/drama with a few twists and turns I hope people will find enjoyable. In this story, Apache and Grimmjow are already together. If you're looking for an "explanation" story, check out What the Desert Knows and Breaking This Fixation. Being that I'm working with characters I've never touched before, and pairings/aspects of pairings I've had yet to play with, comments and critiques would be very much appreciated (so long as they are constructive and polite. Flames will be deleted.) The story is completely written, but I am still revising later chapters, so feedback will be taken into consideration.
Very Special Thanks: To my beta,kasenshiki , for being awesome and helping me out with this one!
Tangled Blindings
Chapter 1
It all started with the human girl. Apache didn't particularly LIKE the human girl, but she found her intriguing. She was very pretty, and yet at the same time so sad. Apache supposed if she had been dragged from her home against her will, she wouldn't be happy either. However, if someone were to kidnap Apache, there would be hell to pay. She couldn't understand how this girl could just allow herself to be held captive, with little to no battle.
She was a human, though. That would explain a lot.
Apache perched up in a low branch of the dead tree of the ‘garden'. It wasn't a true garden in the human sense. Tall, dead grass and white, ghostly trees were the only things here, arranged in something like a courtyard. The trees were perfect for hiding in when she didn't want to be found. They also gave her quite a view of everything else going on around her.
"....Are you going to continue like this all day? Looking so sad, hm?" a low voice said from the opposite end of the garden. Apache perked up. It was the Quatros. She looked at him curiously, his green eyes falling on the human girl. Apache had never seen him in this kind of setting before...without the other espada around him. He seemed smaller, less frightening...and more tender.
"...I really just want to be alone right now..." The girl had said softly over at him. But Ulquiorra continued to advance. His arms draped over her shoulders from behind, and despite the upset look on her face, she lifted her hands to rest on his arms.
"If you keep doing this to yourself, you're going to become like me. You don't want that, do you?" He cracked an almost smile down at her...a smile on his face seemed so strange. And then from his pocket, he drew something red from his pocket. It was a flower from the human world. Apache had only seen one in her life. She didn't know exactly what it was called...Mira Rose and Sun Sun had liked them more than she had. She just liked the prickly thorns. But Orihime's eyes lit up, and she took the flower from him, a smile now on her face. The smile looked so much natural on her own lips as oppose to Ulquiorra's. And then she drew up and kissed him on the cheek. Ulquiorra's hand reached up, touching her face lightly. His green eyes met her own.
"This should be good..." muttered Apache, curious to see the espada get rejected by the human girl. Much to her surprise....it didn't happen. The girls cheeks turned red, but she didn't pull away. She looked back down to the flower, and then back up at the Espada. It was obvious that she wasn't completely sure what to make of him, but didn't mind his attentions. In fact...she rather liked them.
As suddenly as it had begun, Apache felt lips on the back of her neck, two arms pulling her nearly suffocatingly close against a nearly bare chest.
"Been lookin' for ya..." Grimmjow said softly. "...I feel like a fuck." She turned around, staring into ice blue eyes. She glanced back at Ulquiorra, who seemed to have noticed the rustle in the tree.
"Can we save it for later? Not like I'm trying to refuse, but I was busy...."
"Too busy for me, bitch?" He smirked and pulled her into a tight hold. "...I was in the human world, and I grabbed something for you."
"The hell?! You grabbed something for... me?"
"Well, what can I say. You are a good fuck." He smirked as he dipped into his pocket, and pulled out something small, ugly, and furry.
"...You got me a rat?"
"....It's a fucking cat, okay?!" Grimmjow growled, holding up the scrawny thing by the scuff of its neck. It was gray, had a large scar across its face, and hissed and spit at him. "...It was half dead anyway. And I'm partial to cats, but I don't need a friggen pet, so I figured I might as well give it to you rather than leave it."
"What am I supposed to do with a cat?" She realized right after she said it that it was the wrong thing to say. Grimmjow looked furious as he threw the kitten right at her.
"How the fuck am I supposed to know?! Do whatever you want with it, keep it, kill it, eat it, I don't give a fuck." He leapt down from the tree, hands shoved into his pockets. Ulquiorra was staring by now, and Apache could have hit something. She jumped from the tree.
"Oi, Sexta-sama." They were way past formalities but she used it now, anyway.. "Thanks, okay?"
"Whatever." Muttered Grimmjow as he peered over his shoulder. "You'll pay for it later." With a flick of his hand good bye, he stormed past Ulquiorra and Orihime, stopping once only to shout, "The fuck YOU looking at?" Apache just stood and shook her head. Then she turned awkwardly to look at the couple they had so suddenly interrupted.
"Oooooh, he got you a kitten!" Orihime exclaimed, not particularly caring or noticing the awkwardness. "...It's so cute....here kitty!" The little demon in Apache's hands started hissing again."Eheheh...a little vicious isn't he?" Ulquiorra sighed, looking to Apache and shaking his head.
"...You're...Halibel's Apache, right?" She nodded her head in response, having never been addressed by the Quatros before. "...I don't know what interest Grimmjow has in you, or you have in him...but...." He glanced to the cat. "...He gave that to you because he's too lazy to give a crap himself, but that ball of fur is actually a lot like him..." Apache looked down at the squirming beast in her hands. "It may sound strange, but I know him. He's pretty damn selfish most of the time, so he wouldn't just give you something without it having to do with him. And at least he didn't bring you the still beating heart of a rogue Shinigami, because I have known him to do that." In the mean time, Orihime was reaching out to touch the cat. Instead, she got nipped in the finger.
"I think he's hungry!" She said with a grin."I'll go get him some food..." She darted back in the direction of her quarters, leaving Apache and the Quatros there, alone with the yowling, twisting creature, which Apache was holding at arms length by the scruff of its neck.
"...So, you are allowed to let her run off like that?" she asked curiously.
"..I know she'll be back." He said simply. Her violet eyes met his green ones. "In the same way that Grimmjow knows you'll be back."
"What are you saying? You know Halibel-sama would -" He shook his head as she spoke.
"...I know nothing, just as you know nothing of...the human and I. Ignorance is truly bliss." Apache nodded her head.
"...Watch yourself with him. He will be the death of you if you don't watch out."
"...With all due respect, Quatros-sama...I could say the same for you.
~ * ~
"Why the fuck does my favorite pillow have claw marks in it?" A very irritated Mira Rose picked up the pillow and threw it in the middle of the floor. "Sun Sun, what did we say about bizarre pets in the bed room?"
"Mi-chan, you know I wouldn't. Narggles was the last one, and when he started to devour his own tail I knew it was pretty much hopeless." The sweet looking arrancar girl was stretched out on her bed, seeming to be stringing together some beads and rather sinister looking teeth.
"It's not Sun Sun's this time. It's mine." Apache was lying boredly on her bed, her hand taunting the gray kitten on her chest. He seemed to really like chewing on it, as was evident by the holes in her gloves.
"What?! Apache, I didn't think you'd stoop so low!" The rather sexy young arrancar swept up to her, and stared down at the cat. It hissed at her.
"...Where did you get that?" She narrowed her eyes.
"Found it." Apache replied boredly, letting the cat gnaw on her finger.
"...No, you don't just find these things in Hueco Mundo. They're living...although I'd say this one is living just barely by the looks of the little beast. It had to come from the human world."
"So what if it did?" She narrowed her eyes and looked up to Mira Rose, as if challenging her. "What the hell do you care?! It's just a stupid cat, it's not as bad as Narggles."
"I don't care, stupid! I just want to know how you got it...or...who gave it to you..."
"Was it Grimmjow-san?" Sun Sun chimed in. Both Apache and Mira Rose stopped and stared at her.
"...Now...What would give you that crazy idea?" Apache said. She was glancing to the side, hoping she didn't seem too flushed.
"Ha! Sun Sun, don't flatter her! Let's face it, if I couldn't sleep with him, neither of you stand a chance.." Apache's teeth were grinding so hard that the cat seemed to notice, and take it as an excuse to grind its own. "...He's out of my league. He'd only fuck the sexy, and powerful. And that means no one in this room is getting a taste of him. Least of all a pussy licker like you who wishes she had been born with a cock."
"...You know, leave my tongue out of this, Mira Rose. Last I checked, you liked my tongue." She gave her an evil grin, licking her lips as she spoke.
"....You're good, Apache. But your skills with women in bed don't hold a candle to what a hot thick cock can feel inside." She leaned over provocatively, letting her breasts dangle in front of the tomboy. "I may fuck you when I'm bored. And I'm sure you can attract your own...meager collection of boys and girls to sleep with. But you'll never be able to get the big fish. You'll always be like the rest of us...Halibel's girls."
"Why do you care so much about who sleeps with who?" Sun Sun asked curiously. "It's not exactly a big deal or anything."
"Sun Sun, you don't get it." Mira Rose said, bringing a hand to her forehead. "Goddamn it, why do I live with the two of you again?"
"....Because you're not powerful or sexy enough for anyone else." Apache finished in an annoyed tone. She held the equally annoyed looking kitten above her head, before setting it down on the floor.
"...You just wish Grimmjow would-"
"SHUT IT, MIRA ROSE. SHUT IT RIGHT NOW." Apache snapped at her. "....And while you're at it, leave my kitten alone." She glanced at the ball of fur on the ground, before making her way towards the door, thoroughly pissed. She wanted to find Grimmjow, maybe try to make up for her harsh words from earlier. Maybe fuck out some of this tension. But that wouldn't really solve the problem, now would it?
She was so angry, and not paying attention to where she was going, that she bumped head first into a figure. The force sent her straight to the ground on her behind.
"Hmm...interesting." Said a voice, as he stared down at the girl.
"...Octava-sama..."