AN: Ok guys so far I've gotten a lot of positive reviews but not really any feedback on who should be with who except the usual Haruna x Rito pairing. Like I said in the last chapter nothing is set in stone yet but I will take all suggestions into consideration when I make the final choice, until then I have two polls open, One for Rito's pairing and the other for Ulquiorra's pairing. The polls are in my profile so be sure to check that out.

Thanks for listening to me rant Now for the Disclaimer!

Blaze The Blasian does not own The To Love Ru or Bleach series. They are owned by Saki Hasemi-san and Tite Kubo-san respectively.

On with the story!

Chapter 2: Enter Lala-hime! Chaos levels over 9000!

*Thwack*

*Crack*

The two combatants sprung backwards from each other before moving back into strike. They've been trading blows for about 3 minutes now and neither were getting any hits in. Asahina was no fool and knew that while she may be trying to get a hit in on her Taicho that Ulquiorra wasn't trying and simply kept on the defensive as if he were simply testing her. Normally that would make people angry and lash out to prove themselves but she knew that was exactly what Ulquiorra-taicho wanted, she'll be damned if she let her emotions cloud her judgement. With another lunge she aimed to get a wrist shot on her captain. To her shock, not that Ulquiorra pulled his shinai back to block her strike, but that he in turn lunged and got a gut shot at her. She grunted as while the armor may have taken the brunt of the attack she still felt the shockwave of the strike. She stumbled backwards, gripping the right side of her stomach.

"Migi-do!" While Ulquiorra's voice was calm and low it carried as if it were exclaimed as in a normal match. Ulquiorra knew that his initial plan wouldn't work as Asahina was one of his more skilled team members. Deciding the time for play was over he went on the offensive. In Asahina's attempt to strike at his wrist he saw an opening to strike her stomach so he took it. After his strike he moved back into his initial position as he waited for Asahina to recover from the strike. Once he saw her get back into her position he decided that he would now take the offensive so he lunged for another gut shot. Asahina was barely able to react and block his strike. Seeing that he now forced her into the defensive he continued a restrained onslaught of strikes that she was able to block. He stepped back to allow his opponent a moment to rest and gather her wits. While he knew that he could easily win this match he wanted to push Asahina to her limits and make her advance past her current skill level. Usually he would let Rin push the girl but since they were equally skilled he knew she would need a push from someone far stronger to give her the boost that she truly needed.

Asahina was able to calm her breathing after a few seconds. Even if this were just a simple spar, she was thankful that her Taicho was able to push her so far. "I won't give up Taicho so don't count on it! HAAAH." She lunged forward at Ulquiorra this time going for a throat strike. Ulquiorra simply deflected the strike before going in for a wrist strike that would've connected had Asahina not duck and lean in for a gut strike. Ulquiorra blocked the gut shot easily enough but behind his helmet mask Ulquiorra had an amused smirk on his face. It seemed that Ulquiorra was enjoying this spar as he knew Asahina was strong, skillful, and spontaneous. It reminded him of his final opponent before he woke up in the wreckage. So deep into his thoughts he didn't know what happened until he felt a strike on the middle of his headgear.

"MEN!" Asahina cried out. All spars stopped as everyone knew who Asahina was facing. The utter shock can clearly be seen on everyone's face, even Asahina was shocked even though the excited grin can be felt from behind her headgear. "No way...I-i/she-she did it?! I/she got a hit in on Ulquiorra-taicho?! th-thats incredible/impossible." Asahina felt so proud of herself and even through everyone's shock, they all knew she had done the previously thought impossible. Therefore they couldn't help but be proud/envious at the same time. Ulquiorra, behind his headgear had a proud look on his face, even if he were distracted it was pretty impressive that his teammate was able to get a hit in on him. It showed great improvement on her part. He knew that if she kept improving she may be able to give even him a run for his money as long as he held back.

"I'm impressed Asahina-san... you have improved so much in the short time that I've been your captain shows you have the skills, and determination to go far in this style of swordsmanship. I applaud you but it seems we must finish this spar. How about it, one last go.." If everyone was shocked before than they might as well have just had their minds fucked ten times over. Ulquiorra never spoke so much, sure he praised his team but he never gave them a speech. Asahina on the other hand felt her whole face heat up at such praise from her captain. Her embarrassment soon turned into deviousness as she knew she could hold this over Rin who she knew had a massive crush on their captain. Her captain's final words finally kicked in as she nodded to show she agreed. Both combatants moved into their initial position and stances.

"One..." Both combatants bent their knees

"Two..." Both combatants moved their non-dominant feet back

"Three!" They lunged one more time at eachother. Asahina aimed to get another head shot on her captain. Ulquiorra pulled his shinai back to block her strike, then in turn lunged and got a gut shot at her. She grunted as she felt the shockwave of the strike. This time it felt like she didn't even have the armor on and she just took a full swing blow from a metal bat swung by a big burly looking delinquent. She stumbled backwards, gripping the right side of her stomach. "Da-dammit all... Taicho is too strong... He-he doesn't even look winded at all!... is this the stre-strength of Japan's elites in Kendo? No... it feels like he's in a league all on his own...wh-what is he doing?"Asahina was interrupted from her thoughts when Ulquiorra began walking towards her. As he got closer he began taking off his Kendo armor. Underneath he wore a white shirt with two long coattails and white puffy pants and black combat boots. (AN: Yes his Espada clothing) He took off his shirt revealing to everyone his fit form, while he wasn't a bodybuilder he wasn't frail or skinny either. (AN: Think of Grimmjow's build) Seeing his naked upper torso brought a full on face blush from Asahina who was glad her helmet had a face mask to hide said blush. Now while she didn't see her captain in the romantic sort of way she wasn't afraid to admit that she liked what she saw... alot. He then lifted her up bridal style and carried her to the infirmary.

-The Infirmary-

Ulquiorra walked in with a red faced Asahina who had at some point took her helmet off because the heat was getting to her. A mature woman approached the two. The woman had short red hair that reached to the tip of her chin. A full bust and curvaceous figure that made his female classmate and teammates look like children. Her beauty was enough to make Ulquiorra nervous. He hadn't seen a beauty like her since his Espada days with Nel-san, Tia-san, and... Inoue Orihime-chan... that last name made him feel numb before he recomposed himself.

"Mikado-sensei... my teammate here got injured and exhausted herself...I.. may have taken our spar too far. May I leave her in your care?" Ulquiorra asked the beautiful nurse. The nurse simply nodded so he laid the woman down on the bed before making his leave. Before he could reach the door though he felt the bust that he knew belonged to the nurse press against his back and two soft hands made themselves known as they explored his naked torso. As a master of keeping his emotions in check he felt ashamed of himself as he felt his face heat up knowing the nurse, or sometimes his boss when he would help her out in the infirmary, was once again feeling him up.

"Mou~ Ulquiorra-kun were you gonna leave your sensei so Hot and Bothered after showing off such a treat as your body." Let it be known that Ulquiorra tried his hardest to stay composed but hearing his sensei whisper so suggestively in his ears sent a pleasurable shiver down his spine and he almost said fuck it and let out his inner hormones but as if Kami-sama was shining down on him he found the resolve to easily remove himself from Mikado's grasp and compose himself. "I must apologize sensei but I should be on my way. Practice is almost over and I should be heading home." Moving at speeds comparable to his Sonido Ulquiorra quickly left the infirmary and made his way back to the Kendo club room. He sighed in relief as he changed back into his school uniform and grabbed his school and Kendo bags before locking up the club room seeing as everyone else already left and cleaned up somehow.

He made to head home, on his path home he was walking passed the Yuki residence when he stopped suddenly as he felt an unknown energy signature that was clearly above that of the humans of this world. Somehow he knew though that Yuuki-kun was somehow involved with this weird signature.

"WAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHH?" Yep. Yuki-kun's embarrassed screams told Ulquiorra that something weird had happened to Yuki-kun. With a sigh as he knew there was no imminent danger he calmly walked to the Yuki residence. He stopped right outside the door as he heard another shocked scream that he knew belonged to Mikan-san, before kneeling down and grabbing the spare key that was kept for him under their welcome matt. He unlocked and opened the door before putting the key back and entered the house. He took off his school shoes and put on a spare pair of slippers before making his way to the bathroom where he sensed the others when he saw something that made him blink in shock.

There infront of him was a shocked and embarrassed Rito and a frozen in shock Mikan looking at a naked pink haired female. The strangest thing about the female was the black spade tail swaying wistfully behind her. He blinked owlishly as he tried to assess the situation at hand. Yuuki Rito was naked in his bath with both hands somehow feeling up on a mysterious new woman who was also naked and simply had a clueless happy look with her head tilted to the side and her spade-end tail swaying behind her. A little bit in front of himself was a frozen in shock Mikan with her jaw figuratively fallen to the floor. Had he been any idiot who was used to such situations he would've laughed at the hilarity of this whole situation. Seeing that he was not Ulquiorra simply sighed and cleared his throat to let his presence be known. This caused everyone to look in his direction when a sequence of events happened that would've cause anyone to sweatdrop.

Rito was the first to get out of his shock to see Ulquiorra standing in the doorway of his bathroom. Not caring if he flashed Mikan he made for a mad dash to hide himself behind the unbreakable wall that was his best friend. Or at least that's what he had planned. The second he stepped out of the tub he slipped on a peculiarly placed bar of soap, reaching for anything to catch himself on he ended up grabbing the pink haired girls tail. Grabbing the tail must've done something because he heard a low mewl from the girl that caught her off guard thus bring her down with him. Unfortunately they kept sliding until they connected with Mikan who hadn't been able to react in time putting everyone in a peculiar situation with the pink haired girl sitting on Rito's face and Mikan face planted onto his crotch. They somehow ended up right in front of Ulquiorra who simply sighed at the impossibility of it all and removed Mikan from Rito's crotch and the pink haired girl from Rito's face. He stepped over Rito and grabbed two towels. He tossed one to the pink haired girl and the other to Rito.

"Make yourselves decent then come to the living room so we can figure out what just happened." Ulquiorra's voice had an underlying command tone to it that sent a shiver down everyone who heard it. A pleasurable shiver for Mikan and the pink haired girl and a fearful one for Rito. Rito then ran to his room and Mikan lead the pink haired girl to her mother's room to let her borrow some clothes.

The tension in the living room was so thick Mikan could've sworn she could it with a knife. Ulquiorra sat at one end of the large dinner table sipping on some tea while the others either took quick sips, stared embarrassedly at it, or just left it alone. Mikan, not being able to take the silence asked the big question on everyone's mind to the pink haired girl.

"Ok, who the hell are you and how'd you end up in my brother's bath?!" Ah Mikan, the cute little fire spirit. Ever so blunt but so cute at it no one could get mad at her for it. The pink haired girl wither didn't feel the tension behind the question or skillfully ignored it. Ulquiorra had a feeling it was the former in this case. Everyone, sans Ulquiorra who had his eyes closed as he sipped on the tea, stared at the pink haired girl expectedly awaiting her answer.

"Ahn~ Gomen, My name is Lala Deviluke. I derive from the planet Deviluke, I suppose I am what you humans would call an alien." The pink haired girl, newly dubbed Lala, introduced herself to everyone at the table. Despite her initial air-headedness she seemed like quite the intelligent life form. She studied each person at the table for their reaction. Unsurprisingly to her she noticed the two siblings gawking at her in disbelief, it did come as a shock however that the other male didn't even flinch at her proclamation, did he believe her so easily? She figured she may have to prove herself to the others if they were to believe her. She stared intently at the raven haired boy. Why did he believe her so wholeheartedly?

"Ulquiorra you actually believe her?" Huh? It seemed the orange haired boy, Rito she remembered, asked the unspoken question. "Yuuki-kun, you're an accident closet pervert who can get himself into the strangest situations. Meeting an alien girl isn't as farfetched for you as many would think." Lala and Mikan couldn't help but giggle at the poor boy's expense, Again Lala found herself intrigued by this... enigma. "If you still question why I believe her her tail is a dead giveaway as few to no human have tail and even fewer have shapes such as her own.

"It could just be cosplay." Rito argued the raven haired boy. "The tail sways in a natural way such as an animal's own tail. No cosplay prop could have such a natural flow to them. It would also explain her sudden appearance and her odd watch." This caught everyone's attention and cause them all to be shocked. Lala because she thought she had her watch hidden under the sleeve and the Yuuki siblings because they didn't see it before.

"Ho-how did you-/ When you stuck your... interesting pose I noticed the shine reflected but the light in the room." Lala started to stammer out before Ulquiorra interrupted her and explained which shocked Lala even more since she knew he had to have been just walking into the chaos when she cheered for her successful escape. How had he spotted that so quickly?

"Oh. speaking of that you said something like 'Escape success' What did you mean by that?" Rito asked the pink haired alien girl. "Oh that's simple. I was being chased and I used this." Lala pulled the sleeve down to reveal the watch like thing Ulquiorra had mentioned. It was silver with a goat's skull on it. "This is Pyon-Pyon Warp-Kun. My transportation watch. If no coordinates are input it will teleport the user to a random location. I just so happen to land into your bath Rito-kun." Lala exclaimed cheerfully. Rito gave Lala a deadpan stare and asked another question. "Then why were you naked?" Lala answered without missing a beat. "Oh that's because Pyon-Pyon Warp-Kun only teleports living organisms." Both Yuuki siblings stared at her in disbelief before Mikan spoke up for the first time in awhile.

"So non-living objects such as clothes- Do not get teleported that is correct." Lala finished for Mikan who still had a look of shock, not at the information but at the fact that she was taking this all in stride. "Ugh, this is too much and we have school tomorrow. I'm going to head to bed. Ulquiorra, since I have a feeling that you'll be staying anyway feel free to use the bath and guest room." Ulquiorra simply nodded before turning to Lala. "It is getting pretty late so you may stay for the night. Mikan is it alright if she sleeps in your room with you? If not I will take the couch." This shocked Lala, why would a stranger willingly give up a bed for another stranger?

"Ah, no need Ulquiorra-kun, sure Lala-san can sleep in my room with me tonight." Mikan told Ulquiorra who simply nodded before everyone decided to turn in for the night, or they would have had it not been for the sudden robot who flew in from the window effectively making it shatter upon impact before it tried to fly to Lala, although it failed to notice the obstacle that came in the form of onr Yuuki Rito. Before the robot could impact with the human boy it felt itself being grabbed, swung it around and was held out right in front of it's mistress. "Ah. Peke?!/Lala-sama?!" The robot and girl exclaimed before embracing eachother. "Peke? How'd you escape? Were you followed?" Lala asked the robot who shook his head indicating that he was not being followed as far as he knew.

"Ah, Lala... What is that?" Rito spoke up as he blinked owlishly at the robot. "Oh! This is Peke, my costume bot~! Here let's show them. Peke transform~!" "Hai Lala-sama!" Peke sat on top of Lala's head before it began to glow before Lala was covered in a blinding light that made the Yuuki siblings cover their eyes with their arms and Ulquiorra to simply close his eyes. When the light died down everyone opened their eyes only for Rito to get a massive blush on his face, Mikan's jaw figuratively fell to the ground once again and Ulquiorra blinked owlishly. There in front of the three was Lala now in a form fitting white...suit? clothing?... complete with Peke's head on her own.

Ulquiorra simply shook his head. Today was interesting to say the least. Somehow chaos started again when Rito chose to stand up and get a closer look. Somehow Rito slipped on his pillow causing him to stumble onto Lala bringing her down with him. This scared the robot forcing it to end it's transformation leaving Lala in the Yuuki sibling's mother's nightgown which left little to the imagination. Rito's hands somehow managed to get a grasp of Lala's full bust causing the alien girl to moan aloud before whispering 'ecchi Rito-kun' causing Rito to spring up with speeds comparable to his own Sonido and sputter out apologies to the Alien girl with a bright red face which only made Lala giggle in amusement before getting up.

Mikan having enough of this whole thing told everyone it might be a good time to turn in for the night which everyone agreed to. Mikan led Lala to her room and Rito went to his room while Ulquiorra told them that he would clean up their mess before turning in himself. This lead to the others offering their help, even Lala which made Ulquiorra blink in confusion before quickly regaining himself and dismissed everyone stating that they needed the rest more than himself, especially Lala who tried to deny but couldn't stop herself from Yawning which sounded oddly cute to Ulquiorra although he'd never admit it. They all relented when it was clear Ulquiorra wasn't going to budge in his decision so they all went upstairs to bed. Ulquiorra began to straighten up the living room, after he was done with that he went to the bathroom to give it a good cleaning.

*Crash!*

*Thud* *Thud*

Ulquiorra stopped cleaning as he heard a window shatter, judging from the sound he figured it came from Rito's room. A horrible feeling made itself known in his gut before he vanished in a Sonido. He reappeared in Rito's room just in time to catch the fist of a giant male wearing a black suit that was aimed at the boy behind him. Ulquiorra mentally scoffed as he had felt gillian's with a stronger punch than this alien. He says alien because he noticed the man had a horn on his head. He quickly scanned the room using everyone's shock to his advantage, he noticed Rito in front of Lala as if to protect her and he noticed a second alien in a black suit a little ways behind the first male. The alien male grunted before jumping back next to his partner and glared at Ulquiorra.

"Where did you come from human? Argh it matters not, please move out of the way we only wish to take Lala-sama back with us. Her father misses her dearly." The second alien male spoke diplomatically while his partner was shaking his hand as it felt like he had punched a reinforced steel wall.

Ulquiorra simply stared at the two before lowering his hand from its previous elevated position to lazily rest at his side. "I must apologize. Judging from Deviluke-sama's wariness of you two I must conclude that either you two are not who you say you are... or that she has no wish to return to her father anytime soon. Therefore I cannot allow you to take her. Also judging by the way you were going to attack Yuuki-kun I deem you a threat to their safety." Ulquiorra suddenly vanished from his previous spot in front of Rito and Lala before reappearing in mid-air in front of the grunt who's fist he blocked moments earlier. "Therefore I cannot allow you to be here any longer." With that said Ulquiorra hit the grunt directly in the face with a kick that had sent him flying out of the window they had previously crashed through as to keep from causing anymore damage. The other grunt was too shocked by Ulquiorra's speed and the fact that he was able to easily dispatch of his partner.

"Argh you brat!" The grunt bellowed before lunging for Ulquiorra in hopes to capture him then knock him out. Ulquiorra had no wish to be knocked out so he easily dodge the man's lunge before delivering another kick to the male's gut that had also send him flying out the same window as his partner. While this was going on the two other occupants of the room had different expressions. Rito had a huge shit eating grin on his face as he knew if anyone could beat those two men-in-black looking grunts that it would be Ulquiorra while Lala was in shock that an earthling was able to easily dispatch two of her Papa's men. She knew they were no pushover and for Ulquiorra to easily send them flying meant there was definitely more than meets the eye when it came to this man. A soft pink tint adorned her cheeks as she had watch it all happen before her. She was the daughter of a powerful Alien warrior and she respected strength greatly therefore Ulquiorra had caught her attention.

"Damnit, I don't know why but I have a feeling that they'll be back, it's not safe here and I won't let anyone get hurt. Come one Lala we have to go." Before anyone could react Rito grabbed Lala's hand and jumped out the window landing on a nearby roof before setting off in a sprint to get to somewhere away from the others so that if those two did come back they wouldn't be putting anyone else in danger. For some reason something stirred in Lala, this boy would go so far for someone he didn't even know.

"What happened in here?!" Before Ulquiorra could pursue the two he heard Mikan's voice shout out from behind him. He turned to see a stunned scared Mikan. Ulquiorra then explained the situation and told Mikan to just go back to sleep and that he'll recover her brother and their new estranged friend. Ulquiorra was about to start his pursuit when he suddenly felt the need to grab something he hadn't used in years.

-With Rito and Lala-

Rito finally stopped running when they reached the park near the edge of town. He collapsed to his knees as even with working out with his best friends he was still out of breath from his vast sprint across town. Lala on the other hand was only slightly winded but otherwise just fine.

"Haa...Haa... Today had really gone to shit huh? It was just another normal day until tonight." Hearing Rito say that mad Lala feel sad/hurt/guilty seeing that her appearance had caused nothing but trouble for the human boy. "But ya know... somehow I'm having a blast." Rito finished with a grin that shocked Lala to her core. He... wasn't mad? But why? She had done nothing but cause trouble. As if he had somehow read her mind Rito gave Lala a comforting grin. "Hey what's life without a little change in plans right?" Lala couldn't help the happy tears from trickling down her cheeks before she leapt at Rito enveloping him in a bone crushing hug that Rito somehow felt little pain in.

Lala would have continued to hug the poor boy had they not heard heavy footsteps approach them. Both boy and girl turned to see a male with white hair that reaches down to his shoulders wearing odd armor complete with a cape and a sword strapped to his side to make him look like a knight. Lala seemed to pale at this new appearance and that caused Rito to also pale knowing that if Lala was scared then he would be fucked ten times over. Why did he leave without Ulquiorra again?

-With Ulquiorra-

Ulquiorra stepped into his apartment to see a sheathed blade hung on his wall. He approached the blade that he hadn't used in what felt like a lifetime. Getting closer to the blade Ulquiorra couldn't help but feel nervous at using the blade once blade seemed to be shaking in anticipation of Ulquiorra taking it once again. Getting closer Ulquiorra could swear he heard giggling come from the blade.

"It has been a long time... hasn't it... Murcielago?" Ulquiorra could practically feel the excitement from his blade. Ulquiorra grabbed the blade by the hilt before he was swamped by memories from his past.

-Flashback!-

"There are two rules we espada must abide by in Las Noches." Ulquiorra spoke looking at a battered Orange haired male wearing a white mask with red claw marks on it. The male was wearing a black torn up shirt with long coattails and matching black pants and black combat boots. Ulquiorra was wearing the white contrast of the orange haired male, except his only had a tear large enough to see a gaping hole where the base of his neck meeting his torso is and a black number 4 tattooed where his heart would be. The orange haired male seemed to stare in shock at Ulquiorra as he spoke.

'The first being that no Espada can use a Gran Rey Cero, the second being that no Espada of the rank of 4 or above are allowed to release their sword in Las Noches. Both are powerful enough to bring about Las Noches' end." Ulquiorra then pointed his blade down at the orange haired male. "Kurosaki Ichigo, you have proven your worth as my opponent but you have not seen the depths of my power... allow me to enlighten you." The newly dubbed Ichigo stared up in shock as he felt Ulquiorra's already powerful Reiatsu skyrocket before he spoke two words that will forever be engraved in his memory.

"Enclose... Murcielago" With that said Ulquiorra's reiatsu exploded outwardly in a show that rained down on Ichigo and even those below Las Noches' canopy could feel the reiatsu as many battles stopped to simply marvel at the show of power. Many Arrancar quickly noted the power to be of a released Espada. Elsewhere an orange haired female beauty comparable to that of Mikado-sensei wearing Arrancar clothing suddenly clasped her hands into a prayer form as she feared for her friends life. Next to her stood a blue haired male wearing white clothing with a blue energy bow formed in his hand. He gripped the other in a fist as he felt the overwhelming power. He looked to the orange haired female.

"Orihime...Don't worry... Ichigo will defeat him and we will take you home.." The orange haired female seemed to relax hearing her friend's words but the power they felt still left her in worry. "I hope so... I really do... Ishida-kun.." The male gripped his hand again and hoped that their friend wouldn't make him out to be a liar as he too felt worry at the reiatsu.

-Flashback end!-

Ulquiorra stared at the blade in his hand. He wished he wouldn't have to use this blade... but if he must he will.. to protect his friends. Ulquiorra turned around and made his way to leave his apartment. His blade strapped to his waist. When he stepped outside his door he disappeared in a Sonido towards where he felt Rito and Lala's signatures along with a new one even more powerful than Lala's.

-With Rito and Lala a few minutes earlier-

"Damnit, What am I gonna do, what can I do? This guy looks like he means business." Rito mentally cursed himself as he found himself staring at the Knight who was casually approaching the two. Rito pulled Lala behind him as he knew that he should atleast try to protect her since he did drag her out of their house in the first place even if this whole mess is her fault.

"Ri-Rito-kun what're you doing?" Lala asked shocked that once again Rito was willing to risk his life for her. "Well You are my guest and Like Ulquiorra said you don't look like you want to go with them so they have no right to force you. I might not be as strong as him but I will still protect you with all I've got!" The way Rito spoke and the determination in his eyes even stunned the approaching knight who momentarily stopped in his stride. Lala on the other hand couldn't stop the blush from spreading on her face.

The Knight simply grunted before continuing, stopping just a few feet from the two. "Human boy. I ask you to move yourself, I do not wish you any harm. My name is Zastin. The imperial general of Planet Deviluke. The King's highest ranked officer and personal bodyguard to the princess. I am simply here to collect the princess and return her to her father. Please move away from the princess and you will not have to be hurt or worse." Lala was shocked that Zastin would threaten Rito's life just to get to her. She gripped the back of Rito's shirt getting his attention.

"Lala?' Rito looked at her curiously wondering what she wanted. "Rito-kun... there's no need to go so far for me... I-/She's right Yuuki-kun... you need not to put yourself in danger to protect her... allow me to be the sword and shield for you both." Everyone was shocked to hear the new voice. Rito and Lala looked in front of them to see Ulquiorra with his back to them. A black sleeveless shirt can be seen with black pants held up by a purple rope belt (AN: Think of Sasuke's get up when he faced Itachi minus the cloak, headband, and whatever that purple thing was over his pants.) and black combat boots. A sheathed blade can be seen strapped by the belt to the left side of his waist. Ulquiorra was staring impassively at a shocked Zastin. Zastin was surprised that he had not even sensed the other boy approaching. Two beaten up looking men wearing black suits stumbled up behind Zastin.

"B-boss, that's him... that's the brat that got the hit on us." This intrigued Zastin to find a human that could best two of his men. Zastin looked at Ulquiorra before an excited grin spread across his features as he could feel the power rolling off this boy. His mission may have been to retrieve the princess but his king didn't say he couldn't have a little fun in the process. Zastin re-introduced himself to the boy. "So boy, may I know the name of the warrior who challenges me?"

Ulquiorra stared impassively at the oaf.. err I mean knight who made his grand introduction. Judging by the man's power he seemed to be on equal footing with himself in this form. He knew he should not hold back but his release form would be too dangerous for the area and it's inhabitants. Ulquiorra then drew his blade with his right hand drawing the others attention at how well kept and powerful it looked. Lala and Rito were in awe of the blade and how the blade wielder looked with it in his hands. "I am Ulquiorra Cifer...I believe I told your men before but seeing as Deviluke-sama wishes not to return to your planet just yet I cannot allow you to take her. Therefore If you wish to get to her you must get through myself. I'm sure you've noticed but even if you were able to get through me, you'd be to weak to get through Yuuki-kun behind me. I suggest you report to your leader this mission is a failure for you."

"I must say while I am impressed by your level of power I cannot leave Lala-sama here where she would be in danger so if I must I will kill you and the boy to get Lala-sama to safety." Zastin said before pulling out his own sword. Everyone except Lala and Zastin's men blinked in confusion seeing that Zastin's sword was just a hilt. Before either boy could ask the obvious question green light energy so potent it was able to take a solid form sprung upwards from the hilt revealing it to be the blade they thought was inexistent. Zastin got into a peculiar stance that reminded Ulquiorra of one of Kurosaki's companions... Zaraki was it? Oh well he knew he remembered the stance from somewhere.

"Very well, do not say I did not give you the chance to leave unharmed." With that said Ulquiorra vanished from sight before appearing right in front of Zastin, his blade in mid swing to decapitate the surprised guard.

AN: AND CUT!

Chapter 2 of "To have a heart" comes to a close. Phew that was a lot of typing on my part. I hope you all enjoyed this chapter I know I enjoyed typing it. On the next chapter will be the battle of Ulquiorra vs. Zastin and how Ulquiorra retained his espada powers will somewhat be revealed in the next chapter. Is Lala gaining feeling for Rito AND Ulquiorra? Maybe. I like to keep things on the fence for now but this is still the begining anything can happen ^^.

Until Next time Read, Review, and Enjoy

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