Not So Happy Ending

~Ulquiorra~ First Day

~U~

Today I was gonna start kindergarten. I was really nervous, since only a few people I knew were in my class. Grimmjow, Nnoitra-kun, and Szay-kun were in kindergarten too, 'cept they were in a different class…

"I'm so proud of you, Ulquiorra! You were right when you agreed to start kindergarten early!" said Mommy as she helped me pull on my green hoodie. She said that I was gonna be the youngest in my class. Which means everyone will be older then me! I don't like being the youngest; it gets kinda scary with everyone being taller than me.

"Hello? Where is everyone?" came a voice from downstairs. Mommy smiled and ran down stairs. I did too, since I don't remember who the voice belonged to.

When I got downstairs, Mommy was hugging a dark haired man with green eyes. He was kinda tall, too.

"DADDY!" DADDY'S HOME! We never see him a lot cuz he had to go to A-mer-i-ca to work! I miss Daddy a lot, BUT HE'S HERE NOW!

"Ulquiorra! How's my favorite son?" he asked as he lifted me up high in the air.

"I'm great! Are you gonna live with us now, Dad?" I asked. I ALWAYS ask that cuz I really want him to live here again.

"Well, I'll have to go back in a few weeks, Ulqui, but I'll visit again for your birthday." I made a sad face. "But I'm taking you and your friends to school today! Our neighborhood is doing a car pool since everyone goes to the same school!"

"Let's go then! I want you to meet all my friends! Everyone's really nice! Except Grimmjow. He's okay-ish." Daddy laughed before heading towards the door.

"Wait! Sosuke, Ulquiorra forgot his backpack!" Mommy gave me my backpack before we left.

~U~

"And this is my cousin, Nnoitra-kun!" I said as Nnoitra-kun buckled his seat belt. He waved at Daddy before pulling out his toy truck and played with Grimmjow, who sat next to him in our van.

"Hello, Nnoit! I'm your Uncle Sosuke, nice to meet you," said Daddy as he drove to the next house, which was Szayel-kun's.

After Daddy beeped the horn, Ilforte-san and Szay-kun ran out the door and opened the door to the van. Szayel-kun sat next to me and showed me his new coloring book!

Ilforte was allowed to sit in front! He was so lucky!

At the next house, Starrk-kun got in and sat next to Szayel-kun. We had to wait a while for him cuz he was sleeping.

"What about Lilynette?" I asked Starrk, who was yawning.

"She's staying with our neighbor from a different place. His name's Luppi," yawned Starrk. He pulled a small pillow outta his backpack and closed his eyes.

~U~

Even though Leroux-kun went to a different school, Daddy still drove him there before he dropped us all off at our school.

Ilforte-kun was in second grade, so he went to a different hallway. Szayel-kun, Nnoitra-kun, and Grimmjow all went to a different room. Starrk was in my class! I was happy to have SOMEONE I knew in my room.

But our teacher made us all sit somewhere. She called it 'a seating arrangement'. Starrk-kun sat on the other side of the room at a different table. I sat at table 4. A girl named Mai sat next to me. And across from her was a boy named Jerico. Jerico had purple hair and two different colored eyes! Like Apache, one of my neighbors!

The weird thing about Mai was that she had the same last name as me! But we're not related at all! She looked kinda like Grimmjow though…

There was supposed to be another girl who sat across from me too, but she was still at the principal's cuz she was a new student and was 'registering.'

"Hello everyone!" said my teacher. MY TEACHER WAS SZAYEL-KUN'S AND ILFORTE'S MOM! "My name is Grantz-sensei and I will be your teacher this year!"

Everyone said hi.

"We are going to have story time in a bit. Would anyone like to choose a story?" I buncha people raised their hands. "Wonderful! Mai, do you know where the library in the school is?" She nodded. "You and Ulquiorra can go and pick a book, but remember to stay together so you don't get lost," said Grantz-san as she opened the door for us.

~U~

"Wait for me!" I was already at the top of the stairs, but Mai was still hopping up.

"You're really slow," I said as she continued going up.

"That's cuz we're not supposed to run up the stairs! What's your name anyways?" she asked as she FINALLY got up to the stop.

"Ulquiorra Cifer." I replied. She made a face and tried to say it.

"Oo-loo-ky-o-raw?" I rolled my eyes. Wow, she was kinda dumb. "Well, I'm so-rry if I didn't get it right, Oo-loo-ky-o-raw. Your name is too long! It should be shorter, like mine! Mai. See? Wasn't that easy to say?"

I shrugged as we walked to the library. When we got in there, I saw that Ilforte's class was having story time!

"Hiya, Ilforte!" I waved at him. He waved back before going back to listening to his story.

"What book do you wanna read?" asked Mai as she looked through the shelves. I didn't answer cuz I was looking out in the hall. There was the principal giving a tour of the school to a new family, and there was a girl standing there. She was…just looking at me…it was creepy…

"Oolookyoraw? Are you okay?" she poked my shoulder a million times. "Oolookyoraw?"

"Please don't call me that, it makes you sound dumb." I said, still not looking away from the girl that kept staring at me.

"Fine than, Ulqui, is that better?" I nodded slightly and turned back to Mai, who was pulling out a book. "How about this one?"

"That one looks dumb." I replied. On the front, there was a black haired princess with a red ribbon in her hair and a blue and yellow dress. Mai frowned.

"Nuh-uh, she's a princess! Everyone loves a story about a pretty princess," she said as she opened the book.

"No, it's trash."

"Nuh-uh!"

"Uh-huh."

"Nuh-uh!"

"Uh-huh!"

"Nuh-uh!"

"Let's just go find another one!" I said as I grabbed the book and put it back. She frowned, but agreed.

"And this is the library! Oh, Ulquiorra and Mai are in your class, Tia-chan," said the principal as she walked into the library. "Ulquiorra, you and Mai will bring Tia to your class okay?" I nodded, which made the principal smile before leaving with the girl's parents.

We stared at each other for a bit. Tia had blonde hair and green-ish eyes. She just stared and I stared at her.

"I'm Tia Harribel," she said, still not uncrossing her arms. She was wearing a white turtleneck with a white vest that was unzipped. Her skirt swished around a bit as she walked over to the shelf.

Tia Harribel…? She was that lady from my dream! She's an Espada!

"O-oh! I'm Ulquiorra Cifer," I said as I pulled out a random book. It had a picture of Bob the Builder so I put it back.

She nodded before pulling out another book. "How about this one? It's called Cinderella," said Tia. Mai walked over and looked at the picture.

"Okay! I watched the movie once and it was cool! I'm Mai Cifer, who're you?"

"Tia Harribel." She replied shortly. Mai smiled before skipping out the door and down the stairs. We followed her to our classroom.

This, I hope, would be fun.

~T~

It was now time for lunch, and since I didn't know anyone, I sat by myself at a small table. There were some boys from the other class talking to each other. One of them even laughed at me because I was a girl, but I stuck my tongue out at him and he turned back to talk to his friends.

My family just moved to a newer neighborhood. I made some friends with these girls across the street, but they got kinda annoying…

"Um, can I sit with you?" asked that Ulquiorra boy from earlier. He sat across from me at my table!

"Okay. As long as you don't try and steal my sandwich," I said. My older sister had made me a sandwich and cut it in half, but that boy who laughed at me stole half of it…

"I won't. I don't even like that kinda bread," replied Ulquiorra. I laughed a bit. All bread was the same to me; I don't see how he knows the difference.

We ate really quietly for a bit until another boy from our class came up to us. He had longish brown hair and looked kinda tired.

"Can I sit with you?" he yawned as he pulled out a chair. Ulquiorra and I nodded before he sat down. "Thanks, no one really likes me and I feel kinda lonely," he said with a smile. "By the way, my name's Coyote Starrk. You're Tia Harribel, right?" I nodded.

"Starrk's my neighbor, Tia-chan, where do you live?" I shrugged.

"I just moved so I dunno…"

~U~

Mommy made me and Grimmjow go on a walk because we have 'issues'. I don't have ich-yous, but I don't like Grimmjow no matter what.

"And then Nnoitra and me broke Szayel's glasses! Ahahaha! But the stupid teacher gave us a time out…" said Grimmjow as we walked down the block. I didn't really wanna listen to him, so I thought about Dracula. I LEFT HIM AT THAT MANSION! And I was too scared to go back…

We kept walking until we were past Szayel's house, but not at the Arruruerie's yet. We had new neighbors! There was a yellow bike that some moving guys were moving and a lady on the porch! I wonder if she had kids…

I didn't wanna wait for Grimmjow, so I didn't. I ran up to the lady and smiled. "Are you our new neighbor?" She nodded with a smile.

"Oh, you must be Lacey's son, aren't you? You are just so cute!" she said as she handed me a cookie. "I have a daughter that is your age! Hali? Come on outside and meet our new neighbors! Oh, I didn't get your name! What is it?"

"I'm Ulquiorra Cifer." The door opened and a girl with long blonde hair walked out. She had greenish eyes and she was wearing a yellow dress with a scarf.

"My name's Tia Harribel, Mrs. Berry, not Hali Berry…"

"Deary, I told you, now that I adopted you, you have to change your last name! If you wanted to keep it, then I was willing to change your first name to Hali for you!" said 'Mrs. Berry' as she patted Tia's head. She rolled her eyes before hopping down the stairs and running over to the sidewalk. I followed after her.

Grimmjow was talking to her, but Tia-chan was just standing there with her arms crossed.

I dunno why, but even though she's smiling, it looks like she's faking it… Maybe I should find out more about Tia-chan…

"Tia, do you wanna-?"

"Ah, Ilkyora? Tia's name is Halibel, you can call her Hali if you want," said Mrs. Berry as she stood up. "Don't leave the neighborhood, I want you back before dinner, okay, Hali?" Tia-chan rolled her eyes before nodding. She ran off without another word.

"What's wrong with Ti-er…Hali?" asked Grimmjow as he scratched his s-word looking hair.

"Hali is a difficult child," said Mrs. Berry. "I have an older son also, but I wanted a daughter, so I adopted Hali."

Mrs. Berry kept talking, but I didn't wanna listen. Grimmjow did, but I ran off before Tia-chan ran outta sight.

TO BE CONTINUED!

Harribel finally appears! WOO! Next chapter, it'll be her POV and it'll tell a bit about her past.

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