Although this room had more to it than the room Nina was previously staying in, it was almost just as boring so she did the only thing that may give her some sort of entertainment: she snuck out. She didn't really sneak out, she just left her room and if someone had a problem with her leaving her room, depending on who it was, she may go back or may refuse. After all, she did agree to serve Aizen so why was there any problem with her leaving for a while as long as she promised to stay in Las Noches. It was very easy to get lost so she made use of the time to get to know what was where. Hopping down the halls on one foot with her hand on the walls to balance her, she had a feeling that she had been down them already since they were almost exactly the same. She looked inside rooms but only the ones with an open door or no door at all. Every now and then Nina had to stop for a while to catch her breath, hopping on one foot was very tiring but at least it gave her something to do.
She felt like someone was watching her or following but that was a natural feeling for anyone who is going where they weren't supposed to. She stopped again and leaned against the wall taking in some much needed air. She couldn't believe that this place was her new home. It would take her a while to get used to the place and didn't know what to expect as far as the other arrancar and Espada living here. Nina rested her head against the wall. She missed Hanataro but was glad that she would be able to see him and apologize to him, she just hoped that he would be able to forgive her.
Nina had zoned out for a while that she didn't realize that someone was coming her way down the hall until it was practically beside her. Her eyes widened in disbelief of how tall he was. The arrancar had a teeth baring grin that easily made Nina uncomfortable. He had long black hair falling over his shoulders and an eye patch covering his left eye. His uniform was kind of creepy, it looked like he had a giant spoon behind his head. He chuckled.
"Hello there." He said putting his hand against the wall right by Nina then he moved his face closer to hers. "You must be new here. I haven't seen you around before." He laughed again. "I had no idea that Lord Aizen was letting some b**ches in here to stay with us. I'm not complaining at all... No... Actually, why don't you come with me? I can show you around the place. In fact, I'll show you my room there first then maybe we can have a little fun together." He licked his lips with a very long pointy tongue. Nina noticed that it had a 5 imprinted on it. "Doesn't that sound good? It's been a while since I had a little action."
"Nnoitora." Ulquiorra called from a ways behind him. Nnoitora turned around and his eyes widened as Ulquiorra calmly walked towards him with his hands in his pockets.
"U-Ulquiorra." Nnoitora said in shock.
"What are you doing here?" He asked but Nnoitora didn't respond, it seemed as if he was looking for an excuse to give.
"What reason do you have to come this way? You're chamber is not around this corridor." Nnoitora stated. Ulquiorra's expression never changed.
"Neither is yours." He pointed out. "Lord Aizen asked me to check up on the girl."
"What girl?"
"The one that you're standing in front of." Nnoitora looked back at Nina then took his hand off of the wall and stood up strait. "Lord Aizen has recruited that girl. Don't cause any trouble with her, Nnoitora or you will be disciplined for your actions." Nnoitora glared at Ulquiorra with his tightened teeth clearly visible. "It seems I have not made myself clear. Your presence is no longer needed."
"Hmph." Nnoitora said before walking off. He scowled at Ulquiorra as he passed him. When Nnoitora was out of sight, Nina's eyes went to Ulquiorra's and found that they were watching hers; this made her heart jump.
"Thank you." Nina said as a failure of finding the right words to say to break the silence.
"Why are you wondering the halls?" He asked. Nina was surprised by his response and did not like it.
"Excuse me? Is that all you have to say? When a woman is being sexually harassed and she thanks her saviour the least he could say in return is 'you're welcome.' Those words probably didn't even go through your mind."
"You're annoying me." Ulquiorra said in his usual monotone.
"Now I'm annoying you. Why did you even bother coming over here? ...No wait, don't tell me. It was Aizen's orders, wasn't it." Nina hopped on her one foot to turn around her back facing Ulquiorra. "Fine, I see that I'm not welcome to wander the halls. I'm going back to my room." She said beginning to hop towards where she thought her room was.
"You would rather limp back to your room than get your leg healed?" Ulquiorra asked. Nina was puzzled.
"Is that your way of offering to heal me?"
"Correct." Nina shrugged then turned back around and followed Ulquiorra again. She was kind of annoyed that he didn't bother helping her walk or even bothering to call anyone to help her. At least the room he brought her to was close enough. The room was a medical room with a female arrancar nurse fixing Yammy's arm that Ichigo sliced off with his Zanpakuto.
"There, feel any better?" The nurse kindly asked. Yammy rotated his arm before testing out his strength by punching the nurse easily killing her. The nurse screamed before dying.
"That's the third nurse this week, Yammy." Ulquiorra said.
"How can I test my strength without killing someone? If I don't kill them then obviously I haven't got all my strength back." Yammy said rotating his arm again. When he opened his eyes he noticed Nina standing on one foot behind Ulquiorra. "Hey, aren't you the girl that we almost killed from the world of the living." Nina was about to give him a piece of her mind but Ulquiorra interrupted her.
"Yes, lord Aizen has recruited her so there is no need to kill her this time."
"What do you mean this time?" Nina asked irritated. Yammy roared with laughter.
"You sure were dumb to keep on running at me. Every time you did, I just threw you down." Yammy laughed and Nina frowned.
"Okay that's enough big guy." Nina fumed. "Are we going to fix my ankle or what?"
"A nurse is on her way." Ulquiorra spoke.
"Well can't let this arm of mine get all soft. I'm going training." Yammy said. "See ya, Ulquiorra, see ya human."
"This human has a name." Nina frowned again. She jumped up on the bed and let her legs hang down. She kicked her one good one back and forth as she was conscious of the awkward silence between her and Ulquiorra. She noticed the whole time that he was standing there watching her so she started humming and moved her eyes around to try to avoid his but every time she came back to him, he was still looking at her. Nina thought she felt herself blush and grew more uncomfortable. Finally a topic came to her head. It wasn't good but at least it would break the silence between them. "Who was that guy back in the hallway there?"
"Nnoitora Gilga. Espada number five." Ulquiorra responded.
"What's an Espada?" Nina asked.
"An Espada is one of the highest ranked arrancar in lord Aizen's army never exceeding ten members and are marked on various parts of their body with their numerical ranking, 10 being the lowest and 1 being the highest." He said almost sounding professional in his answer.
"I noticed that Nnoitora guy had a tattoo on his tongue, why would anyone want to put it there?" Nina thought out loud. She didn't expect that Ulquiorra would give an answer at all let alone an obvious one.
"That's the spot that he chose."
"Wouldn't it hurt?" Nina raised an eyebrow.
"It seems like it would." He stated rather bluntly. Nina opened her mouth to say something else but the nurse walked in.
"I see what the problem is." The nurse said looking at Nina's ankle bone detached from her leg. Right away she went to work getting out the necessary tools that she needed, or so Nina thought. The nurse held her ankle and moved it with her hand to put it back in place. Nina groaned from the intense pain and dug her nails into the bed. The nurse held her other hand in front and used some of her power to bind the bones together to make it as if it wasn't broken. Slowly the pain began to ease off as the reconstruction was almost complete. Not much later, the nurse stood up and brushed her hands off. "There we go, good as new." She said. Nina stood up and it felt like it had before Grimmjow snapped it. "Take care now."
"Thank you." Nina said before leaving the room, strangely, Ulquiorra followed behind her. This made her nervous, he had been following her down the hall and around a few corners. She felt a little bit of blush coming to her cheeks. Nina decided to quieten her footsteps so that she could be sure to hear his to see if he was still following her. She turned around and faced him. "Why are you following me?"
"Do you even know where your room is?" Ulquiorra asked. Nina was shocked.
"Who says I'm going to my room?"
"Where else do you have to go?" Nina stayed quiet for a while thinking of something smart to say back at him.
"Okay you have a point. But that's because there's nothing to do in this dump of a castle. At least back at the world of the living there's video games to play to pass the time." Something seemed to interest Ulquiorra.
"Video games?" He asked. The monotone in his voice slightly changed as he desired an explanation.
"Yeah, they're loads of fun. Basically you play virtual games on the TV. There are all sorts of games you can play: action, adventure, shooter, 3D fighting, and role playing. There are many systems that you can play them on. My personal favourite is the Nintendo Wii." As Nina kept on talking, she noticed something change about Ulquiorra's eyes. They seemed... interested in what she had to say. "Maybe when I go home tomorrow, I should bring that back over here and we can play 2 player." Nina began to get all excited then she looked back to Ulquiorra and remembered who she was talking to. She was getting herself all worked up because he seemed the least bit interested then she realized that he probably didn't care too much beyond what a video game actually was. She sighed. "I should be going back to my room now." She innocently smiled to Ulquiorra then she looked down both ends of the hallway then gave a little laugh. "Where's my room?"