Figured to post this here as I had on DA :3
Critique is welcomed if it means trying to better improve my writing
Any languages used, namely German and Japanese, I had to use a google translator ^-^;
Either way, hope you enjoy
"Why the hell do I have to report to Aizen-sama?" Grimmjow nearly whined as the three reached Los Noches, entering one of the many vast hallways.
"I'm the only one who can speak to Eva-chan and understand what she says. It'll be easier for me trying to get her cleaned up. I'll have to either convince her to trust me or a female Arrancar to help bathe her if she can't do it on her own," Szayel explained with a sigh. "Just inform Aizen-sama what we found so far and that I'll be with him shortly to explain in further detail. Speaking of such, to avoid losing these, care to carry these binders? If I do end up bathing Eva-chan, I don't want to risk them getting wet. And I'm sure that Aizen-sama would have his attention quite focused on those than harassing you."
"What's in them?" he grumbled as he begrudgingly took the binders and a pillowcase filled with canned food inside.
"That," the pink haired man started, pointing to the sack, "is filled with food Eva-chan could eat. At least until we get better meals brought in. It was the best I could do; most of the food that could've been healthier for her has rotted away."
"Didn't those idiots know how to store their food?"
"I think she had a hand in it. She likely doesn't know refrigeration, so just tossed what she could get her hands on and ate what she could. The rest she just abandoned to get stale or rot depending how long she goes before thinking about eating again."
"Guess we'll be keeping her out of the kitchen then? Doubt we need her mucking around with Aizen-sama's tea. Or risk her playing with the oven, huh?"
"No, we wouldn't want that if we plan on her staying," the other answered as he glanced at the small child, watching as she tried to keep up and look at everything with fascinated eyes.
"And what's in these?" Grimmjow asked as he held up the binders.
"Research papers I found the humans were doing regarding Eva-chan's species. It could come in handy for us to ensure her health and possibly know how to fight against the Diclonii fighting alongside Panthera. Though from what I have put together, Diclonii are indeed humans, but a higher evolution, the exact cause for such rapidity is unknown though."
"Gotcha, just don't take too long or I'll be paying it as much as you," the younger man called out as he headed off towards the main throne room.
**Grimmjow's Pov**
I heaved an obnoxious sigh, annoyed, not ecstatic having to report to that tea loving bastard. But he made a good point though, everything I've said to Eva, it had all been lucky guesses based on her emotions. How would I be able to even try giving her a bath if she wouldn't let any of the women here wash or dress her? It might end up as a bloodbath, putting me on the possible chopping block for that royal fuck up.
Merely a couple hallways away from Aizen-sama's throne room, sensing his reiatsu, for some reason, I paused in my steps. I don't know why, but I was highly curious about what had been given to me.
So, I peeked into the bag first, finding it wasn't really anything all that grand, just a bunch of canned goods like fruit and vegetables, a few soups here and there. Just as Szayelaporro said, it wouldn't be enough, nor good for her to eat these things nonstop. They're just here for the sake of getting her started until we can get something better.
I wouldn't be surprised, if the girl stays, one of us probably one of the Números Aizen made building a garden somewhere in here. Maybe even a small stable or something stupid if it isn't safe for us to even go and rob a store, let alone make purchases safely.
Goddamn it, why did we have to find her? Then again, she could have use for us fighting… But would it really be right making her fight after everything she went through before she found us?
I shook my head in frustration, why the hell should I be concerned for the damn brat?
Closing my eyes, I couldn't help but think to how curious she had been with mine and Szayelaporro's mask fragments.
She showed no fear at all, only fascination and I think even hope that what she was seeing was real. Even as embarrassing as it had been having her poking and prodding the hole on my stomach, the fact she still showed no fear nor showed any disgust. Instead, she showed that same fascinated look, shocked to see someone walking around like this.
For some reason, I couldn't help but feel flattered by such admiration. You would think a little kid like her would've reacted differently than how she had.
She is sort of like us I guess. While she's technically human as well as alive, she's just as much an outsider as we are even amongst our fellow Hollows. It's all because of fear and lack of understanding, a disgusting trait that so many share, only a few capable of ignoring it.
For some reason, there was something about her, something special that made me secretly glad we brought her here. If we hadn't, she likely would've died if not from the elements, but someone finding and killing her. And with her poor luck, it would be someone connected to that damn lab.
Tying the bag up, I opened one of the binders, pulling a couple sheets out, making sure not to disorganize them too badly. I didn't need that pink haired psycho yelling at me for scrambling them then have that brown haired bastard add his two cents into the fray.
I read them over, feeling my eyes widen and my fists tightening so much the papers were just about completely crushed.
Those fucking humans! I knew there were some out there that were pretty depraved; I've seen the results of things such as the Holocaust and Rwanda. But firing softball or larger iron balls into a little kid's face just to see if they can block them at different speeds with their vectors if they even had any? What sick fucker thought of that?
Now I really wished we got there sooner when the souls were still fresh. I would love to make them suffer even more for what they did to Eva, to others like her. At least it explained why Szayelaporro looked so weird coming out of that damn building. This…this is sick shit even for that twisted bastard.
"What are you doing?" a familiar voice asked, nearly making me jump out of my skin.
"Damn it, Ulquiorra!" I snarled, glaring daggers at the shorter male.
"Shouldn't you be sending your report in?" he questioned with a raised brow.
"Fuck off, I was on my way," I snapped back, pushing my way past him, putting the papers back in the binder.
Just fucking great, not only am I pissed off with what happened to Eva, but now I'm even more pissed off thanks to Ulquiorra showing up.
I don't know why, but other than still having that natural talent to piss me off with his mere presence, there was something different.
Ever since he and just about every other Arrancar had been revived, since Tōsen and Ichimaru had been brought back and Aizen-sama had been freed… I don't know why, but it's like the stupid bat came back different.
Of course, it obviously irritated me to no end, especially whenever he'd make a snappy comment back at me. It was like dealing with Kurosaki or that Quincy brat he hangs with, namely the emotions than having the emotionless bastard.
Not only that, but when we had our first meeting since being brought back together, the bat was almost completely naked. I've never seen him like that, and seeing how upset he was, while funny as it was, it was confusing.
Something was definitely off with him, though so long as he doesn't get any more annoying as he is now, it isn't really my problem.
**End Pov**
Grimmjow gave one last angry huff before sucking air through his nose and exhaling, trying to calm down.
Once he felt so, he walked in, not needing to knock or anything, knowing his boss was waiting for his arrival.
Spotting the brunette sitting on his high throne, he walked up close enough before setting the bag and binders down.
When he was done, he went to one knee, bowing respectfully towards the egotistical man, keeping his flaring temper in check.
"I apologize for making you wait, Aizen-sama," he spoke up before the other could even think of making any sort of comment.
"I sensed you and Szayelaporro brought someone back here. Care to explain?" the brunette asked, his eyes stone cold, a thin smile showing.
While he had no Zanpakutō and he was still relatively weak from having Darkness' own scientists extract the Hōgyoku from his body, he was still a very dangerous man. It isn't brawn that made him so fearsome; it's that damn brain of his.
"We brought back a child from that alternate dimension Darkness-sama instructed us to investigate. While we were there, we did not sense anything out of the ordinary in the countries save for this single child."
"A child?"
"Yes, her name is Eva, she's…she's a Diclinous."
"What?" Aizen gasped, the smug smile wiped clean off, horror etched in his features.
He had even gone as far as sitting straight up, his body rigid and tense by how he gripped the arms of the chair. The furniture was lucky that he was weak right now where he couldn't even crush it with his reiatsu enhanced strength.
"Are you mad?" he nearly shouted, eyes showing anger.
"She is of no threat to us, she accepted us because she doesn't consider us a threat based on our appearances. Szayelaporro is getting her cleaned up right as we speak. It had been his idea to bring her back, believing we could gain her trust enough to fight for us against Panthera. From what Darkness-sama had told us, Panthera went and set up an intergalactic law where no Diclonii are to be killed, the penalty being death for doing so. If we can get Eva-chan to join us, then we might just about have the entire war wrapped up."
"I see…" he grumbled softly, his body still tense despite what his posture had made it appear otherwise. "How did you come across her?"
"By accident, she must've sensed us or heard us discussing with each other regarding our mission in the distance. Her reiatsu is very unusual compared to most humans. I barely sensed her until she got close enough, and even then, it was still difficult."
"From what I have been told regarding Diclonii, their reiatsu is difficult to trace if they've exhausted themselves using their vectors."
"That makes sense from the amount of blood on her," Grimmjow added, seeing the man grow white as a sheet.
Inwardly, the Arrancar was giddy watching the ex-captain have a sheet of cold sweat cover his forehead, practically shaking in his seat. He never would've thought he'd see him like this, let alone know he had been the one to make him like this.
"What did she do?" he asked, trying his best to keep calm and not have a panic attack right on the spot.
"She came from a research institute apparently, killing all the humans inside for what they put her through. Szayelaporro collected as much of their research notes he could carry to look them over at a later time. But he wants to return and collect some of the bodies before they decay any further and likely any other data they may have he couldn't get."
"How old is she?"
"I took a look at some of the papers. It read she's about seven years old, but she looks almost between twelve to fifteen years."
"So she's a Silpelit?"
"I guess so?"
"Did she touch either of you with her vectors?"
"Not as far as I can tell, she seemed more fascinated touching us with her own two hands, namely our hollow masks."
Despite his earlier panic, the brunette couldn't help but chuckle at the thought, not knowing the extra detail his subordinate left out.
"She sounds like quite a curious child?"
"Apparently so, Aizen-sama."
"I would like to speak with her, please fetch Szayelaporro and Eva-chan."
"That might be difficult, sir."
"What do you mean?"
"Do you know German?"
"Yes?"
"Oh…no problem then," the other laughed nervously when seeing the other's confused look as he glanced at the stuff he put down.
"Grimmjow, dare I ask what that pillow case is for?"
"Szayelaporro filled it up with canned goods for Eva-chan. You know, until we can get something better for her in here if we don't already."
"I see, you may leave the bag there, I'll have Gin bring it to the kitchen," the brunette spoke with a small smile that unnerved the other. "And if you could, toss those binders up, I'd like to take a moment and read what you two had collected."
"Of course, and I apologize if a few of the sheets are wrinkled. There were some information on there that…that made it uncomfortable reading."
Aizen gave a small nod as he easily caught the two binders, tucking one between his thigh and the arm of the chair, the other resting in his arm. "You may go now."
The bluenette gave a final bow before quickly leaving, now having to work out trying to locate his fellow Arrancar and the small child.
"My, my, so we have a Diclinous within Los Noches? I wonder how Darkness-sama will react to that?" a teasing voice spoke up, appearing with a wide grin.
"If we can get this child to fight for us, then Darkness-sama will have nothing to concern herself over," the brunette answered flatly as he started to skim through the papers.
While his traitorous partner had attacked him, attempting to kill and steal the Hōgyoku, thanks to Darkness, the younger man was under his control. It would have to take a huge surge of reiatsu, stronger than their leader's to free him.
The only downside is that he still had quite a bit of freewill, but it was a small price to pay for his acclaimed, undying loyalty towards him.
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