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Weak assassins

Chapter 11: You can't hide

Ulquiorra residence

"Hey sister Nottori?"

"What's up Kagome?" Nottori asked as she played card games with Kagome.

"What's wrong with brother Ciffy? He's acting strange and he came home wearing a mask. Plus he came in with two people who wore a mask just like him. Is there a game going on that I don't know about?"

Nottori smiled. "You know your brother is too "cool" for games." Kagome sighed.

"So what cards do you have?"

Kagome said nothing. Nottori looked up at her then put her cards down. "I'll be back." She said as she exited Kagome's room. She saw Mori as she exited. "Watch her for me alright." Mori nodded then went to her sister.

Nottori headed down the stairs and traveled to the basement. She leaned her back against the wall of the open door. She could clearly hear the conversation that went on.

Rukia looked at Ulquiorra carefully. Every few mere conversations, he would look at Orihime sleeping on the couch he was sitting on. "We have to get out of here." Rukia thought.

"So how come you're still wearing your mask?" Rukia paused then realized the cloth that has been on her face for over an hour now.

"Well…I get used to it sometimes. And sometimes I just like keeping it on my face."

"How come you're keeping the mask on your friend's face too?"

"She likes the mask too." Rukia said quickly. Ulquiorra let the subject go. Just then, Rukia's cell phone rang. She got up and walked to the corner of the room. She answered without hesitation.

"It's about time. I was getting worried."

"Worried? For what?" Rukia's eyes widened.

"I-Ichigo?"

"Yeah, what were you worried about?"

Rukia's eyes widened. She turned her head and saw Ulquiorra continue to look at Orihime. She turned back around. "Nothing, don't worry about it. Listen, Ichigo, I'm in a bit of a situation. Could we talk later?"

"Situation?"

"Never mind, see you later." Rukia hung up and turned around. "Hey thanks for everything but we have to get going." Rukia woke up Orihime. She slowly opened her eyes then was pulled off of the couch. Orihime jumped up and followed her friend.

"Thanks," she said as if she was I a drunken state. As the women headed upstairs, Nottori dashed up and stairs and hid at the top railing. Rukia and Orihime walked out of the house and looked around. "Now how are we going to get out of here?"

Rukia looked around carefully until she spotted a motorcycle. She dragged Orihime to it then she hotwired the bike. "Come on, come on." She said, hoping it would work; which it did. The girls got on the bike, out on their helmets then sped away.

Ulquiorra came up the stairs and watched as Nottori came down the stairs with her mouth wide open.

"Those bastards took my bike."

"Well that shows that they work for head master Ichimaru." Ulquiorra walked up the stairs, headed to his room and closed the door. Nottori stood in a frozen stupor.

Ichigo looked down at his phone. He closed it then sighed. "Something's not right."

"Nice work, Captain Obvious. You just reported something we already know." Tatsuki said sarcastically then plopped her head back down on Ichigo's bed.

"Don't be a pissy agent. And I already know something's not right. It's just that, some clues aren't fitting together."

"What did Rukia say?" Chad asked.

"She said she was in a situation. She also seemed panicked. When she picked up, she said she was worried about something."

"We can track her while using Uryu's tracker right?"

"We could, but I'm not a stalker like him. I actually want to give Rukia space."

"Well we need a clue and a person. Without either of them, we don't know where to start."

"We've been in situations like this before. We can do it again." Ichigo sighed. "Anyway Tatsuki, I want you and Chad to go back to the library and see what clues we can come up with. You still have a few hours before sundown. Try to come up with something during that time."

"And what are you going to do?"

Ichigo sat on the bed and got on his laptop. "I'm going to sit here and wait." Tatsuki and Chad said nothing and left to the library. Ichigo took out his cell phone and dialed a number.

"Did you find them?"

"Yeah, I did," Ichigo answered Uryu, "but, I need your help with something."

The sun was setting as Rukia and Orihime went into the apartment. They dragged themselves into the apartment and plopped on the bed. "That was close." Rukia panted.

Orihime agreed. "I would like it if we didn't do that again."

Rukia got up and took off her coat. "How the hell did Ichigo get here though? It's like he's following me or something. It's like he has some kind of tracker or someone is following us."

"Whatever it is, we have to find the connection fast. Our mission depends on it." Rukia agreed with her friend.

"Well let's just focus on dealing with how we're going to deal with Ulquiorra. He said he protected us because we worked for head master Ichimaru. Let's find out who he is." Orihime took out her laptop and typed in the name. Rukia sat on her friend's bed and they both looked at the results that came up. Orihime clicked on a website then it came into full screen.

The website showed a few pictures of Gin and a summary in the middle of it. Gin has shoulder length silver hair and his eyes were closed. The first picture showed Gin standing in front of his wedding business building. The company was called 'You and Me Together". Another picture showed Gin shaking hands with a man with long braided purple hair with glasses that covered the eye portion of his face. "That's interesting." Orihime said.

Rukia smiled then read the summary, "Gin Ichimaru, a multimillionaire who owns the two car companies, four banks, and a wedding service that he goes to during his free time. "I love to make dreams come true," he says. That's just creepy."

"He looks like he causes miracles to shatter." Orihime said.

"Well, for what we have right now, we don't have enough information to say this is the head master Ichimaru that Ulquiorra was talking about. We need more clues and facts before we act rashly."

"But wait," Orihime said, "head master Yoruichi only made us come here to kill Ulquiorra right? We don't have to go after Ichimaru. We just need to complete the mission."

"Orihime, you saw how quick Ulquiorra was when he rescued us in the library. There's no way we can defeat him unless we know something about him. I see we have to complete the mission, but it wouldn't hurt to do a little background check once in a while." Orihime nodded. Then her phone rang.

"Head master?" she questioned then picked up and put on speaker phone. Rukia listened in.

"Hey Orihime, how's the weather up there?"

"Um, it's nice I guess." She answered. "Was there something you needed head master?"

"Well I looked up some security cameras in your estimated location and I saw the incident in the library. That man in the black suit was Ulquiorra was it not?"

"That's correct."

"Well, as I said before, he has incredible speed and is very skilled when it comes to weaponry. Killing him will not be easy."

"I'm aware of that head master."

"Anyway, back to important matters,"

"Those matters weren't important?" Orihime thought.

Yoruichi continued, "Ulquiorra saw your fake profile while he was at the library computer. He found out that you worked for the maid agency I told you about. He called and asked for you assistance. He called just for you." Orihime felt her face turning red. "You will report to his house tomorrow morning and do your job. While you're there, try to find out any information you can about him. I have his address and will send it to you in the morning. Good luck agent number four."

Orihime hung up her phone. She looked over at Rukia and saw that her mouth was halfway open.

"Oh my…" was all both Rukia and Orihime could say.

Midnight

Ulquiorra residence

"Brother Ciffy? Can I talk to you?" Kagome asked outside of her brother's door. Ulquiorra sighed in frustration, but he knew he couldn't resist his youngest sister.

"Sure." Kagome smiled then went in her brother's room and closed the door. She then plopped on the bed and watched as Ulquiorra hid his hands behind his head and his eyes were glued to the ceiling.

"Do you want to talk about it?"

"There's nothing to talk about."

"Brother, you're a 25 year old man looking up at a ceiling. High school boys do that."

"Everyone looks at the ceiling Kagome. Anyway," he looked at his sister, "did you want something."

"I want you to tell me what's wrong. You usually told me what was bothering you. I might have been too little to understand but I still like to know what's on your mind."

"What if my mind is blank?"

"Then un-blank it and talk to me."

Ulquiorra grinned, sat up and looked at Kagome. She smiled then had wide, curious eyes. "You want to know what's wrong with me?"Kagome nodded. "Well, work is a little difficult, it's hard to raise two children with Nottori and…I met someone from my past."

"From your past? You mean Orihime Inoue?"

"How'd you know?"

"She's all you ever talk about."

"Oh…"

"Well don't worry about it. Tell me what happened."

"Isn't it your bed time?" Kagome pouted then got in her brother's bed.

"This will be my bedtime story."

Ulquiorra watched his sister then grinned again. He got in bed, put his elbow over Kagome's head and rested his head on his hand. "Fine, but you at least have to listen to half of the story. Kagome nodded and smiled.

Back at the hotel, Ichigo took all of the evidence Tatsuki and Chad found then sent the samples to his head master. He was waiting for a confirmed email stating what he found. Ichigo might have been in China and his head master might have been in Japan, but when you have money and connections to the world, you get stuff FAST.

He sent the samples around 10:30. During those few hours, he was emailing Uryu and trying to find out anything else about the man he was supposed to be protecting, Ulquiorra Cifer. All he found out was that he worked in a business building called Loaders and Rubbers.

"What the hell does that even mean?" Ichigo thought as he searched the website, which was plain and only has pictures of ladders and bathroom appliances. After a few minutes, Ichigo got an email from his head master. He put down his Sprite and checked out the email.

"Ichigo," it read, "I observed the evidence sent to me. There was nothing out of the ordinary about the jackets and hats you sent, but we did find 9 millimeter guns while we use those and 32's. Those guns only we assassins use. Plus we researched the orange and black hair you sent. We have positive results that Rukia Kuchiki and Orihime Inoue were in the library. Another thing, the dried blood you found was exactly identical to Orihime's blood. They were a match. I don't know what this means, but find out as soon as possible. This mission might take a while, but I have another mission for you. It might be sudden, but it's what you have to do. Take care Agent Kurosaki. Sincerely, Head Master Urahara."

Ichigo sent the message to Uryu after reading it.

"I can't believe this." He said as he covered his mouth. His mind was scrambled. He didn't know how to put everything together. It was true, Rukia and Orihime were in China, but if he found Orihime's blood, then that means she got injured during the incident…or she was one of the people shot.

Ichigo shook his head at the thought of it. Just then, he got an email from Uryu.

"Is this true? Are you sure?"

"Yes," Ichigo wrote back then send the email. "Damn it," he thought then said aloud.

The next morning, the China sun rose and the breeze was cool. Orihime opened her eyes and turned to her clock to see the time. While she turned, she felt something heavy on one side of the bed. As she turned completely, she saw large pink eyes and a wide smile.

"AHHH!" Orihime freaked and fell onto the floor. Rukia jumped in her bed and turned to Orihime.

"Surprise!" Yachiru Kusajishi shouted as she smiled at her fellow comrades. Orihime looked over and bed and saw the little devil. "Captain Yachiru? What are you doing here?"

"It's a surprise visit." She answered as she sat up. "Head master Yoruichi told me to come here and be your "Eye in the Sky"."

"Eye in the Sky?"

"Yeah. I have permission to hack into security networks and get information from street cameras, security cameras and I can let you know what's going on while you two handle Ulquiorra. I also have permission to observe things going on in his house. All you guys have to do is install the camera and we're good to go."

"That was smart of head master, but why you, if you don't mind me asking."

"Well, because I'm a captain." Yachiru answered Rukia.

She shrugged. "Well now that we're up. Let's get started." Orihime looked at Rukia. "You have to do this today." Orihime lowered her head.

"I know that."

Meanwhile, the asylum team was up bright and early. They received an email from head master Urahara stating where Ulquiorra was located. "You guys ready?" Tatsuki and Chad nodded. Everyone got up, got their gear and headed out.

Noon

Rukia was driving through the somewhat open road to Ulquiorra's house. While she drove, Orihime looked down at what she was wearing. It was a maid outfit with ruffled sleeves and a matching bottom. She had cat ears on her head and a bracelet on her right arm reading, "I'm your Neko-chan."

"This is embarrassing."

"Are you wearing the camera necklace Yachiru gave you?" Orihime looked down on her green stoned necklace.

"Yes, but I don't see how a camera can fit in there. And I know I have to install three cameras in Ulquiorra's house, but why do I need this one?"

"Because head master wants to see Ulquiorra's reaction when he sees you in that dress." Rukia snickered.

"I'm glad you're enjoying this."

"Sorry," Rukia snickered again. "Anyway, let's go over the plan."

Orihime sighed. "I'm going to go in, do my maid service until 7:00 then leave and do the same thing for the next few weeks. Yachiru will research information caught on the camera and time continues. Am I right?"

"Straight on," Rukia smiled then pulled into Ulquiorra's driveway. "Here we go."

"Here we go." Nottori said as he looked out of the living room window. She turned and went up the stairs. "Hey Ciffy! Your maid is here!"

Ulquiorra went out of his room and smoothed his way down the stairs. "Go upstairs and stay up there."

"This is my house remember." Nottori smiled. "But whatever. I'll be upstairs. Someone has to watch the girls after all." When Nottori closed her room door, Ulquiorra opened the door just as Orihime was about to knock. As soon as their eyes met, Orihime froze. Both man and woman stayed frozen in their place. Ulquiorra couldn't believe his eyes. Not only was Orihime at his door after all this time, but she was wearing a maid outfit with cat ears and a dangerously shining necklace. In his eyes, she was striking.

After a few minutes, Rukia honked her horn to get her friend out of her frozen state. Orihime jumped and looked behind her. Rukia was pulling out of the driveway while smirking.

"So," Orihime turned to her "master", "how much money do I owe you for your services?"

"Oh, um," Orihime looked around.

"I doubt the answer is in the sky."

"I'm thinking…" she said nervously.

"Well never mind. I'll pay doubt of what I owe. Come on in." Ulquiorra led Orihime into the house. Her nervousness was still obvious, but when she got into the house, she was mesmerized at how large it looked from the inside. Outside the house looked like a small condo, but inside, there was a large kitchen area, a living room that could fit a family of six or even seven; and that's not including the pets. The stairs curved as you walked up them and they reached the second floor of the house. On the left side, there was a door that probably led to the attic or somewhere else.

"This house is amazing."

"Yeah…" Ulquiorra turned around to face his new maid. "The kitchen's over there," he pointed. "The living room's right there, the backyard is behind the kitchen, the basement door is in the kitchen, but don't go down there without permission from Nottori. She's the owner of the house. Upstairs are the bedrooms. This is a 5 bedroom, 4 and a half bath with an attic door on the other side of the stairs. Any questions?"

Orihime hesitantly shook her head. "I think I understand."

"Good," Ulquiorra walked past Orihime and went up the stairs. She followed. He led her to his sister's room where everyone was playing on the floor. Nottori and the others paused to look at the new maid. "You guys, this is Orihime."

"Oooooo…" Mori and Kagome said. Nottori stood from the floor and shook Orihime's hand.

"I'm Nottori Kiken; the owner of the house. So how much do we owe you for your services?"

"She doesn't know, but we'll pay double of whatever it is."

Nottori's eyes widened. "Well the bill could be anything. Let's say she stays here for $1,000 an hour. If we pay double, then she gets $2,000. That's coming out of your wallet, Mr. Depressed."

"Um, excuse me." Everyone turned to Orihime. "I don't think the bill is that much."

"Well whatever, just get to work and make us proud."

"Yes Ma'am." Orihime and Ulquiorra walked out of the room and headed back downstairs.

"So what do you maids do anyway?"

"Well, I help you around the house," Orihime answered. "I help fix dinner, clean the house and serve your needs. I go home around 7:00 and I come back tomorrow at noon."

"Alright," Ulquiorra sat down on a kitchen stool. "Your first job is to fix dinner. Make a shrimp Alfredo dish with a green side and make desert."

"Yes, master." She said then walked over to the fridge. All she saw when she opened it was different flavored juicy juice, turkey slices, bread, cheese and some food in containers.

"Um, master…"

"What?"

"It looks as if we need to go shopping."

After about 30 minutes, Ichigo finally pulled up into the driveway of his destination. "So this is it?"

"Yeah," Tatsuki answered. "This is Ulquiorra Cifer's house."

"It looks pretty small." Chad commented.

"Out of everything head master Urahara told us about him, I thought he would have lived in a better looking house instead of this small place."

"Well he is hiding," Tatsuki said to Ichigo. "Maybe he wants to stay hidden and not cause a big scene by living in a big house."

"Maybe, but let's get going." Ichigo parked the car and got out with the others. They headed to the door and Tatsuki knocked. No one answered. Tatsuki knocked again.

"Coming!" Orihime said.

"We should have been gone." Ulquiorra said while still sitting in the chair.

"Well I had to find out everything that you were missing, and it turns out you don't have anything." She said as she headed to the door. "We'll leave in a few minutes." Orihime opened the door with a smile, then her side smile dropped into straight shock.

"What the….Orihime?" as Tatsuki said those words, Orihime slammed the door and ran.

"Never mind! We're leaving now!"

"Orihime? Orihime!" Tatsuki knocked on the door again.

"Out of the way." Ichigo said. When everyone moved, Ichigo took his foot and kicked the door open. Ulquiorra and Orihime escaped the back way and circled the house until they reached the car. They got in and headed out. Chad saw the car leaving and said something, "Um…"

"What's up Chad?"

"The car just left."

"Damn it!" Tatsuki said.

"WHAT THE HELL!" Nottori said as she looked at her front door. "Who the hell are you and what did you do to my door?"

"Um…" Tatsuki started. "We have a good explanation for this, but we need to take care of something first."

"No one is leaving until someone explains what is going on and what happened to my damn door." Ichigo and Tatsuki turned to Chad. "I'll explain what happened."

"Orihime? What just happened right there?" Ulquiorra asked while he was in the passenger's seat.

"Oh nothing, they're just people who think they know me but they don't." she said in a panicked tone.

"Well it seems like you know them."

"I don't know them, end of discussion." She said quickly then continued driving at 60 miles per hour. Orihime looked behind her and saw no one. She then turned back to the road and slowed down. She headed into a store parking lot after a few minutes and parked the car. "Alright let's go." She said with a smile. She got out while Ulquiorra was in a startled daze. He sighed, got out then they both headed into the store. Orihime picked up a basket then walked around searching for things while Ulquiorra followed.

While he stayed quiet, Orihime was panicking in her head. She didn't know how to get herself out of this one. She had gotten into a lot of tough spots before, but this one had to be the worse yet. "What do I do? How do I explain this to Ichigo and the others? And…what if they tell Uryu?"

"Orihime?"

Said woman turned to Ulquiorra. "Yes master?"

"Don't let the past events bother you. Just keep moving forward. I told you that before remember?" Orihime smiled at the thought. She then remembered when Ulquiorra let out another famous quote from when they were in high school.

"Yes, I remember. And thank you." she smiled. Ulquiorra simply looked away. He kept his hands in his pocket and followed as Orihime shopped. He would look at her from time to time, but once he didn't, he couldn't help but think about her when he looked away. She still wore her maid dress and cat ears. People made no scene to what she was wearing. Even Orihime forgot what she had on. As Ulquiorra looked at Orihime walking in front of him, he couldn't help but grin.

"Alright, your door is fixed. Sorry about all of the trouble."

"Yeah whatever." Nottori said to Ichigo. "You break it, you fix it. And I'm not paying you."

"I'm well aware of that." he muttered.

"Excuse me," Tatsuki stepped up, "I'm sorry for asking but I have to...what is your involvement with Orihime Inoue?"

Nottori paused. "Orihime Inoue? I don't know who she is. You must have the wrong girl."

"She's the woman who opened the door for us. She has orange hair, gray eyes and she was in a maid outfit. You have to know if that was her."

"That was out maid Jane. She's new. She may look like your friend but that wasn't Orihime Inoue. Sorry for the mistake you have. Now will you please leave? I have work to do around the house."

"Thank you for your time." Chad said then everyone exited the house and went into the car. Ichigo looked over at Tatsuki in the passenger seat.

"I know that was Orihime," she said. "Without a doubt. I know that was her."

"Well, whether it was her or not, we have to focus on the mission. The assassins haven't attacked yet, but they soon will. And when they do, we can be ready to not only project Ulquiorra, but Orihime too." Tatsuki sighed and nodded. Ichigo turned on the car then soon drove off. Nottori watched as Ichigo's group left.

"That girl owes me one."

After about an hour, Orihime and her "master" returned home. They put the groceries on the counter then Orihime began to cook while Ulquiorra put the food away. The two didn't say a word for a while. Once Ulquiorra put everything away, he sat on the kitchen stool and leaned his elbow on the counter.

"So, what time to do you leave?"

"Around 7:00." Ulquiorra looked at the time. It was 3:30.

"Time flies doesn't it." he thought. "Well make sure you do everything I tell you to until then."

"Of course master." "I am not going to get used to that."

"So how long will you stay here?"

"As long as you need my service, I will continue to stay."

"That didn't answer my question."

"As long as you need me, that's how long I will stay."

"Don't you have a life of your own? I know that you're single and that you have a part time job at pizza hut." Orihime paused then turned around.

"H-how did you know that?"

"…word gets around."

"What kind of word?"

"None of your business. Now continue cooking."

Orihime sighed and turned. "Yes master."

"Don't call me that." Orihime paused again and turned her head. "Call me Lord Ulquiorra."

"Oh yeah even better!"

Orihime sighed then felt her face start to heat up as she started cooking again. "I understand, Lord Ulquiorra."

Said man smirked and watched as his "maid" continued cooking.

"HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!" Yachiru laughed as she looked at the surveillance footage she got off of Orihime's necklace. She saw Ulquiorra's reaction to Orihime's outfit and she caught when Tatsuki and the others caught her and even when Ulquiorra made her call him her "lord". She died laughing as she watched the footage over and over again. She might not have seen Orihime's face physically, but imagining her reaction wasn't that hard.

"I hope she's alright." Rukia said as she got out of her shower.

"Orihime will be fine. She's a strong woman who's been through rougher situations. She can make it just fine."

"I think this mission isn't as rough as the others. I think it's even worse; for her that is."

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