Petals

Rukia face was still slightly red when the arrancars left. They all seemed nice for arrancar but Mar seemed to scare her a bit. He was looking at me like I was his prey. A shiver ran down her spine.

The two who bickered seemed to be the easiest to relax around. Suelto and Muerte? Rukia tried to remember who was who. They were quite funny and acted different from what she would expect of any espada. Muerte reminded her slightly of Ichigo's father.

Espina seemed nice but Rukia kept on feeling like a rare animal in front of her, like something to be carfully studied. I can not only make you taller...I can give you the body any woman would desire...Espina whispered into her ear such nonsense. Who needs a body like that? My body is perfect the way it is!

Rukia sat down. With these type of people around her, she knew she had to keep her guard up. Everyone here is the enemy. They could kill her if she ever relaxes around them. Rukia closed her eyes.

The door suddenly opened. Rukia's eye flew open. Ulquiorra came in followed by Muerte. Muerte looked very excited while Ulquiorra had the same blank look on his face. "Hiya Ru Ru! Being looked up in the same room seems boring so I thought you might wanna go on a walk with me."

Rukia opened her mouth to say she would rather not when Muerte grabbed her arm and hauled her off. He chatted excitedly about things she didn't understand. Half the things he said was in a different language. Ulquiorra just followed behind them. Why is he coming? She thought to her self.

"Here we are Ru Ru!" Muerte released his hold on her. Everywhere had flowers. Beautiful flowers in every shape and size. Every color and type. It was like a sea of color. Rukia stood in awe. This garden may even rival that of the Kuchiki clan's.

"This is the Las Noches Gardens,Valle de los sueños or Valley of the dreams. It was a tale told by the olddest hollow that every dream goes through Soul Society as well as the human world travels here as well. For every dream that has come to this world, a flower blooms. We're lucky Las Noches was built here or you would of never seen it. Not many come here and appreciated it but I thought you would." He smiled as he saw the little Kuchiki's face. He seemed to be listening to something then looked back at Rukia. " I'm sorry Ru Ru but I have to go. There just isn't enough of me to go around." He then looked a Ulquiorra, " But I betcha Papa Ulqui here will let you enjoy the sight longer." With a wink he was gone.

"10 minutes." Ulquiorra said in his usual emotionless voice.

Rukia was grateful. Seeing this much color in this place was like a blessing. She walked up to a lone tree. Beautiful flowers grew on it. The petals reminded her of Byakuya and his Senbonzakura. She sat down underneath the tree.

It was very peaceful here. A breeze scattered the petals, sending them swirling in the air. It was hypnotic to watch. She started to feel sleepy and didn't bother to think why would there be a breeze in such a place as this. The last thing she saw was the petals dancing in the breeze before she drifted into sleep.

Ulquiorra cursed to himself. He let her out of his sights for 10 minutes and now he couldn't find her. Damn why do the gardens have to be so big. It was like looking for a needle in a haystack. He checked near the lavender bushes and where the daffodils were. She was not near the orange lantana nor the lilies.

He entered an area surrounded with Sangrado Luna. The bleeding moon flowers. They only grew in Hueco Mundo and no flower could compare to it. The flowers were black but had silver crescent moons on it. Blue dripped down from the moons making it look as though it was bleeding, giving the name to the flower.

In the center of the garden of the Sangrado Lunas stood a tree. Its pink petals from the little flowers that grew on it swirled around in the air. A couple of petals landed in Ulquiorra's hair. He was about to pluck them off when he saw her.

She was laying down under the tree. Petals covered her making it look as if she was wearing a beautiful pink dress. Her hair was spread out around her. A content smile on her face. Ulquiorra who was walking toward her stopped when he saw that smile. If his heart was beating it would of stopped with him.

She had the most carefree and lovely expression on her face. Her usual well guarded face showed true emotion for once. She usually manage to hide her emotions even when she was amused with the two annoying espada. Complete delight and nothing but was shown and this expression on her sleeping face made Ulquiorra breathless.

He never seen truly as happy as her before. Even though she was captured and could face death any minute, she was able to experience such a feeling? How strange she was. How interesting, how admirable...

Ulquiorra did not try to shake these thoughts away. He accepted them. What a strange effect she is having on me. She must be indeed very special. Ulquiorra felt as that this maybe one of the reasons that Aizen wanted her so badly. Her effect on people. Her effect on him proved that point. But is this truly the reason Aizen wants her?

The wind blew. Hair got in front of Ulquiorra's eyes. Brushing the hair away he walked up to the little. shinigami. He looked down at her face. He watched for it for five minutes, trying to memorize every detail about her expression. The way her cheeks were pink aganst her pale skin. The way her hair was being played with by the wind, the way petals would land on her. The way her lips were slightly curved in a small, almost shy, smile.

A petal floated down. Gently the petal sailed down and kissed Rukia's lips. Ulquiorra took his hand out of his pocket and brushed the petal away from her lips. A finger grazed her lower lip.

Rukia's eyes opened. Her voilet orbs stared at him. Ulquiorra froze. Has she woken because she felt my touch? He didn't dare breath. Ulquiorra waited for her to start screaming at him. Those eyes stared deeply into his, almost as she could see his very core, his true essence.

Her eyes slowly closed. She fell asleep again. Ulquiorra relaxed. He felt as if he was a child caught with his hand in a cookie jar when her eyes opened. He almost let out a sigh of relief. He waited a moment to make sure she was truly asleep. Ulquiorra gently picked her up. He carried her past the gardens into the halls of Las Noches. He brought her to her room. Walking to the bed he tenderly let her down.

He left her there. As he quickly walked to his room, one thought would not leave him. What was she thinking when she woke up and saw him?

Rukia's eyes fluttered open revealing him staring down at her. His hair was being tossed in the breeze. His green eyes almost seemed gentle but still retained it cold and distant look. Rukia didn't question why he was looking at her or where she was. She was perfectly calm. Her mind was still drowsy and her eyes felt tired.

Petals swirled around the pale man. He was still staring at her. Another petal fell in his hair. The wind blew sent a tornado of petals raining down. The pink contrasted nicley against the man. His black hair was a bit unruly and his eyes seemed to glow against the pink swirling in front of them. Rukia closed her eyes. What a beautiful man.

Rukia woke up. The last thing she remembered was being in the gardens. Some one must of brought me back. She had a good idea who it was. She headed toward the bath room to examine her appearance. Some petals were in her hair which she plucked out, neatly making a pile of them. Rukia pocketed the petals, they felt special to her.

When she walked back out to her room something caught her eye. On the table there was something white as well as a small rectangle. She quickly walked over to inspect what exactly it was. A pile of plain white paper was laid on the table. Only one had writing on it.

"Dear Ru Ru,

Suelto thought you might be bored so he wanted to give this to you. Something called crayons are located in the little rectangle box. He thought you would enjoy it more then him since its something he thought was 'childish'. I think he really likes them as well. He also told me to give you some plain paper. So here it is.

Enjoy,

Muerte"

Little hearts were drawn around his name and little devil horns were drawn on Suelto's. Rukia thought it was a strange letter. She picked up the box and sure enough, crayons laid inside. Rukia felt grateful, now she wouldn't be so bored.

She began drawing her friends who looked very rabbitity. A rabbit with orange spiky hair and a scowl held a sword. On the left of that rabbit was a rabbit with big breast and long brown orange hair, she had a smile on her face while holding some weird looking food. On the other side of the scowling was a black haired rabbit wearing glasses, it had a bow in its arm. Another rabbit had a strange arm on it with its eyes being hidden with hair. Rukia smiled. What a lovely peice of art she drew. She couldn't which rabbit was cutest. She decided any bunny drawn by her was cutest. She drew more bunny people. Most was from soul society. An angry Renji rabbit was on his knees. A Byakuya bunny had his leg triumphantly on the Renji rabbit. Even as a bunny, her nii-sama was the best.

She soon ran out of people to draw. She thought hard about who she should now draw. An idea came to her. She drew a bear with messy black hair and green eyes attacking a city. Bunny people were running away from the bear. She then drew a Rukia rabbit that came to save the day. The bunny people had smiles on their faces when they saw her Rukia rabbit. The Rukia rabbit had a sword in her hand which she used to freeze the evil bear. The bear was in a block of ice and rabbit people picked up the Rukia rabbit and celebrated.

A pale hand reached for the all the drawings that had the bear in it. Rukia turned around. A very angry bear was looking at her pictures. He showed no signs of anger but she could feel it in the air. She opened her mouth to say something then closed it. Ulquiorra finished looking at her pictures. He looked at her for a moment. He ripped the pictures in half. Rukia's eyes widen. How dare he do that to her beautiful pictures. Those were works of art. She glared at him.

"Next time draw better." Ulquiorra said.

I have to say I enjoyed this chapter. I started another story but its just another RukiaXIchigo one. This is still my main focus though.