Ulquiorra slowly opened his eyes, he could tell that he was in some sort of barracks and the sun was shining through a window. He was not in Hueco Mundo anymore but he wasn't sure where he was. He sighed as he closed his eyes again, he had failed Aizen and Naoki was in danger because he wasn't strong enough.

He felt his abdomen, something was wrong. He could feel it. His eyes started to cloud over with the tears that he would not openly shed. Had he lost them? Was this his punishment for surviving when his master lord was dead? "Oh, your awake?" came a women's voice.

He looked up to see a woman with black hair braided in the front walking towards him. "I am glad to see that you're doing better," she smiled.

"Who are you?" he growled glaring at her. By the haori that she was wearing he could tell she was one of the captain's of the thirteen court squads.

"I am Captain Unohana, you are in my squad's barracks," she explained. He glared at her, he wanted to ask her questions but he was not about to start trusting soul reapers. Unohana looked at him before sighing, "Naoki is with Byakuya at the moment, he is safe. That is about all I can tell you right now. But now you need a check up."

"Why the hell am I still alive?" he growled. He did not want to play games.

She sighed, "I can not say, all I was told was to make sure you healed." Ulquiorra sighed as he nodded. "I promise as soon as I get some answers I will tell you."

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Byakuya had no idea when Ulquiorra was going to wake up and he couldn't keep the kid under the kido spell for much longer. He sighed as he slowly lifted the kido spell and watched as the boy's eyes fluttered open. "Daddy?" he asked looking around sleepily.

When he saw Byakuya and Renji watching him he jumped up and ran for the door. His quick reflexes surprised Byakuya, the kid looked like he could be no older then five but time was weird in Hueco Mundo and in the Spirit World, he could be much older or maybe even younger.

As soon as he got to the door and realized he couldn't open it because it was locked he turned back to them his eyes looking almost wild. "Calm down, we aren't the enemy," Byakuya tried to comfort him.

"Where's my daddy?" he growled.

"He is sick right now and is being healed. You will be able to see him soon."

"I want to see him now!" the boy bawled, tears coming to his eyes. "Please!" he begged. Byakuya stood there speechless, he didn't know how to answer. Kids weren't exactly his strong point.

"Come on, lets go see if Unohana will let us see him," Renji offered when he saw that Byakuya had no idea what to do next. Byakuya nodded appreciatively as Renji held the child's hand and lead him towards the fourth division.

"Lieutenant Abarai, I am going to have a word with the prisoner while you go to the fourth," Byakuya wanted some answers and he was going to see if the sexta espada could answer any of them. Renji nodded. Naoki looked around confused but was still too afraid of the two men to ask any questions.

Byakuya flash-stepped away from the two of them and towards the prison cells, he doubted the sexta would be very willing to cooperate but he was going to try. He opened the door and walked down the line of cells until he found the one where Grimmjow was laying down on his cot.

"Sexta espada I have some questions for you," he called. The espada looked up at him before rolling his eyes and closing them again. "I am a captain of the thirteen court guard, you will answer me!" he growled getting annoyed with his attitude.

"Well captain, excuse me for being in a little bit of melancholy, I kinda just lost everything and am trying not to lose it," he snarled.

"Listen I need to know about Naoki and until Ulquiorra wakes up..."

"Ulquiorra is alive?" Grimmjow yelled flying at the bars that separated them.

"Yes," Byakuya answered surprised by the sudden reaction, "He is in the fourth squad's barracks healing, why do you ask?" Grimmjow shook his head as he laid back down on his cot. "Give me some answers and I can get you out of here soon to see him."

"What do you want to know?" Grimmjow asked finally looking him in the eye.

"Who is Naoki? How did a soul reaper child appear in Los Noches?"

"You mean you don't know?"

"Why would I know anything?" Byakuya asked surprised by the assumption.

"No reason," he mumbled. "The kid is Aizen's son. Aizen didn't want to be left to raise the kid, didn't have time with trying to take over the universe and become a god and all. So Ulquiorra kinda became the kid's adopted father in some ways," he explained.

"Who is Naoki's mother?"

"I couldn't say, they were in Los Noches for a few months before he was born but Aizen locked them in a room and only allowed Ulquiorra to enter, other then himself."

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Renji finally got to the forth division, he wasn't used to not flash stepping around the sereitai. "Come on, let's go see your daddy," he tried to sound excited and lighten the mood but it seemed to scare the kid even more.

"I am surprised to see the two of you here," Unohana walked out from her office looking at the two of them. "But your timing is wonderful Ulquiorra has just woken up and I bet he wants to see you. Do you want to come with me Naoki?" she offered the small boy her hand and he gladly took it. "Lieutenant Abarai, are you coming as well?" Renji nodded and followed them down the hall.

Unohana had been told about the child's situation by Byakuya earlier and felt sorry for the poor boy. He had done nothing wrong and his life had been ripped apart because of the war. Her hatred burned for Aizen that much brighter as she lead the boy down the hall towards Ulquiorra.

"Daddy!" Ulquiorra looked up surprised to see Naoki jumping into his arms. "Daddy I don't like it here! I want to go home! I don't want to stay with the bad man!" he cried trying to bury his teary face into Ulquiorra's chest.

"Shh, Naoki it's alright," he comforted stroking the boy's head. Finally he heard the sobs start to turn into sniffles as Naoki calmed down. "This is going to be our home for a little," Ulquiorra explained, "and what bad man are you staying with?"

"The one that hurt you!"

"He's not a bad man, to make sure I could come to a safe place like here he had to make it look like he hurt me," Ulquiorra lied.

"Really? He's a good guy?" Naoki asked his tears drying up.

"Yep, and he is going to take care of you while I am getting better."

"Then I go home with you?" Ulquiorra didn't know how to answer that, he had no idea what was going to happen once he was out of here. For all he knew they were healing him so that they could torture or even kill him.

"I don't know, we will see," he promised kissing Naoki on top of the head. "Now I think it is time for someone to have lunch. Are you hungry?" Naoki nodded.

"I'll get him something to eat," the red head that had stayed in the corner this whole time volunteered. Ulquiorra looked at him curiously, he didn't know who this was and he really hated knowing he had to let Naoki go with a stranger. Naoki looked back at Ulquiorra and he nodded letting the child go with the soul reaper.

He watched as the two of them left the room and laid back down. He had done nothing but sit in this bed and somehow it had already exhausted him. He hated all this sunlight. Suddenly he fell over because of a gust of wind, that was something that he had not been expecting.

"Its good to see that your awake," Byakuya growled.

"So good to see you again," Ulquiorra rolled his eyes. He never realized he was this popular in the soul society, he had been awake for less then an hour and had already had four visitors.

"I want you to answer a question."

"Go ahead, what do you want to ask?"

"Who was the mother of Naoki?"

"Why do you care?"

"What do you mean?"

"Obviously you found out somehow that Aizen was his father, so you have been looking things up. Why do you care so much?"

"The mother was a soul reaper so she has to still be here and I will not tolerate traitors!"

"Whoever you talked to had to have told you that they were not there of their own free will, so they are no traitor. So you have nothing to worry about." Byakuya wanted to stab the cuatro, he didn't know why he cared so much about the kid. He hated that he was asking all these questions that he couldn't even admit to himself. "I hope you figure it out soon though, cause your visits aren't very fun," he smirked before laying back down on the bed.

Byakuya turned on his heel, if he stayed here much longer he would kill the cuatro. He had to go see Renji and hopefully calm down.