Dimensional Jump- Chapter 14: Maiya's Suspicion.

In Las Noches where the moon shined brightly in the sky and the sands looked as white as snow, the sound of loud snoring echoed throughout the halls and from the guest room. The scene showed Ulquiorra sauntering to a door nearby, his hands were in his pockets. He was told to go check on Kaiorin by Aizen, but by the loud snoring that came from her room, he guessed she was asleep. He faced the door now, opened it, and came across a sprawled out Kai that laid on a bed. Maiya was still unconscious, sleeping preferably. His green eyes examined everything in there before making his way inside.

The snoring was louder, a large bucket of bones were on the side of the bed, and Maiya slept on the couch nearby. Ulqui stuffed his free hand back into his pocket then strode on over to Kai's side. Her ponytail had snaked out above her head and dangled over the edge, along side her one arm and leg; Her black lips were parted and the obnoxious snoring came from her. "Get up...tras-" Before he could even finish the word, Kai shifted, laid on her side more, curled up her one leg, and kicked him right in his banana. He about keeled over from the unexpected attack, using his hand to cover his groin in slight pain. Though he tried his best to not show it, he kept his straight face but had one eye twitch. Ulqui backed up and held himself like that for a moment until he finally managed to compose himself. He stood there for a second and stared at her hysterical sleeping position; Her legs were curled up to her chest, her one arm laid over her side, and her other arm were outstretched under her head just above the pillow. Her Captain's coat, male's black kimono, and sunglasses were placed on the back-end of the couch just above Maiya. "Wake up, woman..." he tried again, only to hear her mumbling something about food and watched her grab at the air above her.

"AAAMA-...Amai food...bitch...uuh..." she mumbled out with slurred words like some drunkard and plopped her arm back down on her side. Not five seconds later did she snore again. He tried once more, reached down, and placed his hand on her arm. Next thing he knew, he got flung away comically to the other side of the room and crashed into the wall not too far from the couch.

"Ah!" Maiya shrieked upon hearing the crash and practically fell off the cushion of the couch. With a harsh thunk, she fell face first on to the floor and her lower half remained up in the cushion. She groaned as she slowly stood up, rubbing her nose frantically then holding it right after. When she looked around, she saw how Kai was sound asleep and lifted a brow. Next, she examined the room, until her mauve eyes spotted the gaping hole in the wall behind her. Her eyes widened and blinked at the sight, soon seeing Ulquiorra stepping out of the hole with his hands in his pockets. "What...happened?" Curious, her attention soon darted between him and her Captain. "She must've brought me here after my fight with Grimmjow..." her mental thoughts echoed after she gazed upon her Captain and good friend, Kaiorin.

"I am trying to wake her..." Ulqui stated bluntly and with no emotion. He stood before Kai once more and was about to demand her to wake up again, until a gentle hand got placed on his shoulder.

"Let me. She's a heavy sleeper and the best way to wake her up, is to mention food." Maiya said with a sigh escaping her lips and felt his green eyes on her from the side. She stepped closer to Kai, leaned over the edge of the bed, and inched near the goth's ear. As careful as possible, with all the gentleness of a feather, she opened her mouth to speak... "Captain wake up! A huge banquette of food is going to be all ate up before you even get a bite!" she screamed as loud as she could, her voice even echoed throughout the halls and down in one hall, Nnoitra with his fraccion, turned half way around towards the said direction it came from. Tesla having wide eyes and the fifth espada had a risen brow.

"WHERE'S THE FOOD?!" Kai burst out as soon as she sat up straight in bed with a fist in the air and an excited, grinning face. All went silent, Maiya had backed up slightly and felt Ulquorra behind her upon impact. She gulped, it was always risky to wake the goth up with that method, and most of the time the consequences were terrifying... Kai's features went from excited to bored, before turning her head over at Maiya. She watched how the mauve eyed girl nervously laughed and rubbed the back of her neck. From that she knew...why she woke up with no food in front of her. When the scene zoomed out to show Nnoitra and his fraccion sauntering down the hall just ahead of the guest room, they halted in surprise upon hearing an angry yell. "MAIYA, YOU LITTLE PIECE OF SHIT!" Kai screamed out, loud crashes echoed, and the door swung open.

Maiya ran out of the room with a devastated look in her mauve eyes and bolted down the hall with gritted teeth in view. "GET BACK HERE, YOU BRAT!" she and the other two espada who were just inches from the door, heard her cry out furiously and stood wide-eyed at the outburst. What Nnoitra and Tesla didn't expect, was for Kai to come bursting out of the room with her reiatsu up in flames. It all happened in slow motion, her skidding to a halt sideways out from the door, her ponytail, Captain's coat and the like, all wavered up with the fire. Nnoitra's widened eyes followed her slow motioned frame and Tesla's mouth were agape. As the scene picked back up, she ran with her arms moving back and forth. "I'LL KILL YOU!" she added angrily, sprinted down the hall after Maiya, and left two confused espadas there near her door. Her flames about covered a good portion of the hall as she ran and boy did Maiya ever regret waking the dragon...

"The saying really does apply to her! DON'T WAKE UP THE DRAGON!" Donieri cried out in her head and had comical tears streaming down her cheeks. She could hear the blazing beast behind her screaming at the top of her lungs, she sure hoped Ulquiorra was prepared for this; For needing to wake her up...

Nnoitra saw Ulquiorra walk out of the guest room with his hands in his pockets and followed after her down the hall, causing the fifth espada to grow curious as to what happened. Surprising as it may be, unlike in her world, Ulquiorra in this dimension seemed rather interested in her. Not intimately or sexually, more of..curious. He has never come across someone who were mixed. Soul reaper and a hollow, a very powerful hollow to be exact, and he wanted to study her from the sidelines. Her fiery reitsu was abnormal, she seemed pretty fearless and he wanted to know how or why she is. Lava in her veins, lava eyes that glow with her veins when she's furious or excited, there was so much to learn about her. "Hey, the hell happened in there?" Nnoitra questioned the fourth espada but got no response, which only angered him. Quickly he followed after Ulqui, who had his fraccion tail him from behind with a quizzical expression.

"Captaaaain, calm dooown! How else am I supposed to wake you?! You sleep like a log!" Maiya yelled out in fear with closed teary eyes and avoided randomly thrown objects from behind. Ducking to avoid a tossed plank of wood, side-stepping in mid sprint to dodge a flying...brick? Then jumped up a bit in the air to prevent getting hit with a stone slab. "How is she pulling this stuff out of nowhere?! How does she do it?! Seriously!" she exclaimed confusedly and still had fear running up her spine.

Ulquiorra from behind easily kept up with Kai's speed and ran beside her with his hands still in his pockets. His slits intently gazing at her raging form and watching her pull random objects out of thin air to chuck over at Maiya. Seriously...out of nowhere... It made him wonder if a lot of debris littered the floor and no one's ever noticed them laying there... Suddenly, Kai bent over to the side, dug her entire hand into the flooring and ripped up a chunk of it out. Quickly she chucked the piece of flooring straight at Maiya and it just barely missed the top of her head. Closing his eyes, Ulqui appeared behind her for a second and gripped her ponytail, yanking her back to keep her from running any further. "AH, FUCK!" she screamed, held her ponytail, and instantly turned around with a fist ready to sock him good. It was fast, his eyes widened while tilting his head in time to avoid it. "Ah, it's just you..." Kai stated and her fire disappeared, her lava eyes narrowed with boredom, and she calmed down a bit.

Maiya was shown panting heavily with large, round, white eyes and sweat rolled down her face. She was bent over, hands on her knees, and gasping for air. It had been a while since she had to run THAT hard... Sure, she can fight; Yes, she fought Grimmjow while he only had one arm to spare, but that's only because she had a power boost after using her shikai and bankai... Her normal running was tiresome, she hates fighting because it's tiring...but running was a different story. "Maiya...he-" A softly spoken, whispered female voice echoed in her mind, and it made her pause in her heaving breaths. That voice got cut off by some unknown force and it made the elven-eyed girl ponder on why it spoke...until. "Vendethiel?!" she mentally exclaimed, slowly stood up, and turned to see what her Captain was doing.

The goth bickered with Ulquiorra who told her to calm down. He explained the situation and their slightly heated conversation, more of Kai barking at Ulqui...began to fall on deaf ears when Maiya tried listening for her zanpakuto's voice again. It had been a long time since she heard her voice...she really wanted to know what was wrong. Something was blocking her connection with Vendethiel and she planned on finding out what and why. With swift footing, she raced past Kai and the fourth espada, catching their attention and making their conversations halt. "Oi, where ya goin'?!" Her captain called out with a risen brow, her veins and eyes dying down from their glowing features. The goth's blazing eyes peered over at Ulquiorra's and shrugged. "Go tell that 'high and mighty' prick that I'm not joining any meeting... Maiya's my top priority right now, somethin's up and I'm gonna find out what the hell's making her bolt like that." With that, she used sonido to catch up with Maiya and left a curious Ulquiorra there. Nnoitra had just caught up...despite having sonido along with Tesla, they never used it.

"Damn it, what's going on?!" Nnoitra rose his voice furiously and grumbled.

Maiya had ran back into the guest room that were assigned to her and Kai, plopped onto the couch, crossed her legs, and leaned back against it. Her mauve eyes shut and her lips parted, she was trying to connect with her zanpakuto. Kai came running in as soon as Donieri fell into the other world where Vendethiel resided in. "Oi, what the he-" Before Kai could question her, she widened her eyes and her black lips frowned. "Oh... Well shit..." she said and returned her previous expression. Narrowed eyes and bored features were evident. She went and sat beside her at one end of the couch with one leg propped up over the other. Her arms crossed and she groaned, hating having to wait for Maiya to come back. She knew though that it was important, so she reluctantly sat there with irritation flowing through her mind.

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Maiya's eyes blinked open and darted from side to side. Her world had a dark violet sky, purple flowers in a field dancing from the light gust that blew, and a big bright moon that glowed a faint red hung in the sky. Her eyes examined everything, she noticed how dead things seem to be, everything was slowly fading darker and darker in color... Her feet brushed through the flowers and grass as she made her way through the field. The sight of an eerie forest in the distance were in view and some of the butterflies she summons during combat, fluttered across the tops of the purple flowers. "Vendethiel...where are you...? I haven't heard from you in a long time... I've only ever heard of Schneider's voice. Ever since I met Kai and went against Kisaki's orders that day, he's been more talkative than Vendethiel." she said in her mind and took notice of the growing shadows that were reaching out to her from the distant forest. Seeing the shadows cover the field of flowers, she hopped back in fear of getting snatched.

Her last backward jump caused her to collide against a hard chest behind her. She paused in her step, saw the shadows retreat back into the forest and her brow rose. "My queen...what can I do for you?~" Schneider's voice echoed behind her and made her lift her head up, just to see a looming over, black, metallic looking Slenderman with a skull for a head. His empty, emotionless eye sockets watched her mauve elven eyes widen. Quickly she turned around, sighed, and closed her eyes.

"I'm looking for Vendethiel, I haven't spoke to her in a long time. Just recently I heard her voice, so I came in here as fast as I could! Her voice sounded faint, as if she were sick or dying! Have you seen her?!" Panic obviously exposed itself in her features and he saw that. Something was wrong and she felt it, her world used to not be so lifeless... She remembered how her inner world had a lively looking violet sky, healthy, happy purple flowers, a welcoming distant forest, and soft grass that would feel like feathers against your feet.

Schneider stood there contemplating for a moment, then chuckled ominously to himself. She was used to that dark, creepy chuckle of his, so it didn't bother her really. "She is very sick right now. It would be wise of you to not look for her, lest you catch her illness my queen. I will inform her of your curiosity of her well-being, she would be delighted and appreciative for your concern." he said as he knelt down on one knee and lowered his skull to her.

"But, Zanpakuto spirits can't get sick. Could you at least tell me what's going on? What do you mean by 'would' be delighted?" Maiya became worried, suspicion toward Vendethiel's strongest summon grew, and she felt as if he was trying to direct her away from her. Her only visible mauve eye had narrowed at the hollow-like creature and a frown formed.

"My queen, the one and only master of our world, she who rules this realm with a nuclear fist; Do not worry, Vendethiel will recover in time. Her power has been weakened ever since you arrived in Hueco Mundo, but I have been aiding you with my own power so that you wouldn't waver in battle. I'm merely substituting for her; I am, after all, her loyal servant as well as yours.~" his emotionless skull lifted up to view her and something in her gut was telling her that he was lying. She didn't heed her gut though, she just sighed and nodded in understanding.

"Alright... I'll come back later to check on her. I just hope she'll be ok..." she replied and closed her eyes. Schneider intently watched her, eventually she vanished from the inner world and left him kneeling to the ground. Slowly he stood up, chuckled lowly to himself, and looked off into the distant forest.

"My queen...don't you worry. Don't you worry yourself.~" his bouncing voice that ranged between high and low pitched, resonated through the air. He began walking towards the eerie forest with its shadows welcoming him and engulfing him in it. His black, metallic, shiny frame gradually faded away into the forest and blended in with the surroundings.

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Her mauve eyes snapped open and looked to the side, noticing Kai plucking at the strings of her electric guitar. She smiled faintly and put her hands in her lap, lightly giggling to herself. It was so fun to watch Kai mess with her guitar and practice her music, the last song she played was about a month ago and she missed her music. "Kai?" she questioned, saw her head perk up and spotted that bone shard in between her lips twitch. "Were you waiting for me?" Asking that, Kai simply clicked her tongue and continued plucking the strings.

"Nah shit, shorty. You're so damn slow! Thought I'd practice my music until woke back up. You know I hate waiting..." Her Captain mumbled the last part and shifted in her position to get comfortable.

"Hey, you haven't played any music in like...a month. So, why not play the song from last month?! I loved that one! Please?!" Maiya pleaded her Captain with twinkling eyes and intertwined her fingers in a praying gesture. Her lips puckered up to try and convince her, but why convince her when she's the type to agree on anything that was reckless and fun?

"Why the HELL NOT?! Hahaha!" Kai laughed out and stood from her spot. "It's too damn cramped in this room, let's go to the throne room! That bastard Aizen shouldn't be there right now, he's goin' to a meeting or something! Ulquiorra said they were gathering in a meeting room and they needed me in there... Why the FUCK should I go?!" Angrily shouting, Maiya sweatdropped and sighed at her words.

"Kai, they're probably wanting to talk about your current situation... If they needed you in there, then you're most likely the main topic." The elven-eyed girl stated with a calm voice and saw her Captain lift a curious brow.

"Fine, we'll go see...AFTER I have fun with my friggin' guitar!~" She yelled out, laughed, and picked up her music devices. Her amp, speakers, and everything else needed to play her music. They got carried out of the room in her arms and Maiya held the door open for her to walk through. A big grin plastered both on her and Donieri's face, they were both rather excited.

They ran past a couple espada who gave them two weird looks and rushed into the throne room in which Aizen were absent. A clear open space in front of the throne, large pillars along the walls, no one around, it was just perfect for her to dance around in with her music.

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"What do you mean she 'refuses' to attend the meeting?" Aizen questioned Ulquiorra who stood before him in a curved hallway. His strict brown eyes stared straight into green ones. "She is the topic of our meeting... Go find her, bring her to the meeting before the other espada arrive; I wouldn't want them to grow impatient while waiting for her to show up." With that, Ulquiorra bowed with a 'Yes, lord Aizen' and used sonido to disappear from sight. He too, decided to go hunt down the gothic guest. He flash stepped out of view and assisted in the search. Her reiatsu was very distinctive, it would be easy to pinpoint her location if she ever threw a raging fit over something.

As Ulquiorra ran towards the throne room, he planned on searching the other side of it in hope of finding her there. Jut before he even managed to reach the other side, he halted in the doorway and saw her in the middle of the room. All of her equipment were set up, Maiya had sat against the wall near the entryway where he stood and watched her prepare. Ulqui lifted a brow, stuffed his hands in his pockets, and walked over. Though a voice spoke up and made him halt in his tracks, Maiya decided to stop him. "I wouldn't do that. She's about to perform one of my favorite songs and she's dead set on playing her music. I wouldn't interrupt her if I were you.~" Donieri giggled with excitement and pulled her knees against her chest. Her arms wrapped around them and a starry look in her eyes that expressed awe, were evident.

(Play: 'Melodic instrumental rock METAL arrangements #136'! It's one of her new songs ;D!) As the guitar in the song slowly began to pick up, she stood there holding her electric guitar with her one arm up in the air waiting to play her part. Once the main guitar's turn to play came up, she instantly ran her fingers against the strings and started to bob her head. At that time, her reiatsu fumed high, eyes glowed brightly, and her veins radiated from excitement. Her spiritual pressure rose just a bit and Aizen had picked up on it.

Tapping her foot, bobbing her head, then leaning back with that wicked grin of hers. She slowly knelt down on one knee, then gradually rose back up in a half turn and started to hop backwards on one foot a couple times. During the calm parts of the beginning, she'd just stand their and every once in a while she'd fall on her knees with her head leaned back facing the ceiling.

Upon hearing the commotion, Nnoitra and his fraccion came running through the doorway of the hall along with Aizen. Nnoitra gasped and widened his eyes, so had Tesla and their lordship. Eventually throughout the song, all the other espada came in asking where the strange music came from. They were informed by Maiya that Kai wanted to dance around and play her electric guitar in the throne room, since there was no space in their guest room. They all stared in utter shock, even Ulquiorra and Starrk were wide-eyed at the display.

All of the fast played notes in the music, Kai had spun in mid-air, vertically, horizontally, diagonally, and even did back flips without the use of her hands. She was all over the place, looking like a single burning flame spreading itself across the floor. Every time she'd whip her hair around with all of her twirls and flips, even in break dancing, her lone-flame self would look like as though the tip of the fire would lash out at anyone who'd approach. During another slow part, she'd skid across the slick floor on her knees and laugh with tight closed eyes. Soon standing back up and hopping backwards, swinging her hips from side to side along side her head. That bone shard in her mouth never fell out, even when she'd laugh hard from enjoyment. There were a couple Espada though, that found her display a little annoying...

Grimmjow had faint flushes on his cheeks the entire time, watching her fire whip around, hearing her laugh, and seeing her dance so freely. He couldn't tear his eyes away from her. She was going all out, Maiya absolutely loved it when her Captain did this. 'Usually' in the soul society, she'd be the only audience aside from Ikkaku, Yumichika, and Kenpachi. Though somehow, her fire always seems to draw people near like moths to a flame. "They say, if you touch a flame, you'll get burned; But if you watch it from the sidelines, you can see it's beauty and great passion burn through everything that tries to stop it from growing or spreading. Fire is the best way to describe her personality." Maiya mumbled just before the song had ended and peeked behind her to see everyone staring in either annoyance or awe. Aizen had glanced down at her upon hearing those words and went back up to Kai, before smirking. (Song ends here, hope you liked it. :D)

"A burning flame that fights everything off that gets in its way and tries to stop it from spreading, hm...?" Aizen mumbled in question, more of in a stated tone and slowly sauntered up to her. "She claims she gave me a hard time in her world? I wish to see proof of that." he said in his mind and gave a passive grin. She panted lightly from the adrenaline that flowed through her body and walked over to her devices. The goth started packing everything up, her veins and eyes were still glowing but her fire had died down, making the air cool off from the tremendous heat she gave in the throne room. With a tap on her shoulder after she knelt down to put everything back, she peeked over to see Aizen smiling down at her with amusement in his eyes. "Now that you are done... The meeting taking place involves you, Kaiorin Madarame. I want you to be present so that you can hear what we all have to say about your arrival." he said, watched her stand up and eye him curiously.

"Hoooo...?~ I have...'a-rival?~" she joked, gave a low chuckle, put her hands on her hips, and leaned forward with a wicked grin on her lips. Everyone practically sweatdropped at her joke, while Nnoitra and Grimmjow stifled laughter in the crowd of Espada. Even Tesla tried to not laugh at the terrible joke she made... Ulquiorra as per usual, wasn't bothered... Aizen just gave her an unfazed expression whilst a frown formed, the look that said, 'Seriously...?' were evident on his face. Maiya couldn't help but bust out laughing, so she quickly covered her mouth and had a tear brim the corner of her one eye.

With a sigh and a quick shut of his eyes, Aizen chose to reply. "If you would return your belongings back to the guest room, we will see you in the meeting room. If Las Noches in your world has the same layout as here, you should know where to go." He stated, walked away, and headed back down the hall. He and Ulquiorra both sauntered towards the meeting room's direction, though his green eyes lingered on her frame a bit while doing so. Everyone soon joined in, a few espada did the same as Ulqui and held their gazes upon her for a little before fully leaving the throne room.