Ok, so I've decided to continue this story since Ax112 mentioned it.
Aand I've learnt a bit more about Ulquiorra so I hope I can kinda…write this better…
Warning: OOC Ulquiorra
Disclaimer: I don't own Bleach
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"So, Karin is at a two-day sleepover so she won't get to meet him until she gets back," Isshin thought out loud, "And Yuzu was asleep when I brought him home…"
"Morning, dad," Ichigo yawned as he walked over to the rice cooker in the kitchen.
"Is he up?" Isshin asked. Ichigo knew his dad meant Ulquiorra.
"Nah," the teenager replied and devoured the rice he ate as he plopped into a chair at the table.
Perfect. Isshin would introduce Ulquiorra to Yuzu when she came down for breakfast!
"I'll go get him, then," he said and went up to Ichigo's room.
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Isshin was greeted by a soft snoring the moment he opened the bedroom's door. He crept over to the closet, seeing that the door was cracked open a little.
Ichigo was probably making sure he hadn't escaped or something, the man thought with some slight humor before he fully opened the closet door.
The snoring stopped abruptly and emerald-hued eyes snapped open. Seeing a shinigami in front of him, Ulquiorra's hand immediately darted to his sword's hilt.
Except it wasn't here.
Ulquiorra snapped his attention to his left side where his Zanpakuto once was. Staring nervously at Isshin, since the younger man was unable to defend himself if the shinigami decided to attack, Ulquiorra quietly stated the obvious.
"My Zanpakuto's missing," he said meekly.
"You wouldn't be able to fight with it anyways; it was sealed into the sheath – you wouldn't be able to take it out," Isshin informed him but it didn't help make the Arrancar calmer.
"And…what are you going to do to me," Ulquiorra asked with a vast amount of fear in his voice.
"I'm not going to hurt you, if that's what you mean," Isshin said, but changed the subject, "Why don't you come downstairs and have something to eat?"
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The mention of food reminded Ulquiorra of how long it had been since he last ate. But, determined not to give Isshin a reason to get angry with him for eating the entire kitchen, Ulquiorra became stubborn.
"I'm…not hungry," he whispered but his stomach betrayed him by gurgling angrily.
The ex-taichou smirked at the younger man's futile attempt to lie and led him downstairs.
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Ichigo scowled through a mouthful of rice when he saw his dad leading the Arrancar towards the kitchen. Ulquiorra stood away from Isshin as the shinigami readied the coffee maker. Everything was calm until the thing actually started to make the coffee.
It started out as a small gurgling sound, but soon it grew and grew into a full-out growl. Caught unawares and scared out of his wits (since he was being growled at by an appliance) Ulquiorra dashed away to the opposite end of the kitchen where the table was.
He sat down in the chair across from him Ichigo and the teenager engaged him into a glaring competition. Or, it was more accurately an Ichigo-glare-at-Ulquiorra-and-Ulquiorra-cower-under-the-table competition. Ichigo arched and eyebrow when he watched the Arrancar duck under the wooden surface.
Isshin came back over a minute later carrying two bowls of rice and a cup of coffee. He stopped when he saw his son calmly – if not a bit annoyed - eating his rice while Ulquiorra gazed fearfully at the teenager's legs and shoes from under the table. The older of the two sighed and set the bowls and cup down before crouching down to see Ulquiorra.
"Ulquiorra," he started and the Arrancar flinched and curled up with his knees against his chest, eyes closed tight. Isshin sighed; this was going to take some getting used to, "I have some breakfast for you."
The two green eyes with tear-like lines leading from them peered cautiously out from behind Ulquiorra's knees. What if the food was poisoned? It would make sense since those shinigami had tried to kill him last night. Did this man know them?
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Isshin saw the way Ulquiorra's eyes changed to confusion and felt like hitting his head against the table. The guy probably thought he, Isshin Kurosaki, was trying to kill him with food. Ichigo's dad told himself he'd find a quicker way of killing someone instead of poisoning them. By the way, Yuzu would wake up soon and she would think it was weird seeing a stranger hiding under her kitchen table.
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Yuzu yawned. She was glad it was Saturday; it meant she could relax instead of going to school.
The girl made her way sleepily into the bathroom where she brushed her teeth, combed her hair and got dressed before heading downstairs to eat breakfast. When she arrived at the kitchen, however, she stopped in confusion.
"Dad," she asked curiously, "why is that man hiding under the table?"
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The second Isshin heard Yuzu's voice he turned to see his daughter standing in the kitchen's doorway.
"Yuzu!" he said, smiling, "Um, well, you see, this man was homeless and-"
"He's not-"Ichigo interrupted.
"Exactly, Ichigo! He's no longer homeless because he will be living with us!" Isshin sent his son a "Just follow along" glance but Ichigo huffed and forced another bite of rice into his mouth.
"Ooh! Is that why you were gone last night?" Yuzu asked innocently.
How did she know?! She must've not been asleep! Isshin hesitated for a minute before agreeing, "Right!"
"Why does he have that horn?" the girl added.
"Ah…um….it's…a…it's a rare disease called "Bone-itis" that causes your body to grow abnormal pieces of bone!" Isshin made it up as he went along and Ichigo snorted.
"Oh," Yuzu nodded and softened up towards Ulquiorra, "Aw, why are you hiding?"
"I'm scared," Ulquiorra replied very, very quietly.
Yuzu's mind took it the wrong way since she didn't know what happened between Ulquiorra and Ichigo – much less the shinigami last night.
"Don't worry! You look fine; nobody will laugh at you because you have a bunch of bone and a horn covering your hair! Don't be scared!" she cooed and lightly pulled him into a chair, "Now, let's eat some breakfast!"
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X3 Yuzu's so nice, isn't she? Yesh, I love Yuzu (not literally), and I found out that she was born on the same day as me! May 6!
I thought I'd base this chapter mostly on Ulquiorra meeting Yuzu :) ha, the poor guy's scared of Ichigo and the coffee maker…I feel sorry for him…By the way – this story's coffee maker is based on my own – it's very old and makes a growling noise whenever it starts brewing coffee --;
Please review!