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Prize of Victory	By : NovaAlexandria Category: Bleach > Het - Male/Female Views: 87205 -:- Recommendations : 8 -:- Currently Reading : 8
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�Mama, I wanna play," Ajuga complained.

�Not until after your chores are done," Karin said firmly.

�But I wanna play now," Ajuga pouted.

�I am sorry hun, but the chores won�t do themselves," Karin sighed. �You want to help me with the laundry instead of cleaning your room?" she offered with a smirk.

�No," Ajuga scowled at the water.

Like her father Ajuga detested the stuff. Getting her in the bath was a war each and every time. Her claws were sharp enough now that Karin made Grimmjow do it, and they both always came out soaked, miserable, and looking like drowned cats.

It was one of those things that had her laughing silently to spare their bruised prides. But they were rather cute in a sad way.

�When is Hana-chan coming home?�

�In two more hours after school," Karin answered.

True to his word, Byakuya had found an instructor for the girl. Because they had no idea when Starrk would be coming and going, Hana went to the instructor instead of the other way around.

Nanao would drop her off on the way to work and Karin would pick her up when the lessons were done. So far the girl seemed to be absolutely thrilled with the lessons, at least the math lessons. She detested everything else.

�I wanna play now," Ajuga pouted.

�You can play when your chores are done," Karin said firmly.

� �kay," Ajuga said dejectedly and darted off.

�And I don�t mean you can hide your toys under the bed where you think I won�t find them. I mean cleaned MY way missy," she shouted after her daughter.

Karin sighed once more, wondering where Ajuga got so much energy from. She grabbed the next piece of clothing and started to grate it against the wash board.

�Maybe I should get Szayel to make a bloody washer and dryer. Doing this by hand is a bitch," she groused, looking at the baskets of everyone�s laundry still left. �They got cell phones and other crap, and the stove and fridge work just fine, granted they don�t seem to have conventional plug-ins.�

She dropped that thought before she could drive herself bonkers trying to figure out how half the crap in this world worked. She settled on �magic� and left it at that. But still, getting Szayel to make a washer/dryer was definitely on her to do list. She knew he could pull it off.

Two hours later the laundry was hung up to dry and blowing gently in the breeze. Karin cracked her back and stretched, going through one of the warm-up exercised Grimmjow had pounded into her to loosen up her stiff body from being hunched over the basin of water.

�Ajuga-chan, it�s time to go pick up Hana-chan," she called once she felt her muscles had loosened.

Her daughter didn�t answer her and Karin sighed.

�You would think by now she would know no one can beat mom at hid-n-seek," she groused. �Or she has prey is sight. Her room had better be spotless.�

Karin looked about, and then again, and a third time. There was no sign of her daughter�s reiatsu anywhere on the estate.

�Ajuga," Karin called, the faint stirrings of panic starting to take form in her chest.

She closed her eyes and concentrated, slipping effortlessly into Jinzen, but still no spark of her daughter�s reiatsu made itself visible to her. Now she really was ready to panic.

�Maybe she went to meet up with Hana-chan," Karin forced herself to remain calm. �She did want to play with Hana-chan after all," she reasoned.

Her daughter was clearly not at the Estate and she was damn sure if her daughter had been attacked she would have instantly felt and seen her daughter�s flare of reiatsu.

�She�s at that age where she�s curious. She�s part cat after all," Karin chanted to herself as she launched into Shunpo, racing to the house Hana was having her lessons.

There wasn�t a trace of Ajuga�s reiatsu. Hana was waiting for her on the front step of the house her instructor lived at. It was a rather upscale house, not nobility but clearly upper class.

�Karin-obachan," Hana waved and trotted up to her. �Where is Ajuga-chan?� Hana asked curiously.

�I don�t know," Karin admitted.

That panic was starting to rise again. Clearly Hana hadn�t seen her which meant Ajuga hadn�t found her way here. She still couldn�t see Ajuga�s reiatsu anywhere.

�Think, think, where could she have gone. She said she wanted to play. Play!�

�Come on, Hana-chan, I think I might know where the brat ran off to," Karin picked Hana up and launched into Shunpo. �And even if she isn�t there Szayel will be able to track her with the bracelet."

The staff greeted her as she whirled into the building. She didn�t bother to ask where Szayel was, she could see him. To her increasing anxiety, there was still no sign of Ajuga. The little girl wasn�t here.

�Karin-sama," Szayel greeted her with a bow as she entered the room.

If she hadn�t been so worried about her daughter she might have laughed at how his hands unconsciously went to cover his rear as if he feared another spanking.

�I need to find Ajuga-chan. She wandered off and I can�t find her," Karin said, only a hint of her fear getting through.

�I see. That should be no issue," he smiled at her reassuringly and moved to one of the larger computers.

He typed away quickly and a rather detailed map of the city and it�s surroundings came up. After a moment a blue dot popped up on the outskirts of the city.

�How did she get so far?� Karin gasped in worry.

�There is nothing to worry about, Karin-sama. She is well within the boarders. With her innate Hierro, nothing out there could possibly harm her,� he assured her.

�Other than another Arrancar," Karin hissed.

�Well, Aizen-kami made it quite clear she was to be left alone. There would be no mistaking who she is, there aren�t really any other Arrancar children running about.�

�Forgive me for having little trust of the majority of the hollow race," she growled.

He shrugged helplessly before his hands once more rested ever so innocently behind his back.

Szayel was right though. Ajuga was well within the Defence Grid boarder and no wild animal could get through her Hierro. If anything, Karin realized she should be more worried about what kind of dinner Ajuga was going to bring home this time.

�C�mon Hana-chan. Let�s go retrieve the brat.�

With a destination in sight, Karin launched into a Shunpo once again, heading for the boarder of the city. She felt a lot less anxious now that she knew where Ajuga was.

　

　

　

Szayel watched Karin dart off before sighing and returning to the project he had been working on. He had almost broken the molecular code of the fluid those giant beetles spewed out and was definitely feeling giddy about reproducing it. Such a powerful substance would be an impressive upgrade to his arsenal.

�Now then, where were we," he typed away on the keyboard, bringing the main monitor back up to the data he was working on. �Ah yes, perfect. Excellent," he purred as the information scrolled past.

He was so caught up in his work that when the Perimeter Alarm blared, it caused him to jump slighting in surprise before growling in annoyance.

�I swear if it�s another herd of deer�� he trialed off as he switched the monitor back to video fed, and froze.

�Nemu, command the forces until I return. I need to get to Karin-sama, or more importantly, Ajuga," he ordered with a shout as he bolted out of the room.

Karin was moving fast, but the Swarm was moving faster, and heading right for where Ajuga was. If Karin ever learned he had been responsible for her daughters death due to his own lack of action he had no doubt that in her grief his own life would end terribly, assuming Grimmjow didn�t get to him first in his grief.

He raced towards the front line, the flashes of battle just starting to rise as the newly built city alarms blared in warning. Despite his desperation to get to where he was going, he was pleased to see the Academy Students in position evacuating the civilians, not that he cared about them but such perfect efficiency was always something to be admired.

�Nemu," he called once he was closer to the front lines.

�Hai, more to the east, Szayel-sama," Nemu�s voice reported calmly through the head set.

He nodded and changed course. He could feel Karin�s distressed reiatsu slightly off and to the North, but his focus was getting to Ajuga first and foremost. Karin could fend for herself. Judging by the loud buzzing noise that was starting to grate on his ears, the battle line was quickly shifting their way.

　

　

�Ajuga-chan," Karin called, moving through the woods quickly in her search for her daughter.

�Ajuga-chan," Hana called from a small distance away.

Karin figured sound might travel further than her sight, especially given Ajuga�s sharp sense of hearing. She cursed herself for not getting Szayel to hand her a hand held device or something to track the bracelet. Ajuga could already be half a mile away from where she had been when Karin had looked at the monitor.

She cursed herself over and over as she looked for her daughter, and cursed her daughter for ignoring her.

�I swear if she is ignoring me because she is stalking something I will tan her hide like no tomorrow, and then tan her father�s for giving her the instinct in the first place," Karin snarled to herself.

Despite her anger though, she was still afraid for her daughter. Granted there really was nothing that could harm Ajuga out here, at least as far as local wildlife went.

�Ajuga-chan. Come on out so we can play," Hana called again. �Maybe we should split up to cover more ground, Karin-obachan," Hana suggested.

�No, I don�t want to lose you out here too," Karin quickly denied.

�What if we set a meeting point? Like, the lake there in ten minutes," Hana suggested, pointing down at the small lake. �If I find her or get in trouble I�ll just flare my reiatsu," Hana added.

Karin bit her lip, but admitted Hana did have a good idea. Other than the bugs the woods were generally safe, especially for someone as smart as Hana. And in ten minutes there was no way Hana could get too far that a flash of reiatsu would go unnoticed.

�Alright, but be careful," Karin finally relented.

Both of them continued on their search, calling out for Ajuga. Karin was making her way towards the lake when she froze, sensing danger but not being able to see it. And that frightened her more than anything.

�Who�s there?" she demanded, falling into a defensive stance and looking about for the unseen threat.

�Zee, zee, there zhe iz. Pure ztill," A buzzing voice commented from her right.

Karin spun about and froze, staring at the three creatures standing before her.

They almost looked like humans if it wasn�t for the obvious insect like wings on their backs, the clear shinny, black carapace instead of skin, and the fact that their legs also looked like they belonged on a bug. Each had a sort of single ponytail that reminded her of Yammy, one white, the other two flanking it black.

�Yes, she does smell pure. Not tainted like the other one," White knot commented. Unlike the first one to speak, his voice lacked the buzzing noise and sounded deep and distant.

�Let me guess, Swarm Brains?" she asked coldly.

�We are Generals of the Swarm, as you say," White knot answered. �I see there is still hope. You are the descendent of the Royal house yes?�

Karin frowned, but didn�t answer.

�Zee dronz have tazted your blood. You are zee royal one," Lefty said firmly.

�I don�t know what you are talking about," she denied, but inward her mind was racing.

How the hell did these things know about her royal lineage, and more importantly, why the hell were they interested in it?

�We can put her on zee throne," Lefty commented in something resembling a happy chitter.

�Rezore balanze," Righty added.

�What throne?� Karin asked, more to get them to talk then because she didn�t know they obviously meant the royal throne if they knew she was a member of the royal family.

�The balance is gone. The world borders fall. With no Royal Blood to sit upon the throne and maintain balance, the worlds grow unstable," White Knot answered. �Come. You will make them stable. You will sit on the throne.�

�Aizen sits on the throne," Karin pointed out.

�No. Aizen,� the creature spat the name with as much loathing as Karin had ever heard, �draws only a fraction of the power. He is not Royal Blood, can not be Royal Blood, unless he is chosen as consort or bares an heir of blood to sit on the throne, thus changing his blood to Royal.�

Suddenly a mystery had been solved. Jushiro told her the Noble houses had Royal Blood in them, and as far as she knew Unohana�s house, while lesser nobility, was still nobility. The next words from White Knot confirmed her growing horror.

�Aizen wishes to take the throne. But if he does, all balance will be gone. He is un-pure. You will take the throne, and balance will be restored.�

�And if I take this throne, what? Aizen will just peel over and die?" she asked, crossing her arms.

�No. The power and the dimension will be no more his. He will once more be locked out and balance can begin to be restored once again.�

Karin stared at them as if they were mad, and she honestly believed they were. Clearly they were insane. In fact, she went ahead and told them such.

�Are you fucking insane? All that would happen is he would lose a bucket of power from the ocean he already has. And then, he will go massacre another city to make another key, bust down the doors to the dimension a second time, and slaughter me, or worse. I will not be responsible for thousands of people being massacred," she said firmly.

�Balance must be restored," White Knot insisted.

�Not at the cost of thousand of lives. Go talk to Unohana-san. At least she has the strength to maybe fend him off for a day. Aizen would crush me like a bug the moment he arrived, and he might just murder my family in retribution," she snapped in anger.

The loud noise of buzzing started to fill her ears, and she looked up at the sky in horror just as the distant sound of the alarm finally reached her ears.

�Karin!�

She snapped her gaze to Grimmjow as he arrived. Without even realizing it she had been flaring her reiatsu in anger and distress, those same emotions coursing through their Claim and summoning her mate.

�What the fuck are these things?" he snarled, glaring at them.

�The brains of the operation," she answered. �They were trying to kill me,"

That was all he needed to hear as he roared and charged at them.

�Karin-obachan," Hana cried, running up to her.

Karin had totally forgotten the children in her argument with Lefty, Righty and White Knot.

�Hana-chan," she swept the girl up in her arms, and frantically began to search for any sign of Ajuga, panic really welling in her being now that there really was a danger.

She briefly turned her attention back to Grimmjow. He was hacking at the two Black Knots and there was no sign of White Knot.

�Coward probably fled as quickly as he could," Karin thought viscously before turning her attention once more to finding Ajuga.

Her mate clearly had things under control here, and Karin bolted off, searching desperately for Ajuga. She felt a flare of reiatsu to the west, a reiatsu that definitely shouldn�t have been out here. Without hesitation, she changed course and raced towards it.

　

　

The sound of buzzing was in his ears was becoming exceptionally annoying. He knew he had to be close to Ajuga now.

He dodged to the side as one of the Swarm came barrelling through the trees, flying about haphazardly and letting out a high pitched squeal of pain that drowned out the snarls of it�s attacker.

It crashed to the ground and Szayel watched amazed as Ajuga leaped off of the creatures ravaged head to land on all fours a small distance away, growling and with an intensity in her deep, blue eyes that could only have come from her father.

�Bad bug," she snarled.

He was still in shock and almost didn�t react as another one flew after the little girl. Ajuga snarled and launched herself at it, attacking it like a feral cat; her claws ripping through the carapace as if it was rice paper and her fangs tearing out chunks of flesh.

While she grappled with that one he fired several quick burst of bala at the other six that had entered the clearing. All six exploded in a spray of guts with chucks of carapace raining down.

�Szay," Ajuga cried happily, the explosion drawing her attention from the now dead bug.

�Ajuga-chan, come on," he called.

She darted towards him on all fours, leaping happily into his arms and nuzzling into his chest.

�Szay came to play with Ajuga?" she asked innocently. �Bugs are no playing fair though. They come many at time," she hissed angrily at the corpses.

�The bugs are bad," he agreed, flaring his reiatsu and feeling a small sense of relief as he felt Karin race his way.

He had felt her flare up and wondered what could have possibly angered her so. He had briefly feared she had found Ajuga�s corpse and that the trail he had been following had been the thing that had killed her with the bracelet stuck to it. Nemu had assured him Ajuga�s life signs were still strong and steady and hadn�t dipped in the least bit to indicate she had been harmed and the bracelet transferred owners.

Still, he felt a great sense of relief that Ajuga was in his arms and safe, even if she was hissing and growling at the growing swarm approaching them.

He turned about and started to Sonido back to the city, altering his course slightly so he and Karin would cross paths.

�Szayel," Karin shouted, and he could hear the relief in her voice.

�Karin-sama," he returned with a smile.

�Mama," Ajuga squealed happily.

The buzzing became exceptionally loud and glancing behind them they realized the swarm was nearly on top of them.

�Take Hana-chan and get back to the city," Karin ordered, handing Hana over while Ajuga moved from his arms to perch on his shoulder. �Go with Szayel Ajuga, and stay with him, okay?" Karin ordered.

�Kay," Ajuga agreed.

Karin turned about and the sky lit up in a net of electricity as her Kido went off, frying the Swarm unfortunate enough to touched it into burnt carcases.

Szayel took the distraction she provided and didn�t slow down in the least as he raced back to the city, intent to get back to his lab as quickly as he could. If he didn�t start doing his job Aizen might notice his absence and punish him for insubordination. Unlike Karin, Aizen wouldn�t be satisfied with a simple spanking.

�Szay," Ajuga cried out in warning shortly before launching herself from his shoulder and colliding with the creature coming at his left.

He spun about and drew Fornicaras, slicing the other two that had come at his right nearly in half. Hana yelped in shock, having been switched from a two arm hold to being carried under one arm as he freed the other for his Zanpakuto. Ajuga launched herself off of the corpse of her kill back into his shoulder.

�Hold on tight," he ordered shortly before launching into a Sonido.

He yelped in pain and nearly careened into a tree with the shock of it when Ajuga�s claws dug into his shoulder as she obeyed his command. Blood poured from the puncture marks to stain his uniform and he cursed as he corrected his step.

�Not that tight, Ajuga-chan," he protested.

�Sorry, Szay," she apologized ashamed, her claws pulling out of his skin.

�It�s okay," he assured her as he took another step of Sonido. �Considering how easily her claws were rendering through those bugs carapace, I should have expected them to be so damn sharp. When I have time, it might be interesting to test their strength," he noted to himself as the city wall finally appeared and he raced over it and towards his lab.

He dropped the brats off with one of his attendants with orders to keep them entertained and safe before heading to the main monitor room. He had a job to do.

　

　

With the kids safe Karin threw herself into battle. All of her anger and frustration at the callous attitude of the so called �Generals� was being given a rather convenient outlet. How dare these things demand such a sacrifice from her, her family and her world, for such a pathetic thing as temporarily cutting off a pebble of Aizen�s power?

It made her furious that anyone, or anything, could disregard that many lives so easily. She took that anger out on the bugs before her, and before long she was soaked in their gore.

She had never been so furious in her life. She felt another presence to her left and spun about, fist leading the way. A hand wrapped around her wrist and spun her about, pulling her shocked into his grasp.

�Fuck you are so sexy like this," Grimmjow growled into her ear.

�Language," she snapped, elbowing him sharply in the side.

He growled and tightened his grip, grinding against her body and licking up her neck. Despite herself she shivered as his strength and power suddenly enveloped her, calming her down with the warmth of its embrace.

�Fury is good, but channel it and don�t leave yourself so open," he lectured, whispering in her ear and gaining another shiver out of her. �Let it strengthen your fist, but don�t let it cloud your mind. And with that strength, destroy all who would look down upon you," he roared, suddenly separating from her as Pantera sliced through four more bugs in quick succession.

She stared after him for a moment before chuckling weakly and racing towards her next target. She tore through them, carapace exploding about her in a spray of guts as her reiatsu infused strength impacted with their bodies.

When the space was available she fired out the more violent Kido spells she knew. Unconsciously she tracked Grimmjow as he danced about her centre. She couldn�t help but to smirk as he showed off.

Had he desired it no opponent would have reached her. But she knew he just enjoyed watching her dance in death, just as she enjoyed watching him. The way his reiatsu brushed over hers with clear pleasure left her tingling. Before long they were surrounded by nothing but bug splatter.

He moved so quickly she barely had time to face him before she found herself pinned to a tree. His mouth was over hers and when she tried to open her mouth to protest she found herself silenced by his tongue.

His body grated against hers and she heard the thump of Pantera as the Zanpakuto hit the ground at their feet before both of his hands started to remove her clothing.

�Oi," she protested weakly when her mouth was finally free of his.

He said nothing, but buried his head in her neck and continued to remove her clothing with his hands while laying kisses upon her neck. She could feel the heat from his reiatsu, through the claim, and from his body rush about her as he penetrate into her.

She resisted only a second more before surrendering and her hands started to return the favour of removing his clothing. He took her fast and furiously, and she returned the attention.

They lay entangled panting afterwards, soaked in the blood of their opponents and the sweat of their passionate lovemaking. Her mind was clear of confusion and emotions from what she had learned today. She felt a slight smile touch her lips as she realized that had been exactly what his intent had been; all be it an interesting method of comfort, but one she appreciated all the same.

She snuggled closer to his warmth, sighing in pleasure. It wouldn�t hurt to leave Ajuga and Hana with Szayel for a while. What�s the worse that could happen?

　

　

Yesterday, I broke page 1000. It was a rather large milestone for me and yet the end seems so far away still, and yet so close.

As usually, I would love to thank those of you who took the time to review. I don�t think I would have made it to page 500, let alone 1000, if not for your support. This chapter ends on page 581.

Yeah, I had hoped it was Karin as well and I really hope we get to see her grow as well, but in all honesty after writing this anything he do I might not be impressed with, lol.

This Weeks Question: What do you think Soul Society uses to power it�s equipment? I don�t know about you but I have never seen any power lines yet they clearly have computers and phones.

Next Chapter: Aizen makes his displeasure about Szayel not being at his post very clear. It�s a darker chapter containing mentions of torture but wont go into detail.
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