Fragments of the Past Ch.1

The previous story to this fanfic is, A Heart for the Hole The link can be found in the artist description.

For many of you Bleach diehard fans like me, you are already well aware of when a big series like Bleach comes out....so do the movies! So I'd like to welcome you to my very first Bleach Movie Fanfiction SPECTACULAIRE! However, this fic takes place after the war with Aizen, after the events of my GrimmKein fic "A Heart for the Hole" and just before the Fullbring Arc so that's why the movie fic acknowledges Grimmjow and Kein as mates.   

For those who are new to my Bleach fanfiction series, start reading from the beginning of the series or this fanfiction movie will not make much sense to you (for a few reasons, but not a lot).


Story Summary No matter how young or how old we become, the past has a way of catching up to us when we least expect it and sometimes when we are most vulnerable. Grimmjow Jaegerjaquez and Kein Marasuna leave Hueco Mundo to pay a long deserved visit to Ichigo Kurosaki and the others. However, Ishida and Chad are away training so the group hooks up with Orihime to spend a day together in the summer fun filled shops and hang out locations. However, within this seemingly relaxed reunion lurks strange stirrings and echoes that only Kein can see, but by the time the enemy reveals himself, its too late as Kein is captured. Grimmjow, Ichigo, and Orihime must face their worst fears and battle nightmarish memories to find their friend in time. Can they save Kein before she succumbs to insanity?


Just Your Imagination


After the defeat of Aizen, Hueco Mundo was left with an empty stillness as it was before, the crescent moon shining down upon the glistening never ending sand below its light. Within this stillness knelt a single being that had arisen from the ashes of the Hollow foregrounds. Beside this being laid its sword as he picked it up and clutched it in his hand, its red colored sheath gleaming under the moonlight like a sickening clichéd metaphor of the blood he had shed in his living time.  

"100 years I have waited and now? I will make sure your life is snuffed out permanently......Kein Marasuna," the newly born Arrancar chanted the Shinigami's name as his cackling psychotic laugh echoed throughout Hueco Mundo.

A new peace gently touched upon Karakura in the form of the summer's shine as the sun beat down in its hot and yet welcoming warmth. The town was bustling with its local youngsters and teenagers raving over the happiness of their long awaited vacation from school. And of course with endings come new beginnings as Ichigo was presented a visit from Kein and Grimmjow who had been in Hueco Mundo for quite a while and decided to come into the world of the living to say hello to familiar faces, well at least for Kein. Grimmjow of course wasn't exactly in the least bit interested, but it was refreshing to get away from the never-ending sand pit and monotone colors of the Hollow grounds. From hours upon days of training they were due for a small break as Kein insisted. After arriving and meeting up with old friends; Kein, Grimmjow, Ichigo, and Orihime planned a full day of summer fun.

After Kein and Grimmjow received their gigais, long before they came in contact with Ichigo, they headed on over to Orihime's place where Ichigo was waiting for them as the girls were getting ready in the bathroom while the blue haired devil and the orange haired strawberry were getting some cold drinks in the kitchen. The much younger Shinigami was bent over as he was digging around in the fridge while asking, "So what do you want to drink? Can you even digest anything with that hole in your stomach?"

Ichigo jested as he lifted up his head and banged it rather hard into the compartment door of the upper part of the freezer that Grimmjow had conveniently left open and in the way as he looked around for the ice cubes, standing much taller than Ichigo.

"Ow! What the hell Grimmjow? You knew I was going to lift my head!" The boy barked as he rubbed his noggin and brought out a couple of sodas in hand. Grimmjow just merely grinned and chuckled as he replied in banter, "Excuse me princess but I was getting the ice like you bitched at me to get."

"Kh, would you shut up already? You've been calling me princess ever since you got here. I have a name damn it!"

"Stop your whining, Ichibutt!"

"I'll Bankai that jawbone right off your face!"

"What?! You can't even see the damn thing! I'm in a gigai you stupid ShiniGUMMY!"

As the two irritatingly bantered at each other, nearly making the soda cans pop in their hand, they were interrupted by a wispy sweet voice as Orihime poked her head out to see what the ruckus was, "Hey, is everything okay in there?"

Stopping themselves from throwing a punch at each other they slowly turned their head towards the bathroom as they saw Orihime giving them quite an awkward gaze. Calmly putting the soda cans down upon the counter Ichigo replied, "Yeah we're good. You two almost done in there?"

"Yep! We're almost done Ichigo!"

Having finished putting on her makeup, Orihime ventured into her room for a moment to put on some earrings, leaving Kein to herself in the bathroom as she too for a first time was dressing up in girly garb. She wanted to show Grimmjow for a first time of her girly side. Thanks to Orihime being nearly the same size as her, she was able to borrow a pretty turquoise sparkly top with close fitting black pants that nearly hugged around the waste, but not being a fan of high heels she instead wore some black sandals. And of course around her neck was the cherished golden 6 charmed necklace she first had purchased just before the Arrancar's first arrival into the living world. She was always fond of displaying her loyalty to Grimmjow in the form of paraphernalia, something of which the Sexta found intriguing, but also ego boosting. It took a long time before he felt she was worthy of even carrying the number around her neck again, but sure enough he gave it back to her. As a finishing touch to beat the heat, Kein put her hair up in a pony tail.

Picking up the brush from the sink she began to detangle some last remaining strands that had got caught in the band she had put her hair up in as her eyes were focused on the mirror in front of her. However, the brush slipped from her hand as she bent over to pick it up, but as she stood back upright she saw a reflection of a red haired man staring at her in the mirror as she yelled out, feeling like her heart was going to jump out of her chest from the surprise, "SHIT!" But the strange reflection was only there for a second and then gone another as she stared blankly into the mirror.

Orihime came into the bathroom quickly asking in concern, "Are you okay?"

Kein hesitated for a moment before she answered in a calmer tone, "Uh...yeah just...I uh...yanked out a hair. You know how that goes. These strands of hair hit a nerve and you don't notice it until it gets yanked."

Orihime chuckled nervously, finding Kein's answer a bit odd, "Oh...yeah of course! But wow Kein! You look so pretty! I've never seen you dress like that before."

Kein blushed as she was going to reply, but was interrupted by a more brash voice, "What the hell is that?"

She quickly turned to find Grimmjow standing a few feet behind her with a rather odd half ass smirk and a cocked eyebrow. "Since when did you become a girl?" He jested.

"Oh shut up. I just wanted to...try something new," she answered as she kept darting her eyes around, blushing even more as she felt Grimmjow's gaze upon her. She wasn't exactly used to seeing him in a white sleeveless tee as it clung to his nicely formed physique with a beautiful design of a panther plastered onto the front of the tee. And under this thin white tee were black jeans with a silver chain and black sandals as well. Although she preferred to see his exterior jawbone Hollow mask, it was also nice to see his face untouched as well as his stomach thanks to the gigai he was in, but nonetheless Kein loved him either way.

"You two finally ready to go or what? I'm getting bored with princess over here," as Ichigo suddenly yelled from the kitchen, "What the hell did you say?!"

The three began to chuckle as Grimmjow and Orihime started to walk towards the kitchen, but the Arrancar couldn't help but notice Kein starring into the bathroom mirror from a distance with a strange look on her face.

"Hey...I didn't come all the way here just to watch you stare at yourself in the mirror."

Distracted by Grimmjow's abrupt tone, "Hm? Oh...sorry. Just not used to seeing myself like this. Let's go." She gently placed her hands upon one of the Arrancar's arm as the group finally headed out the door into the summer's heat.

The first thing they hit up was a part of town where the arcade was as Kein and Orihime's eyes lit up from spotting out a brand new DDR machine. They turned to each other in an almost girly type of squeal as they yelled out in unison, "DANCE DANCE REVOLUTION! WOO HOO!"

Without hesitation they quickly went over to the coin exchanger to get some tokens as they then bolted over to the machine and started playing a duo turn on hard mode.

"Oh my god I haven't played this in forever!" Kein quickly commented as Ichigo and Grimmjow waltzed over while they watched the girls play. Ichigo smiled warmly watching the two girls together since it had been a while since he saw either of them hang out or smile so peacefully during simple game play, but Grimmjow just stared blankly at the strange game as he commented, "What's the point of this game? The guy who titled this thing is an idiot. It doesn't even look like dancing."

Ichigo sighed as he explained, "It's just a name. Of course it isn't actual dancing. The objective of the game is to step on the arrow pad that matches the arrow on the screen once it hits the top. It's just a test of hand-eye coordination."

"Well obviously princess."

"Damn it would you stop CALLING ME THAT! YOU STUPID CAT!"

"I'm sorry, did you say something relevant, Ichicrap?"

"Pfft, well if the game objectives are so obvious, why don't you play one then?"

Grimmjow quickly looked around as he spotted out a gaming table that caught his interest, pointing over at it as Ichigo looked at it blankly and asked, "Wait, you want to play Air Hockey? Have you even played it before?"

Cocking an eyebrow the Arrancar turned his head and replied snidely, "Of course I haven't you dumbass."

Just about ready to lash back out at Grimmjow, Ichigo bit his tongue as he walked alongside the blue haired devil, approaching the table to watch a couple of guys play. Grimmjow only needed a moment to watch the two play before he quickly understood what to do. When the guys finished Grimmjow stated to Ichigo, "You, me, now, one on one, Shinigami."

"What?"

"Huh? Didn't you hear me? Don't make me repeat myself princess."

"Damn it Grimmjow if you call me that ONE MORE TIME I SWEAR I'll blast you back into Hueco Mundo!"

"First one to get three points wins. If you win then I'll stop calling you princess," he smirked in satisfaction as he got on one end of the table as the light from the board lit up his electric blue eyes in the darkness of the arcade.

"And if I lose?" Ichigo was hesitant to ask as the game started up after Ichigo stuck in some tokens into the coin slots, the air gently whistling onto the board as the puck began to slide around.

"You'll just have to wait and see," Grimmjow replied nonchalantly as he quickly took the white scoring handle and quickly thrust the black puck into Ichigo's goal side as the first point struck.

"Hey! I didn't have the handle in my hand yet!"

Smirking like an asshole, "Arrancar one, Shinigummy zero."

"Oh, you want to play it that way huh?! Fine!"

Gripping onto his white scoring handle on his side of the table, Ichigo grabbed the black puck from the side slot as he placed it upon the table top. Smirking a little, he hit the puck with a rather hard thrust as within split seconds it angled into the sides of the table and rapidly zig zaged towards Grimmjow who easily deflected it as it came just as rapidly back towards Ichigo's side, but with a twist of his scoring handle he deflected it a second time as the hit was so hard it bounced off the table, ricocheted off a nearby machine and bounced right back on the table and straight into Grimmjow's goal slot. Ichigo smirked as he then bantered, "What was that earlier you gloated about getting only one point?"

Grimmjow could only grin bigger, "Oh you're gonna regret that!"

"You better watch it or I'll score a point through that stomach hole of yours, BUTTJOW!"

"BRING IT ON CARROT TOP!"

The two were making such a crazy ruckus that nearby game players were slowly scooting away from the area, afraid that they would get knocked out cold by a stray flying puck. It wasn't long before Orihime and Kein had ventured over to the table to watch them.

"Oh you have got to be kidding me..."

"...that looks really dangerous. They could hit someone playing like that..."

"...those two better keep it cool or I'm going to bitch slap them into Soul Society."

The game quickly became a heated challenge since both already had one point going for them as they began to eagerly smash thrust the puck around on the small table top, putting small dents and nicks into it as it slid around like a bullet being fired from a gun. Being a strategic fighter that he was, Grimmjow bluffed hitting the puck as it made Ichigo flinch from expecting it to come back as Grimmjow used that momentary second to finally and actually hit the puck as it flew straight into Ichigo's goal, leaving a big ass grin on the Arrancar's face. Kein covered her mouth as a muffled snort could he heard followed by chuckling. Ichigo gave her a glare as he playfully warned, "Don't you even start laughing."

And then she busted out a few times in mid laughter, "But you two are being so serious over air hockey! This is so damn funny!"

"Don't make me come over there," Grimmjow warned, licking his lips a little as Kein quieted down and blushed. The score was now two to one as they began to battle it out for the next point making the puck slide back and forth so fast it was leaving small tread marks in the table, but Ichigo eventually got a second score point as it was now at a tie with two to two, leaving only but one point left for either one to win to make it a deal breaker.

"Alright Shinigummy this is the last point! Are you READY?!"

"Bring it on Arrancar!"

The second Grimmjow placed the puck upon the table is the same second he hit the puck with his scoring handle as it zig zagged again, rapidly bouncing back and forth between Ichigo's side and his own side as Grimmjow continued to bat it around for the final point. All the while however Kein was sneaking up behind Grimmjow, waiting for the right moment to interrupt.

"I GOT YOU NOW!" He belted in a fighting tone as he hit the puck with a final strike as it was inches away from the goal slot and just then Kein took both her index fingers and playfully poked Grimmjow on both sides of his stomach as he flinched from the sensation, allowing Ichigo to deflect the puck as the final point was shot into Grimmjow's goal side, giving the orange haired Shinigami the final score.

"WHAT?!" Grimmjow yelled in irritation as he looked at the scoring board atop the table, slowly turning around gritting his teeth as he glared at Kein who was laughing up a storm while Orihime was silently chuckling to herself, seeing the blue haired devil getting flustered.

"YOU DID THAT ON PURPOSE!"

"What's the matter Grimmjow, you a sore loser?" Ichigo further jested as he had a cheeky grin on his face. Grimmjow turned back to face him with a death glare as he grinned wildy in a low tone, "Oh I'll show you who's a sore loser" as he then picked up the black puck, slammed it on the table and then hit it as hard as he could with the scoring handle as the puck flew into the air and hit Ichigo straight in the face, causing a small spot on his forehead to bleed.

"OW! WHAT THE HELL! YOU SON OF A BITCH! THAT HURTS!"

Orihime was now laughing out loud as Kein was dropped to the floor with hysterical bouts of laughter. Irritated at first, Ichigo and Grimmjow then cooled off as they realized just how funny the moment actually was seeing how amused the girls were. The two then grinned at each other as Kein finally was able to stand on her feet.

"Ha, ha, ha....ha, ha...oh my god you two are so funny together. Oh man I'm going to go to the bathroom before I pee my pants."

"Alright, well we'll wait outside for yah," Ichigo agreed as the group exited the arcade and waited for Kein to return from the restroom. There were only a few people in the bathroom as she entered inside and quickly used the stall, but when she was done and came back out from behind the stall door, she found the bathroom to be empty. It was the weirdest feeling as she looked around feeling that she could have sworn there were people in the stall just but a few minutes ago. Not thinking much of it, she began to wash her hands. However, just when she was about to dry the moisture off of them, one of the doors to the last stall suddenly closed abruptly, sending a chill down Kein's spine.

"Orihime?"

No answer. Feeling it was odd, Kein felt it was best to just leave the bathroom as she began to approach the entrance door, but a sudden dark male laugh echoed from behind the stall as she sharply turned around and stared at the direction of the laugh.

"Hello?" She asked audibly, but still she got no answer. She bent over slightly to see if she could see any feet on the floor, but just as she bent over Orihime came up behind her giving her quite a shock.

"HOLY crap...geeze...Orihime?"

"Oh, sorry Kein! Are you alright?"

"Uh...yeah...I think," she hesitated to answer as she looked back at the stall as a woman suddenly came out from it.

"Is something wrong?" Orihime asked as Kein looked back at Orihime and chuckled nervously, "Uh...no. Nothing's wrong. Just feels like I'm hearing things."

"Hearing things? Like what?" She asked again in a wispy innocent voice. Kein then sighed as she answered, "Like...nothing. Let's go check out that new punk shop that opened. It finally opened didn't it? Been a while since I checked up on it."

"Oh! You mean Kimiko? Yeah! It opened! Oh I've been so excited to see what they have! Let's go!" She agreed as she threw her arm around Kein's and came out of the bathroom with her.

"Took long enough," Grimmjow jested as Kein bantered, "Well it's not like I can whip anything out like you can."

"Come on guys! Time to check out Kimiko!" Orihime chirped brightly as she bounced along with Kein hooked at her arm as Ichigo and Grimmjow strutted behind them. Ichigo got closer to Grimmjow as he asked in a low toned whisper, "Is Kein alright? Seems like something is bugging her."

"Heh, what gives you that idea?"

"I don't know. Just got this feeling I guess."

"Only a princess would get feelings."

"Don't start that again. I beat you remember?"

"You wouldn't have gotten that point if that damn blueberry didn't poke me on the sides!"

"Oh so Kein is your excuse now?" Ichigo snickered as Grimmjow playfully shoved Ichigo in the arm a little as Ichigo eagerly shoved much harder back as Grimmjow gritted his teeth and was ready to punch the carrot top before Kein yelled from afar in interruption, "GUYS COME ON!" Cooling off again, the two playful bickering odd ball friends caught up with the girls as they entered into the newly opened shop. It was decent sized and filled with various punk clothing, accessories, and body scents as Orihime and Ichigo were looking at the different scarves while Grimmjow and Kein were more interested in the chain accessories that attach to the belt loops of pants. Kein picked up a metallic blue one as she chuckled a little and jested, "So you think you can attach this to your jawbone?"

Grimmjow ruffled his eyebrows at her as he replied, "Oh very funny. You better watch it or I'll chain you to the fitting room."

"Really? Well maybe I want you to chain me to the fitting room." Grimmjow cocked an eyebrow at her voice sounding more sensual as he put an arm around her and licked a few of his teeth and replied, "Is that an invitation?" Grinning back at him as she got out from under his arm, placing a hand upon his chest as she whispered into his ear, "Not in the store," and then walked away from him in a cutesy manner as he was eager to follow but had to stop as he realized part of his pants was hooked up to the accessory stall.

"Hey, what the hell?! Did you just chain me to this damn thing?"

Meanwhile Orihime was wrapping a red and black stripped scarf around Ichigo's neck in a playful manner as she brightly commented, "Oh that looks great on you Ichigo!"

The carrot top then peered into the small mirror that was displayed on the wall for customers as he cocked his eyebrow a few times before he smirked a little and agreed, "Hey, not bad. You have good tastes Orihime."

"Thank you! Do you like it?"

"Yeah, but it's kinda pricey." Orihime then blushed a little as she lowered her voice volume, "I could buy it for you...i-if you want."

Ichigo then looked down at her with a small blush on his face, "Uh...oh you don't have to do that Orihime."

"No it's okay. I don't mind."

"Uh...are you sure?"

"Yeah."

Kein then popped up behind them in a playful manner, "Awwwwww that's so CUTE! You two are looking at scarves together!"

The two then blushed ferociously as they turned around and looked at her with an awkward expression and nervous chuckle. "Hey, you're right, that does look good on you. Kind of reminds me of the colors of your Bankai. I think it suits you."

"Heh, now that I think about it, it does," Ichigo agreed. Kein was going to speak further but she suddenly let out a girly yelp as they all turned to see Grimmjow standing behind her with a big ass grin on his face.

"Damn it, you know I hate sounding screaming like a girl!"

"Yeah I know," he laughed as she blushed ferociously from him pinching her butt cheek.

"Come on, let's go over here," she urged as she dragged Grimmjow over to the isle with the various body scented spray bottles, leaving Orihime to be alone with Ichigo again as the two near red heads walked over to the counter to purchase the scarf. Kein picked up a bottle as she randomly sprayed it onto Grimmjow's arm.

"Hey, don't spray me with that stuff!"

"But it smells so good on you Grimmy!" He gritted his teeth a little and cringed as he grumbled, "Don't...call me...Grimmy."

"But you're so adorable without your jawbone!" Kein teased while Grimmjow face palmed a bit as she quickly went over to the other side and picked up another bottle as the Arrancar ventured to another accessory stand. Orihime was happily wrapping the newly purchased scarf around Ichigo's neck again, the two smiling at each other. However, as Kein sprayed the bottle a little to test it for the scent and inhaled a deep portion of it, she suddenly dropped the bottle as it clattered to the floor.

The smell was revolting.

It wasn't that it was bad or poorly mixed together. It just, for some strange reason that Kein could not explain rationally, shot a chill up her spine as she became dizzy. Covering her mouth she tried to keep herself balanced, but she didn't want to make a scene of any kind. Ichigo suddenly noticed her from a distance as he quickly went over to her and placed a hand upon her back.

"Hey, are you okay Kein?"

His alarmed tone alerted Grimmjow as the Arrancar strutted casually over, Orihime standing behind Ichigo.

"Let me guess, you accidentally sprayed that into your face?"

Grimmjow asked in a jest, but she suddenly bolted out of the store, feeling like she was going to vomit.

"Kein!" Ichigo yelled as he ran after her, Orihime following behind, but Grimmjow stayed behind as he picked up the dropped bottle on the ground and looked at it. There wasn't anything unusual about it as he sniffed its scent. He admitted the scent was rather strange for a body spray, but nothing out of the ordinary. However, even he now was beginning to get an odd feeling as he finally put the bottle back down and exited the store to join the others. Kein was hunched over, steadying herself with her hands placed upon her thighs as Ichigo kept a gentle warm hand upon her back, slightly hunched over with her as he spoke softly to her.

"You okay? Did you have an allergic reaction or something?"

Kein's eyes were shut tight as she was panting in and out and replied in deep breaths, "No I...felt like...I was going to throw up."

Orihime and Ichigo gasped a little as Ichigo was a bit concerned.

"You feeling sick? Maybe we should probably go back to Orihime's place so you can lay down?"

"No I...I'm fine. It's probably just the heat. It can get to me sometimes," she insisted as she slowly stood upright, rubbing her face a little.

"But...that smell. It was so.........I don't know. I'm fine now. Don't worry about it."

Taking a step back she accidentally bumped into Grimmjow, her head still in a very slight daze as she looked up at her Arrancar mate. She gazed at him with glossed over eyes as she gently rested her head against his chest and deeply breathed in his natural scent. It was a warm type of spice as it instantly soothed her. His expression was expressionless, but gentle as he placed an arm around her back.

"I got an idea, let's go swimming!" Orihime suggested, trying to lift the odd moment.

"Actually that doesn't sound like a bad idea," Ichigo agreed. "I bet they don't have swimming pools in Hueco Mundo. You gonna be able to swim Grimmjow?" He asked with a smirk.

"Shut up or I'll use your face as a flotation device," Grimmjow replied as Kein chuckled a little in response.