A/N. *giggles knowingly*

Chapter 13- Assistant and Games

Saniya sagged a little in her chair. What the hell. An assistant? They must all be out of their minds if they think she'll sit by quietly and take orders from that person. Speaking of which, he still hadn't given them an answer. He just sat there and stared through them all like he usually did. That annoyed her. A lot.

'Well? Is she going to be your assistant or not?' asked Baraggan impatiently. 'Answer quickly so we can get back to what we were doing.'

Ulquiorra stood up. 'Trash is trash' he said simply and walked out the room.

There was silence before Yammy sighed. 'That guy...' he said admiringly. 'He scares the hell outta me but man, do I respect him!' The atmosphere in the room got considerably lighter as he said this. It seemed that all of the espadas shared Yammy's view. He looked at Saniya. 'What are you doing weakling! Go after him! Go!'

'What? He left, why should I chase after him?' she asked back, folding her arms.

'Imbecile!' shouted Szayel and walked towards her threateningly.

Harribel stood up. 'Stop it Szayel.' She looked at Saniya and said ' We have selected him to be your mentor but whether he chooses to accept you or not is entirely up to you. '

'I don't understand'

Grimmjow sighed and yanked Saniya out her seat. 'Basically, Ulquiorra is an asshole who needs people to grovel at his feet before he'll decide whether to help them or not. Too bad he's the only one with the most authority over this'

All the espadas stood up and surged towards Saniya, pushing her out the room.

'Little girl!' boomed Baraggan near the back of the group 'Only he can help you become a fully fledged espada but you need to first prove that you're worthy of being his assistant.'

'You'll do fine Saniya, don't let him push you around' smiled Harribel. All the espadas nodded, silently encouraging her. With this, they gave her one last push out the door before they slammed it shut preventing her from returning.

Saniya looked at the closed door in panic. What traitors! She looked left and right before just catching a glimpse of black hair rounding the corner on the left.

'Damn him, stupid egotistical moron, he has no regards for others, crazy bastard, running off on his own, that son of a...' Saniya kept up the string of insults and swear words as she chased after him.

'Oi! Wait up!' she called out as she was aware she was losing sight of him. She ran faster before realising that he had also sped up. For every step she took, he was two or three more ahead of her.

'What the...' She grinned as the concept of a challenge was presented to her. No problem, he wanted a race? She'll give him a race.

She quickened her pace and zoomed off towards the green-eyed espada.

Ten minutes later, she slowed down frowning. She had definitely seen this corridor before and the corridor after that. In fact, it felt as though she had been running in a big square the whole time. The target was still in front of her though.

I'll get him for sure! She thought determinedly. She kept up the steady jog before Ulquiorra changed direction and led her down a different corridor. Glad of the change, Saniya rushed forwards. As they rounded the corner, she saw Ulquiorra look back at her. It was an intense look and it caught her off guard, she slowed down.

The corner of his mouth then pulled up slightly. Saniya's heart leapt. Did he just try to smile? She craned her neck for a better look but it must have been a trick of the light for his mouth returned to its usual frown.

He led her further down the corridor and then looked at her again, mouth pulled up slightly. Saniya saw clearly this time and she scolded herself for being so naive. He wasn't smiling at her, he was mocking her.

Furious, she ran faster nearly catching up to him before he disappeared and reappeared at the end of the corridor.

That did it. He wanted to play games? Two could play at that.

She flash-stepped after him, anticipating his next move. When she thought he would round the corner, she made sure she was there. Only then he doubled back on his route and turned the other way always making sure she was behind him.

It was impossible. She should have known that he would do the opposite of what she expected; he was that kind of person. Annoyed, she decided to stop thinking about where he would go next and let her intuition take over.

She flash stepped round the corners of the corridors, the suit guiding her quickly. It was a little bit too quick as she saw herself suddenly zooming past Ulquiorra, they had both caught each other's eyes as she went past him. Saniya was frustrated; he still looked calm and fresh even after about twenty minutes of chasing. She kept running before she was finally aware that she was in front of him. She had beaten him.

'Yasss!' she punched the air triumphantly. She turned her head to look at him and was about to make a rude finger gesture before she promptly crashed into someone walking out the door.

The person screamed as they collided. 'Sorry, sorry!' Saniya called out as she tried to untangle herself from the arms and legs. Ulquiorra glided past her smoothly, his green eyes bright as he looked at her conceitedly. 'hnnh. Trash' he mumbled walking down the corridor.

Saniya stared after him as he walked away. Did he just snort at her? She shook her head in disbelief.

'Oh Saniya, it's you!' said Orihime smiling.

'Oh hey, sorry' said Saniya as she pulled her up. She was surprised at seeing the orange haired girl. Did he lead her here knowing that she didn't know her way back from the meeting? Her pulse raced at the thought. 'Are you hurt?'

'Nope, I'm fine!' Orihime picked up the pieces of paper she had dropped. 'How was the meeting? What's been going on?'

Saniya sighed. 'I'm not sure how it happened, but somehow, they want me to be an espada.'

'That's great!' exclaimed Orihime. 'You'll have authority and your own quarters!'

'Not really' replied Saniya. 'Because I'm new and don't know my way around, there's no way I can be an espada. Right now, I'm like an espada in training. I don't even know where I'm staying tonight.'

Orihime beamed. 'You can stay in my room for the time being!'

'Thanks Orihime! 'smiled Saniya. There was no way she was staying in an unfamiliar place on her own. 'I'll be your new roommate!'