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Chapter 1: The first visit
From the moment she first saw the young girl she felt a slight longing. She saw the girl's sacrifice in a different light that the others around her were oblivious to. She longed to even have a chance to speak with the young human but she couldn't allow it to seem like was drawn to her. It had to be careful and quiet. It had to be done when no one was around.
In the dead of the night she went to the girl's room but stopped at the door as she felt hesitant on the girl's reaction towards her but her longing pushed her forward and through the door. It opened silently and she peered in quietly at the girl standing in the middle of the room and looking out at the moon. Just seeing her stand there showed how alone she was here.
She walked over to her silently and placed a hand gently on her shoulder as she spoke as delicately as she could, "You should be resting."
The young girl jumped at her presence and tried to get away as if afraid. She faced the girl properly and asked, "Do you think I'll harm you?"
The girl didn't respond as she looked away but her face was brought back so their eyes could meet by the woman's hand. She moved a little closer and said, "I am the last person here that would raise my hand to you. If need be I'll protect you if I can."
There was no response from the girl but she seemed almost happy with the woman's words. A slight smile formed on the girls face as she said, "Thank you, but I'm sure I'll be fine."
"Even still," The woman said as she placed her other hand on the girl's other cheek. "I'd rather not see harm come to you. I know your sacrifice more then any other here and I understand your pain."
The smile on the girl face widened a little as she removed the woman's hands from her face, "I don't need your reassurance."
"I'll still give it." The woman said a little sternly. "I don't want any harm to come to you."
She seemed a little taken aback by this but it only got worse as the women brought her to the bed and laid her down, "Get some more rest, it's getting late, Inoue."
The girl was tucked in before the woman left the room in silence. She leaned against the closed door with a sigh and looked at her hands as her cheeks heated in a slight blush. The human girl was much cuter up close and much more then what was originally thought. When she placed the girl on the bed she felt her restraint wavering a little and almost lost herself to the longing desire that continued to grow within her.
She regained her composure and walked down the hallway back to her own building at a quick pace. Any presence she sensed was avoided so no questions would be raised to her presence this late at night. Every presence in the area she kept track of carefully to make sure none were coming towards her or near the human's room.
It wasn't long before she was entering her own room and making her way to bed. She lay down on her back and stared at the ceiling as she thought about the human girl. It was strange for a human to occupy her mind so much but she concluded it was just the sacrifice she had made that drew her to the young human and no more then that.
Her mind was set on the human girl until she fell asleep and dreamed of her past and how she first came to be an espada. At the time she had never thought that a human would be brought here and that she would be drawn to that very human. For it to be a female as well was even less likely to be thought of at the time but then she had been drawn to females before as male hollows targeted them for easy prey. Any time she had encountered a female she did what she could to look out for them and this human was no different.
When she opened her eyes she sat up and left her room to go about her usual daily business but as she left her room she found Sung Sun leaning on the wall by her door. Their eyes met for a moment before she kept walking and Sung Sun followed close behind her as she spoke, "Something has had you bothered lately."
"It's nothing." She said reassuringly.
"Is that why you left last night?" She asked. "I mean no disrespect, Halibel. I'm just concerned about your choice of interest."
"Your concern is wasted." Halibel said calmly. "My interest hasn't peeked in anything."
"If nothing has peeked your interest then you could easily explain you leave last night." Sung Sun said.
"There is no explanation necessary." Halibel said sternly.
"Then what has you so bothered?" Sung Sun asked.
"It's nothing." Halibel said once more.
"If it truly is then it would be wise to stop suggesting something has you bothered." Sung Sun advised.
"Preach to someone else, Sung Sun." Halibel said.
"That wasn't my intention." Sung Sun said. "I am just saying you seem distracted and it's causing some concern."
"I'm already aware of this." Halibel said as they left the hallway and walked onto the large balcony. "Is there anything else you wish to discuss with me?"
"The humans will come for the girl soon." Sung Sun said as they came to a stop at the edge of the balcony. "Shall we do any preparations to counter their attack?"
"No, it isn't necessary." Halibel said. "If they do come here for her then they won't bother attacking us directly. We'll just stay out of their way and let them do as they wish. The others will likely kill them when they arrive."
"And if they end up here?" Sung Sun asked.
"If they challenge us then we will meet their challenge." Halibel said. "If they don't then I don't care what they do."
Sung Sun said nothing more on the matter as she had believed that was what had Halibel so bothered but it seemed that was not the case. She continued to wonder what was bothering her so much. It wasn't something that bothered her a lot as it wasn't that noticeable but it was seen in her eyes. Something was off but she doubted Apacci or Mila Rosa really took notice and if they had they were keeping quiet about it since it hadn't been brought up to her knowledge and something had been bothering Halibel for a couple days now.
She watched quietly as Halibel looked out over Hueco Mundo without word or even notion to show she was bothered. Neither spoke as they stood there for a long time as they looked out over the desert and the other buildings without moving. Sung Sun waited for Halibel to say something about what was bothering her knowing how unlikely it was that she would speak of it to anyone even her own fraccion would be left to question what it was.
Halibel looked at the desert sand but her focus was on the human's reiatsu along with Ulquiorra's as he was with her at the moment. It was at the moment he arrived at her room she knew she should have told the human to stay quiet about her little visit and their conversation but she didn't take in consideration that she might speak of it to any of the others. If it were mentioned to Ulquiorra then it would be mentioned to Aizen in a matter of minutes after the discovery was made.
She closed her eyes and focused on the finest of details in their reiatsu to try and determine their current emotion and found Ulquiorra to be as void as he always was while the human seemed to be a little cheerful. Her whole concentration was on their reiatsu now to find any sudden change to indicate what their conversation topic likely was. Their conversation continued but nothing happened to change either of their emotion as their reiatsu didn't shift in the slightest even as Ulquiorra departed.
Her eyes opened once more and she let her focus wander a little more and found that her other two fraccion had joined them on the balcony as well. They were being surprisingly quiet as they normally liked to argue over something but now they were silent. "Any time you feel like telling us what's bothering you it would be appreciated."
Halibel glanced at Mila Rose and found all eyes on her now as they awaited answers, "Don't bother yourself with it so much."
They each held their look of concern but none spoke their worry so Halibel looked back out over the desert. Nothing more was said between the four females as Halibel's focus went back to the human's reiatsu but allowed her mind to wander knowing that she wouldn't have a chance at conversation for awhile now. The lack of visitors the human had was reassuring to her as it meant she would be able to be at ease knowing that any conversation they held wouldn't be spoken of so easily as there wouldn't be many to hear it. In fact her 'visitors' included one person and his only purpose there was to bring her food and no more then that.
Even if her main focus wasn't on the human her mind was filled with her as she worried about the look of fear in the girl's eyes when she was laid on the bed. It was as if she feared what was going to happen. What a foolish whim she had then. It was an amusing thought however no matter how it was looked at. To have intimate relations between a hollow and a human was beyond reproach or even thought for most. She had to admit however that if one was afraid and was laid down on a bed while feeling that fear it may cross their mind yet any logical thought dispersed it as they were both female.
After awhile she grew tired of standing there looking off at nothing and left the balcony once more followed closely by her arrancar without word. They walked down the halls in a continued silence as they went to the main hall of the building. Halibel left the building and her fraccion remained behind without word but sensed their concern even as she continued away. She walked across the bridge to the main building where she had been summoned for a meeting shortly after she left the balcony.
Halibel calmed all her interests of the human girl and cast her from her thoughts to keep the others oblivious to any distraction that she showed. As she walked she noticed another espada further down the hall and going in the same direction she was going in. She did nothing to get his attention as she wasn't fond of that espada and he usually tried to start a fight with her whenever he had the chance to and she wasn't in the mood to belittle him today so she would give him no reason to challenge her.
She got to the doors of the meeting hall and walked in without hesitation and went to her seat and sat in silence as the last espada to arrive came in and quickly took his seat across from her. All were seated as they waited for Aizen to discuss why they were called there. Halibel sat with her arms crossed as she waited for the meeting to start then end so she could go about the rest of her day as she wanted.