"yeah I'm fine! The told me it was just a concussion!" I replied holding the phone to my ear, Ulquiorra was leading me around the student lounge. "yeah, I'm not supposed to go to sleep, but I'll be fine, but it's nice to see you care!" I laughed. "I didn't know he cared!" I replied, hanging up the phone.

"you didn't?" Ulquiorra replied. "he has a funny way of showing it, but trust me he dose!"

"how do you know?" I asked, back pedaling a bit so Ulquiorra didn't run me into the wall.

"you're the only thing he's got left, he's not going to abandon you! (at least not yet any way!)"

"we made a deal when we jumped out of the foster-mobile that we would let each other do our own thing and learn how to live by our selves!" I replied. Wam! "ow…!" I moaned, rubbing my for head. "you're very directionally challenged! This is the second time you've run me into something!" I replied.

"I'll let you fall asleep and die! Be nice!" he replied slapping me on the back of the head.

"if you promise to stop hitting me!" I yelled, "is the coffee done? My feet hurt!" I replied plopping down on the couch, I took a drink of 5 monsters*paten pending* we had bought on the way home. "I think you're right the purple is the best!" I replied "I'm glad you talked me out of the orange one!" I replied. Ulquiorra sat down next to me.

"I actually can't tell the difference! I just wanted to see if I could talk you out of it! You do tend to be a little stubborn!" Ulquiorra replied.

I gave a little snort and pushed my straw like blond hair out of my eyes "only when I know I'm right!" I replied. Suddenly the world spun a little as the couch flipped on it's side sending me and Ulquiorra over the back. I let out a high pitched streak.

The sound of laughter slowly bought me back to my senses "Remey!" Ulquiorra and I yelled simultaneously, I lunged at him catching him slightly off guard and knocked the extremely tall black guy into the coffee table. "Ismene! Don't strain your self!" Ulquiorra yelled pulling me off of Remey, I still tried to reach at him even though Ulquiorra had me pined up agents his chest.


Once Ulquiorra got me calmed down (mostly by starving the oxygen to my brain) Remey continued with what he had come down stairs for. "so I guess the rumors are true," he teased poking me in the side of the head just to annoy me (it was working). Remey was the boxing coach's (Kempachi) nephew, he was a freshmen like me, but he was so tall every one thought he was a teacher, I met him purely by accident. He was Kitty's friend , and I ran into him wile I was eating lunch with her: we happened to stand behind him in the lunch line with Sena (the girl from memories of nobody) and Ishida, and before I knew it I had 3 more friends.

I thought of Remey like a little brother, even though I hadn't known him for more than a month, I already knew that we had way to much in common. I knew exactly what he was talking about.

"oh, no, me with- him? Ha, ha" I stammered pointing back and forth between people.

"we're just friends!" Ulquiorra replied, patting me on the back I was still laughing nervously.

"because you know just the other day she told me that she-"

"Remey do you want to lose a couple finger?" I yelled. Dabbing a wet rag on my for head were Ulquiorra had run me into the wall. My pikachu Pj pants were sticky from where I had split my drink, I had to take off my over shirt! (yes I sleep in two shirts and I know it's weird!)

"okay, glad to see it wasn't true, because I don't need any thing taking you away from the 'job'!" he replied in a very serious voice.

"hey! I'm not your hooker I'm you accountant!" I yelled as he left. (it's an inside joke that my friends would get! :P)

Suddenly there was a loud ding from the kitchen I jumped into Ulquiorra's arms. "coffee's ready!" I replied my voice shaky, a pink thing painting it's self across my face, I couldn't remember being this close to kissing someone in my life! (I mean when I wanted to kiss someone) I could feel his breath on my skin. My mind was spinning so fast I didn't notice he was blushing to. Well this'll keep me awake I thought as we slowly but surely closed the gap between our mouths. My eyes slowly slid shut. As his lips brushed agents mine, the suspense was killing me, but I couldn't force myself to go any faster. Finally our lips met, and it was all down hill from there, he nearly stuck his tong down my throat, things were getting kind of violent if you asked me, he lost balance and fell on top of me, nearly crushing me under his weight, not that he was over weight just that I was under weight, making me momentarily break the kiss for a second wile I let all the air out of my lungs.

But as soon as I got back into it I herd a voice "no PDA in the school lounge!" I jumped and head butted Ulquiorra.

"sorry Mr. Aizen!" I replied, looking at my feet. what's he doing in the student lounge in the middle of the night?

"don't let me catch you 2 agene!" he replied, cleaning his glasses on the end of his shirt.

"yes sir! I'm sorry too sir!" Ulquiorra replied, ruffling my hair.

"I would have you two suspended if you weren't good students! You know that right?" Mr. Aizen said quite casually as he walked away. We both knew that was a lie, Mr. Aizen was the chemistry teacher, and the biggest pervert in the entire school. He had probably watched the entire thing.

"do you think they have a video camera in here or something?" I asked, looking up in the corners of the room.

"probably streams strait to his room!" Ulquiorra replied. "that's why he always shows up!"

"and no one ever gets suspended- what are you making in chemistry?"

"I', a senior I don't take chemistry!"

"oh yeah that's right, I'm making a 63!" I replied.

"he asked Fai if she would ever consider posing naked!" he whispered. A shock went threw my veins!

"why is he still at this school!" I yelled, Ulquiorra put his finger to my lips, trying to quiet me.

"rumored has it that he's black-mailing the head master!" he whispered, I saw a idea glimmer in his eyes, a smile stretched across his face.

"what are you thinking?" I asked, just a little scared.

"want to see if he comes back?" Ulquiorra replied, leaning in to kiss me agene.

Now did I want to kiss him agene, yes a thousand times yes! But I caught a glimpse of the tattoo written across my arm. The kanji for a special word that kept me going for all these years, even know, one word that mint the world: 'remember' I ducked out of the kiss.

"I'm sorry, I can't do this!" I whispered, tears forming in my eyes.

What was I supposed to do I told myself a long time ago that I wasn't getting involved with anyone until Antigone was avenged! I couldn't get distracted by anything or anyone.

"I think I'm going to go to the bathroom! You gunn'a be okay till I get back?" Ulquiorra replied getting up. I nodded. As soon as he was gone I got up myself and ran.


About an hour later I was wandering a random New York suburb, with no where to go and no plan of knowing anytime soon. It was freezing cold, and I was starting to regret not getting my shoes before I left, at least I blended in, after all it was Halloween!

My phone hadn't stopped ringing since I left, other than that I was practically invisible. I found a bench and sat down a few tears running down my cheek, I pulled my knees to my chest. Why was I so confused? This wasn't hard! I had gotten over boys before, quite often actually!

I just needed to think. Maybe it was the concussion, yeah, that's it! I wasn't thinking strait and I would be fine, once I got some rest… finally!

"hey kid you okay?" I jumped and almost fell of the bench, I really needed to chill out!

"yeah, I'm fine!" I replied looking up to see who was talking to me. He was a tall man with warm brown eyes and long silver hair, in a black jacket, he looked nice enough, I called it right of the bat: cop. "I took a walk and got tired and sat down for a little wile!"

"with out your shoes and in your pajamas?" he replied sitting down next to me. "is this some sort of weird middle school walk of shame?"

"I'm in high school, and no I'm trying to stay awake, I got a concussion earlier in the night and just got back from the hospital a little wile ago, and I just decided to take a walk, are you going to arrest me?"

"were, do you live?" he asked.

"I live in the dormitories at the facility for educationally and athletically gifted, and it's Friday night, we have and extended curfew, I'm not breaking any laws!" I sighed.

"it's like you know I'm a cop!" he replied.

"when you've lived my life, you learn to tell!" I replied. My phone began to ring agene.

"are you going to get that…?" he asked.

Not wanting to look suspicious I picked it up. "hello?" I replied.

"Ismene? Oh thank God! were are you?" Cinna replied. "I'll come and get you!"

"no, Cinna! I'm fine, I'm not ready to go home just yet, but I'll be back soon!" I explained. "and we kind of have something to talk about a little later!" I hung up the phone before she could say anything else.

"she sounded kind of worried!" the cop replied.

"look, why are you talking to me?" I replied getting a little annoyed.

"oh please, you're walking around with your head down, no shoes, not walking up to anyone's house, you're in a tank top and Pj pants in freezing weather, a rookie could pick you out in a large crowd!" he laughed.

I had no snappy comeback for that one "okay, you got me!" I replied. "so what? are you going to take me back home?"

"no, you're not doing anything wrong for another hour!" he replied. He took of his jacket and handed it to me. "you need this more than I do!" he said.

"thanks!" I replied draping it over my shoulders. "so you a cop… I'm gunn'a say… NYPD… you don't strike me as a white caller guy, or an incompetent highway patrol, so… you investigate murder and high or high end theft!" I replied, just trying to make conversation.

"you're way to good at this… your dad a cop or something?" he asked.

I shook my head "no, he's died!" I replied "mom to!"

"oh, I'm sorry! He said in a rather depressed manner. "so do you live with an ant or uncle?"

"no, my brother! He's 18, technically it's aloud." I said as if it was nothing because as far as I was concerned it was nothing. "it really doesn't matter to me any more!"

"I'm off duty!" He replied. "so how do you know so much about law enforcement?"

"I wann'a be in the white caller division and take down the King of Thebes!" I replied.

Her burst out into laughter, "you- think- you can- take down the King of Thebes?" he laughed, wiping the tears from his eyes "why would someone like you even think of trying that?"

"because he tortured my sister to death right in front of me! And I couldn't do anything to stop them!" I replied, choking back the sobs.

Suddenly it was a whole lot less funny "oh, I see, maybe I can help!" he replied.

"I doubt it, I was 6 and there's been a hole in my memories, I can't remember what the man looks like of what he called himself!" I said squeezing my eyes shut.

"do you remember what happened?" he asked pulling out a pen.

"I can tell you to look up the Antigone Rodalose case file!" I replied. "if it's not all redacted that is!"

Suddenly my phone rang agene, I looked at the caller ID "oh… great it's him" I replied, looking at the flashing name Ulquiorra.

"did he do something to upset you?" he someone replied.. I was to cold to jump, I just turned my head lightly.

"oh, hello Ulquiorra!" I replied. "have you and Cinna stopped talking?" I asked.