Title: Black

Summary: Black. The colour of his mood, his thoughts and his heart. Can those who love him, change that?

Pairing(s): UlquixOC, GrimmxOC, GrimmxUlqui, GrimmxOCxUlqui

Disclaimer: the usual ToT

She walked silently back to her room, not caring about the gazes she was receiving. Sure she was a human, but that didn't mean everyone could look at her like they were going to eat her. She wasn't entirely useless with her sword, and she had Shinigami powers, just didn't know how to use them as well as she could. She narrowed her eyes and stared intently at some of the Arrancar that were looking her way. They were huddled in their little group, glancing at her every once in a while. One of them, probably their leader, separated himself from his group by putting his arms on their shoulders and shoving them away. His vibrant green hair matched with his eyes, his hollow mask hanging over the left half of his face.

"Hey, hey." he walked closer, winking at her, clearly showing his teeth as he grinned.

'Reminds me of Grimmjow.' Kate thought, as she started to walk away, not wanting to deal with him and his buddies.

"YO! Look at meh while I'm talkin' to ya, bitch!" he screamed at her.

'Ugh, the nerve of that guy!' She took out her zanpaku-to, slightly frightened at what she was about to do. Sure, she had trained with Aizen and Gin, but they never really taught her how to actually have a full out combat with someone, and her lack of experience was a big disadvantage.

He had almost shown emotion, he couldn't let this happen again. As we walked back to his room, he heard expletives being shouted at someone in the other hallway. He heard the sound of metals clashing, and even though it was probably some useless fight between two useless pieces of trash, he decided that he had nothing else better to do, and walked towards the source of the noises. He was startled (almost; he was Ulquiorra after all) when blood spattered on the floor in front of him, luckily not landing on his clothes or else someone would have to pay. He went to turn the corner, but stepped back abruptly when a zanpaku-to came flying in his direction. He heard a scream of rage, and looked around the corner, carefully this time.

He hummed in appreciation at the sight. Even though they were low-level Arrancar, she had still managed to take down their leader, who was now just charging at her with brute force, and no zanpaku-to. As he started to generate a cero, Ulquiorra let a bit of his reiatsu leak out of his body, alerting the man's group. He made himself seen, and quickly, the group fled from the site. Ulquiorra walked up to the other man's zanpaku-to, pressing down on the blade with his foot so it would come up. He caught it with ease, pointing it at the man, who looked like he was going to piss himself, right there and then.

"Don't let me catch you near her again" he stated calmly, before adding "trash." He threw the zanpaku-to at its owner, who caught it with trembling hands. He bowed, muttered an apology, and ran in the direction of his pals.

"You didn't have to do that, you know." Kate shifted her gaze to him. "But thanks anyway."

"You're welcome. Where were you headed?"

"To my room, but I decided to go visit Gin or maybe Aizen. The reason is" she scratched the back of her head and smiled shyly "that guy told me he was gonna kick my ass. Well, I wanna be able to do that to someone. And I mean, do it easily."

Ulquiorra 'hmphed' at her language but nodded at her. "I see. Then, let's go."

"I can walk somewhere by myself, Ulquiorra. You don't have to waste your time taking me places."

He shrugged. "I don't have anything better to do, and besides, it's dangerous for you to be walking around here. I mean, if you ever want to be...'with' Grimmjow, you'll have to be alive to do it."

"Aw! You're looking out for me?" she giggled. "Thanks Ulquiorra!" her eyes glistened and she looked ecstatic.

He was happy...no relieved, that she was happy. 'No emotion. I don't have them, and don't need them.' he repeated to himself again. It was beginning to be harder to ignore the feelings he was getting in his stomach, and the slight burn around his hollow hole. It wasn't painful, more like comforting, relaxing, impossible to rid. They headed towards the control room, where they would most likely find Gin. As they were walking, Kate put her arm around Ulquiorra's shoulders, relishing in the afterglow of winning her first fight, the happiness of having a friend, and the new challenge she had acquired: turn the prince of black into an entity of emotion.

A/N: so yeah, chapter 7's up. It's short, I know. I'd like to thank everyone for reviewing, adding the story to your alert lists and some of you, your favourites. Makes me feel all giddy inside I'd also like to thank Cara-Mae-Chan for making me update faster. Go check out her UlquixHime story!