Chapter 11: Innocence Until Proven Guilty

Ichigo glared at Szayel who just chuckled. "That's rather amusing that you actually thought you could get away." All Ichigo could do was stick out his tongue and fold his arms. "Wait, Szayel_kun you didn't answer my question yesterday." Szayel adjusted his glasses. "Yes, I sent those men to the houses." Icigo was beyond pissed and Kai was just confused. "You bastard! What the hell is your problem?!" All heads turn to Ichigo as he slammed his fists on the table. "Calm down, Ichi you're bringing attention to yourself."

Down in the children's play room Grimmjow ran around trying out everything in the room. The last thing he tried out was the swing. He had Ulquiorra push him for the first two swings then he swung on his own. Ulquiorra at in one of the beanbag chairs watching the panther demon swing and holding onto his cat. His forehead was pink because of the ball to the face. He didn't like it down here. The kids were mean, it was too loud and he grew tired of thee ridiculous names.

He looked up at the glass window. There was Ichigo, Szayel, and his caretaker talking. Because of his enhanced vision he could see through the glass clearly. He'd rather be up there with them than down here.

"Ichigo calm down, please. Yelling won't solve anything."Ichigo was still mad, but he said nothing else and folded his arms again. "Why'd you do that, Szayel_kun?" Kai asked looking at Szayel. "That's my way of firing people. Aizen_samam doesn't like useless workers. He wants them to be strong, hard-working, loyal employees. Those men were expendable and served their purpose. When they are of no use to Aizen I fire them."

They were speechless. "Plus I didn't like them or the way they looked at you two. No one is to touch you without mine and your permission." His gaze hardened at the last statement. "So, how'd they do, anyway?"

"What do you mean?" Ichigo asked.

"I assume that none of them made it out alive."

"It was so cool. If he's that good now, then I can't wait until he's fully grown to see." Kai was filled with excitement. He then turned to look out the window and frowned. "Where did you get demon kids anyway?" Ichigo asked. "Uh, Ichi?"

"Coming to the human world is the ultimate punishment for demon children. They might not have done anything, but if their family has committed treason, the adults are executed and the demon children are sent to the human world to fend for themselves. That's just as bad as being executed."

"Ichi_kun?"

"Why is it just as bad?"

"Ichigo!" They snap their attention to Kai who pointed out the window. "Look!" Ichigo's eyes widened and he stood up running out the observation room with Kai and Szayel following.

Back down stairs

Grimmjow sat on the swings watching all the other kids play. He turned his head in time to see Ulquiorra get hit in the face with a rubber ball. He fell off the bean bag chair dropping his stuffed cat. He sat up and crawled over to Kuro (Just decided to name the cat). Before he got to the cat someone else picked him up. The kid was a good foot taller than Ulquiorra standing up. "Is this your cat?" The boy teased. Ulquiorra didn't answer instead he just tried to reach for him. The boy raised his arm so that he couldn't reach. "It's mine now." He pushed Ulquiorra down on the floor and then ripped the cat apart, while another boy threw the same rubber ball at his head. The other boy continuously bounced the ball off Ulquiorra's face. A crowd began to gather around him.

Grimmjow decided it was time to help, but before he could do anything he was pushed off the swing. He fell flat on his face. "Oops. Somebody had an accident." He could hear laughter all around him. He lifted his head to see a bunch of kids pointing and laughing. He could feel his anger rising from being treated cruelly by these kids and for poor Ulquiorra. His head had to be red from the ball hitting his face so many times. Grimmjow rubbed his nose and looked at his hand. His fingers were covered in blood.

"Why don't you cry to your mommy?"

"Go away no one wants you two freaks here." The kids pointed to his hair and the green under his eyes. Then they all started to chant the same thing. "Freak! Freak! Freak! Freak!" They both had enough. Ulquiorra caught the ball and threw it at the second boys face. The boy was laid out on the floor holding his face crying. While the other was distracted by his friend's crying, Ulquiorra grabbed him by the throat and squeezed.

Grimmjow got into a crouching position and tackled the boy that pushed him off the swing. He punched his face over and over. Then he was tackled off by another boy. They rolled around on the floor fighting. Ulquiorra lifted him off the ground and threw him into a nearby wall. He walked over to the unconscious boy and took the remains of Kuro back. He turned his head to Grimmjow's fight. Grimmjow had the attacking boy pinned to the floor and he was slamming his head down on the mat. Then other boys got involved and jumped the bluenette at once. He started walking over to help, but he was then tackled to the floor and someone started pulling his hair.

Both could hear two familiar voices calling his name. "Ulquiorra!" Whoever was pulling his hair stopped and he looked up to see his caretaker looking at him worried. "Grimmjow!" All of the weight was taken off the bluenette and he sat up to look at Ichigo with eyes full of spite. Kai reached to touch the pale boy's face but he flinched away. He wouldn't have felt any type of pain in his demon form, but his human form is much more fragile. It's the same with Grimmjow. Grimmjow had a bloody nose and a scratch on the right side of his cheek. Ulquiorra's face was red from that ball, but that's it.

"What happened?" Grimmjow snatched his head away from Ichigo. There was a loud scream from the other side of the playroom. They all turned to see a parent holding the unconscious boy that was bullying Ulquiorra. You can see a small hand print around the boy's neck. A few feet away was another parent trying to comfort the crying boy who was hitting Ulquiorra in the face. He hit the boy hard enough to bust his nose. It was the same with the boys that Grimmjow fought. "What happened?" Grimmjow and Ulquiorra's injuries were minor compared the other boys.

All the kids pointed to Ulquiorra and Grimmjow. "So you're the parents to these monsters?" Both Ichigo and Kai move in front of the boys. "We're not their parents, but they're under our care. We know they didn't start this." Kai said. "How would you know? You weren't there." Grimmjow and Ulquiorra was rather shocked that they were taking a stand to protect them.

"Neither were you asshole!" Ichigo yelled at the man who called them monsters. While Ichigo argued with the parents of the beat up children, Ulquiorra tugged on Kai's pants leg. He turned around to look at Ulquiorra who held up a destroyed Kuro. The tail was ripped off and so was the head. "Oh, no." Kai kneeled in front of Ulquiorra and took the remains of the destroyed cat. "What happened?" Kai turned his head to look at Nel and Szayel who just arrived. "They're claiming that Grimmjow and Ulquiorra started the fight!" Ichigo was red with fury now. "Because they did!" He turned back to the parents. "Shut the hell up you side taking bastards!" One of the parents stepped forward. "You want to repeat that you little runt?" Ichigo stepped forward next. "Shut the hell up you side taking bastards. They would never do that to your kids if they were left alone. They started it."

"Enough." They turned to Nel who stepped. Her usual smile was replaced with a frown. She walked over to Kai and looked at his hands. "What's that?"

"Ulquiorra's favorite toy." There was a long pause. "I see."

"Ms. Tu are you considering that these little demons are innocent?" She glared at the man and he tensed up. "I'm not taking sides. I'm just observing what I see." She looked to Ulquiorra's now red face and Grimmjow's still bleeding nose. "Both of these boys were hit in the face the moment they got here, so I don't think your kids are that innocent." She said to the other parents.

"I also have witnesses to these various children's vicious actions to other kids." Kai stood up straight and looked at her with pleading eyes. "You can plead their case?"

"Of course I can. I have no doubt that they're innocent. But just to be sure…" Nel turned her head to the bean bag chairs. "Stark, Nnoitora." The bean bag chair shifted and two teens stood up and turned around. The first one was tall and lanky with piano teeth and his left eye covered. The second had wavy brown hair and tired blue-grey eyes. "This is Stark and Nnoitora, they keep an eye eys for trouble makers and report back to me. To back up their claim I have cameras installed in this building. I never need to watch the cameras. They always tell the truth. Who started it?"

The brunette yawned and rubbed his eyes. "It wasn't the new guys that's for sure." The tall teen pulled out a phone and tossed it to Nel. "We have proof." After she watched Ulquiorra get hit in the face with the ball and get his toy taken she loaded the next video. There was Grimmjow getting pushed off the swing. "Here's your proof. Your children are suspended until further notice." Nel turned to Kai and Ichigo. "I do sincerely apologize for these children's behavior." Nel said apologizing then turning to the kids who started the fight. "You owe these kids an apology."

"We're sorry." The kids bow. "Now leave." Both the parents and their kids leave. "Everyone else go back to playing." Her cheerful smile returned to her beautiful face. She reaches down and picks up Ulquiorra and Grimmjow. "Come with me. You too Stark and Nnoitora"