Memories – Chapter One

"Ulquiorra? Ulquiorra Schiffer!"

My eyes snapped open. My vision slowly cleared and I found myself sitting at a table. Ah, I thought, another Espada meeting of course. But then I heard the snickers and giggles of the rest of the Espada. It was then I realized that I must have fallen asleep and Aizen-sama had woken me. I tried to stop the flow of blood towards my cheeks, and of course I won the battle. After all, I was the calm, stoic one wasn't I?

"Once my dear Cuatra Espada has fully awaken from his slumber --"

More snickers and giggles (the giggles from Szayel Aporro, of course).

"You are dismissed, my Espada. Cuatra Espada, stay behind."

I looked up in my sense of surprise, which wasn't really surprised. I spotted the Sexta Espada, Grimmjow Jeagerjaques, looking at me with a puzzled expression on his face. As our eyes locked, he quickly looked away, a slight pink on his cheeks. Szayel Aporro asked him something that, obviously, annoyed him. Of course, Szayel was probably talking about his new invention that I never really knew about since I always ignored him.

"Fuck OFF!!" Grimmjow snarled as Szayel went into details. Szayel laughed nervously and floated away.

"Ulquiorra."

I turned around. "Yes, Aizen-sama?"

"This way." He replied, leading me into his office.

"Stand here and wait." he ordered, and I heard a menacing tone on the edge of his voice, masked by a soft, gentle smile on his face.

I stood in front of his desk and waited. While I waited, I looked around the room. Papers were neatly stacked on his desk and the walls were a pale, clean gray. Before I knew it, Aizen-sama had returned. And the first thing I noticed in his hand...

A packet of papers. But that wasn't what caused my eyes to widen slightly.

A stark, black whip with knots tied in it securely.

I felt my fear build up deep within me. What was going on?

"Ulquiorra, look at these." Aizen-sama said in a cheery voice. He threw the papers near me.

The pages fluttered next to me, and instinctively I caught them. My eyes scanned over them, and I caught the words "abuse" and "death." But something that caused my stomach to flip was the name that sounded so familiar to me, but when I put thought to it, I didn't know why...

Yuki.

~End of Chapter One~

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