She had woken to the ground shaking and made sure that Ichimaru-san's wounds didn't strain, Ulquiorra came back wearing…dark slacks, a hoodie long sleeve and missing his Hollow Mask. He blankly explained that 'the Shinigami' gave him a Gigai, an artificial body to mask his Reiatsu to keep the Shinigami from detecting him. He had died so nobody would look for him, as usual her mind had been blown away by his simple explanations.
She really needed to learn more about the Spiritual World.
Her brother had been brought in in a coma, he was losing his Powers and Karin who had been awake by then demanded answers of what happened, but they weren't answered and as much as she disliked secrets, she knew she shouldn't say anything unless Otou-san gave the okay. The first few days were hard, when her brother had visitors Ulquiorra would hide in the Clinic, she thinks he's annoyed, but his poker face makes it difficult to know if he really was.
When 2 weeks passed since the War Ichimaru-san gained consciousness, then, at the sight of Ulquiorra he shot a Kido and made a hole the Clinic's wall. After much explaining and she told him about 'Rangiku-san' he seemed to calm yet still suspicious of the Arrancar 'who wouldn't?' Yuzu thought looking at the newspaper. Why?: Ulquiorra needed a place to live, since it was Friday Otou-san let her go over to Naruki City with the Arrancar and search for a place in which he would be staying in.
"But…" she began turning to face him, "why didn't you return to your World?" he said nothing looking ahead with a strained smile she turned to look at the newspaper again. "Ah…we're here," she said, they had an appointment with the owner of a House that seemed very cheap and it was for a single person. "Good afternoon, Haruto-san, we spoke in the phone yesterday," the old man seemed nice enough.
Ulquiorra silently took the home, it had dark colors on most of the walls that made his eyes narrow paying no mind as the two humans spoke. He went up the stairs and found 3 doors, 2 rooms and a stairway to an attic, the Living Room area seemed normal enough as was the kitchen, "I don't like it," Yuzu sweat dropped. 'He sure looked very interested 2 seconds ago,' she thought giving a small smile.
"Let the humans take care of business," emerald eyes narrowed,
"Humans?" she giggled nervously and led the man away, he looked at the hall that was beside the stairway and followed it ignoring the kitchen he turned to the door, his hand came out of his pocket and opened and found an empty closet, his eyes turned to the door at the end of the hall. He opened it and walked down the stairs and found it quite deep, a basement it was quite spacious.
It could be useful.
"Here you go!" the girl chirped setting the keys in his hand, "since I told him we'd be remodeling he said you could pay the rent until you've finished remodeling and he will take care of the first month's bills, he's a kind Jii-san, isn't he?" he blinked.
"I suppose," was all he said, "I don't like it,"
"It doesn't mean you need to get another place we can just change what you don't like," Yuzu said
"The walls," she hummed looking around, it was dark and the light didn't come in much because of it. What she didn't know as that the darkness brought unpleasant memories of his time as an Adjuchas, when he was covered in white and everyone was dark like the shadows that crept in Hueco Mundo in its wake of nighttime that never changed.
"I suppose it is too dark, what color would you want?" he stared at her,
"It doesn't matter as long as its not dark," 'he's not very independent, is he?' she hummed,
"What about white?"
"…Fine," with the help of Kisuke-san, Ulquiorra was able to settle into Naruki City and got a job as a Busboy during the nighttime and early morning. He got paid well and she went by to his house to help him pain the walls, she once arrived announced and caught him having a nightmare. It was for that reason that she hurried and painted the walls white, Orihime-chan once came with her to help and seemed to be on…normal terms with Ulquiorra.
It brought an unpleasant feeling to her chest.
Before she knew it her brother woke up and sadly watched as Rukia-chan said goodbye from the window, her brother seemed in a depression so she tried to help him in what she could, but he seemed to be moving in auto-pilot during that time Ichimaru-san disappeared, he had left her a note saying he would repay his debt to her and he'd return one day to save her life as she saved his.
He had seemed like a nice man with a habit of bullying her for his amusement, but nice.
Karin didn't like Ulquiorra; in fact, she seemed jealous. Yuzu thought it strange, her twin accused her of spending most of her time with 'that emotionless jerk' that a rock would have seemed better company and would actually reply to her. "But Karin-chan…the only time I see Ulquiorra-kun is when you go play with your friends," Karin called her a traitor and ran off. Her father chuckling in the background left her baffled, sure Karin-chan and her got into arguments over petty things, but this had been different and he was laughing!
"Ah, look let's grab some meat and I'll make Sukiyaki today" Yuzu said pushing the shopping cart towards the meat section with the Arrancar trailing beside her. Ichigo frowned looking at the time, it was noon and Yuzu hadn't come back, his father played ignorant saying that he was probably still at the market and he frowned. He did not see his father's grin as he left the Clinic to catch up to her in fear that something happened to her. "I could make some dessert too,"
"…" Ulquiorra did not reply as she giggled skipping alongside him with her hands behind her, although there were some improvements she could now make out how he felt by the minimal facial expressions. It had been difficult to figure out, but she managed to understand it and right now there was the smallest of furrows in his brow; a sign that he was annoyed.
She giggled.
"What…What the hell…?" Ichigo was rooted to the ground, that person was defienetly Ulquiorra and he was beyond certain that he had no Reiatsu. It was impossible, he saw the Arrancar turn to ash! His heart stopped at the sight of the person with the man, Yuzu…his little sister. He had to do something, she was in danger. But he didn't have his Shinigami Power and even with his powers he hadn't been a match for the 4ta Espada.
Wait.
Why was Yuzu giggling happily?
Why was Ulquiorra carrying grocery bags!?
Why were they walking towards the train station?
Just what the hell was going on!?
Yuzu hummed stopping in her tracks and turned people were gathering over a person who seemed to have collapsed in the snow, 'I wonder what happened?' she thought, emerald eyes narrowed as he caught a familiar hair color: orange. "Eh? Isn't that…?" the girl gasped, "Onii-chan!" she ran her brother dropping to her knees and was surprised at the state he was in, "please, get back and give him space!"
"…Haa…Haa…" he was hyperventilating, 'did something happen?' she thought worriedly as she called her father to inform him. Hugging him and instructing him to breathe properly had been easier said than done, when her father arrived in the car he simply picked Ichigo up and threw him in the back seat giving her a thumb's up and that she should go to her 'Date'. Her brother was sick and he was saying useless things!
Her worry had been eased off when her father called her a few moments later assuming that he had gotten home to inform her that her brother was absolutely fine and that she should have fun. Ichigo's shouting voice in the background cursing using so many words that she was stunned, 'he was defienetly okay now' the amount of vulgarism spewing from her brother had been about the ones she had heard of from different people in the past 6 years.
Otou-san must've upset him; she concluded.
"What the hell were you doing with Ulquiorra!?" Ichigo demanded as soon as she returned home later that afternoon.
Or maybe she had upset him without realizing it…
