When Nina woke up in the morning, she was surprised to find herself in her room at Las Noches. Alarmed, she quickly sat up recalling the last thing that she did which was talking with Ulquiorra outside of Las Noches. Nina wondered if he carried her all the way back here by himself then ran out of her room down the halls in search of him. She looked in the meeting room, the throne room, kitchen then finally she went to his room. Right before she got to his shut door, she called out for him and then opened the door only to find his unmade bed with no one there. Her shoulders fell and her hands dropped from the door frame after seeing the empty room. Yammy just happened to walk by and noticed Nina standing at Ulquiorra's door frame.

"If you're looking for Ulquiorra, he's gone to the World of the Living of a request from Lord Aizen." Yammy said. Nina turned to him.

"You mean he's on a mission?" Nina asked and Yammy nodded. She dashed away from Yammy do the throne room to question Aizen. Nina hopped that Ulquiorra wasn't punished for taking her out of Las Noches last night. She slammed the door open to the throne room giving all eyes onto her. Most of the Espada was there except for Ulquiorra. "Aizen." Nina called.

"Ah, good morning Nina. You seem to look better." Aizen said casually.

"Where's Ulquiorra?"

"He's gone to the World of the Living for the day to exterminate some unwanted pests."

"How come no one came to take me to school today?"

"Ulquiorra came by last night and said you still weren't feeling well so I thought you could stay home today." Aizen said. Nina's stomach tied into a knot once he said 'home'. This was not Nina's home. Nina looked over once hearing someone laugh.

"Ahahaha, and why are we so worried about Ulquiorra my pet?" Nnoitora asked.

"It seems like our little Nina has taken a liking towards the cold Ulquiorra." Szayel laughed.

"It's not a liking. It's just that he was the one assigned to look after me so I was wondering where he was." Nina said defending herself but Nnoitora and Szayel both snickered.

"It doesn't matter where Ulquiorra went. He'll be back when he gets back." Grimmjow said with and obvious disgust towards Ulquiorra.

"Nina, are you prepared to fight against Wonderweiss later today?" Aizen said changing the subject.

"Uh, I think so. Is he alright with it?" Nina asked looking over at the autistic boy. Everyone laughed.

"Oh don't worry, he'll be ready whenever you are." Szayel laughed with everyone.

"Well I'm ready now. Just let me go get dressed." She said with a serious tone to her voice. When she turned around and left the throne room, she could hear everyone in there burst out with laughter. Why were they laughing so much? Was something different about this Wonderweiss kid? He just looked so less than ordinary it was hard picturing this guy being anything amazing.

When Nina got back to her room she took out her normal braids letting her hair fall out then tied it up into a high ponytail and secured it with a fabric covered elastic letting her bangs fall out to frame her face. She took off her pyjamas and put on some yoga pants, socks and runners then finished it off by putting on a white tank top and zipping up a light sweater overtop. She examined herself in the full body mirror and sighed nervously. She kept on wondering where Ulquiorra was and when he will be back but her upcoming battle was more than enough to give her own share of troubles.

Nina was finally ready and went on her way to the indoor training room to get ready for her match up against Wonderweiss. She felt her stomach turn from nervousness but what was there to be nervous about? He couldn't be all that hard to beat. But then again, the Espada would probably be watching especially Aizen. Nina opened the double doors that lead to the downstairs of the indoor training room. In the middle stood her foe Wonderweiss and on the balcony was the Espada and Aizen himself along with Gin and Kaname. Nina walked to the center of the room and faced the balcony watching Aizen's uncomforting smirk.

"I'm glad you've made it Nina. This battle will determine your strength and who's fracción you will become. Fight to the best of your abilities... Now please, continue." Aizen said. Nina now turned to Wonderweiss and lifted her arms to put up her guard but the boy stood there with his gaze focused on a single unknown point. "Oh and by the way, you may choose a Zanpakuto from the side over there." Aizen interrupted pointing to a messy pile of blades. Nina walked up to it and swung a few before choosing one by random then continued back to her same position. "Alright... begin." Once again, Nina rose her defence by bringing her sword up but Wonderweiss looked around the room as if he had never seen it before. Nina was confused but it didn't stop her from losing her focus.

"What is she waiting for?" Gin asked not loud enough for Nina to hear.

"She's a cautious one." Aizen replied.

"This is going to get interesting." Szayel stated and Nnoitora laughed after him.

"She doesn't have a chance." Grimmjow smirked.

Nina observed Wonderweiss and he didn't even seem to be aware that he was in a battle, she felt sorry that she had to attack a harmless being. After a moment of regret, Nina charged towards Wonderweiss both hands tightly gripping the handle of the sword and took a swing at him. Nina was flabbergasted as she missed him. He had kneeled down on the ground drawing in some loose terrain laughing at his creativity. Nina swung again and missed then again. Getting annoyed, Nina used her foot to kick Wonderweiss down onto his back by the hollow hole then fired her sword at him. Wonderweiss immediately saw this as a threat then opened his mouth. Once Nina saw that he was finally reacting, she stopped her sword. Wonderweiss shot a purple cero from his mouth nearly missing Nina's head. Everyone roared with laughter as Wonderweiss power had been awakened. Wonderweiss got back up and grabbed Nina by the head and threw her many metres until the wall stopped her. She slid down the wall in pain with blood dripping from shrapnel that cut her skin. When she opened her eyes, she gasped seeing Wonderweiss walking towards her with a different look in his eyes. It was clear that he wanted to exterminate Nina. It was as if he were a computer that is automatically programmed to do a specific job the user gives him and does not quit until it is fulfilled. Once again, he opened his mouth and quickly powered up for his cero then released it. Nina watched as it headed straight for her and just before it hit, she put up her arms to minimize its damage. Obviously it made a bang but was strange is that Nina was completely unharmed. Everyone gasped.

"What happened?" Halibel asked.

"It seems that Nina released a tremendous amount of spiritual pressure just before the cero hit her. She somehow made her spiritual pressure turned into a shield." Aizen said.

"I've never seen that before." Gin said. For once, his smirk faded from his face only to become a surprised expression. Nina opened her eyes and gasped wondering what happened.

"Bet she can't do that again." Grimmjow snickered. Once the dust settled, Wonderweiss stood there and noticed that his target had not been eliminated so he opened his mouth again preparing another cero.

"I've seen enough." Aizen said snapping his fingers. Gin and Kaname jumped off the balcony and ended up and the side of Wonderweiss. He fired his cero but this time it hit Nina, vitally injuring her body. Gin and Kaname took Wonderweiss away before he could kill Nina and she lay there fighting to keep her eyes open. Everyone left the room but as Nina's vision began to fade, she noticed a blur walking towards her. Before she had a chance to look at it, her eyes closed but she was still conscious. She felt as if she were being lifted off the ground. Was she dead and now flying her way to heaven? No, she should be able to see if that was happening. Next thing that she knew, water was being sprinkled on her as she felt herself descending towards the ground. She felt cold as she grew wetter. It sounded like rain and felt like the night time's coldness on her chilled skin. She heard footsteps getting quieter and managed to open her eyes then looked over. The blur got slightly clearer as the figure passed through a garganta to head back to Hueco Mundo. It was one of the Espada's fracción but what was his name? Why did he bring her out here? Was it to let her die? Nina looked up at the rainfall as it stung her fresh wounds. She panted as her vision fluctuated

"Ul... quiorra." She whispered calling out for help. "Am I going to die here?"