"You're not going to school today? That's a strange surprise." Nnoitra inwardly noted once the Octava Espada unexpectedly appeared inside of their shared apartment.

"I did go. They just released us early." Szayel irritably discloses once he locks their apartment door behind him, slides out of his shoes, and heads toward the living room.

He merely watches as his roommate eventually approaches him on the couch before he jokingly quips, "Besides, I have a sick patient to look after."

'There he goes being creepy again.' The taller Espada irritably deems as he directs his sights on the television when he asks, "How's the plan going?"

The sudden sound of the refrigerator door opens, glasses start to rattle and then the sound of the door closes again. He slowly chugs down the liquid to quench his throat, tosses the bottle into the trashcan and enters the living room again.

"Fairly well," Szayel easily answers while he gently pushes his glasses back on to the bridge of his nose before he continues, "I almost managed to pinpoint those two exact locations in this town."

"What?!" Nnoitra shockingly exclaims in disbelief, which earns a small "tch" from his housemate.

"We both have to exact our revenge…but patience is the key." He reminds his rather impatient friend as he now canters in the direction of his room when he overhears his partner speak up.

"What the hell ever. It's your operation anyway." Nnoitra promptly dismisses his advice along with a roll of his eyes.

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"What the hell?!" Grimmjow unexpectedly yells once her mind instantly registers the identity of the guest that presently sits off to her right.

It was none other than…Mr. Manabu.

The raven haired woman swiftly faces the counselor and irritably needles, "Why is he here?!"

The counselor merely shuffles some papers around on his desk while he calmly reveals, "He's the advisor for recently transferred students that hasn't been placed with their grade level advisor yet."

'Hell no!' She immediately dismissed as she was about to motion for a protest until the sound of knocks could be heard at the counselor's door.

"Before we start, give me one second." Mr. Satoshi abruptly excuses himself before he hops to his feet in order to answer the door.

"It's been a while hasn't it….Sora Aoi." Mr. Manabu purposely breaks the silence once he eventually realizes that he was finally alone with the raven haired beauty again.

One of his hands casually brushes up against the length of her left thigh as a sadistic grin stretches across her face while she physically cringes from his touch.

"Don't fucking touch me…you sicko!" Grimmjow angrily hisses at him after she immediately slaps his hand away from her thigh.

"Quite the harsh tone there…" He softly mutters to no one in particular until his hand swiftly extends outward in order to wrap his fingers around her throat.

"Where are your fucking manners?" Mr. Manabu harshly snaps at the student while he roughly tightens his fingers around her slender neck.

Grimmjow audibly gasps for breath as he calmly verbalizes, "You need me more than I need you. Right now, you're one step shy from the loony bin."

"I advise you to be a good girl and show some damn manners." He threatens with a sadistic grimace on his face while he constantly applies more pressure to the point that she on the verge of passing out.

Mr. Satoshi finally returns back inside of the counselor room when he apologizes, "Sorry about that."

"So Mr. Manabu…what is your opinion of Sora Aoi?" He curiously poses to the teacher about the student once he eventually settles in behind his desk.

Her red eyes cut over at her teacher as she waits for his answer, "Well...she's a pretty good student from the progress she has made since her arrival. As far as discipline wise, she's a bit of a hot head but obediently follows direction so she'll have a bright future here at Karakura High."

"I see." He utters while his pen grazes across the paper when he requests, "Is there anything else you would like to add to her assessment?"

"Other than she needs to see me in the morning or afternoon on Wednesday." Mr. Manabu states his demands for his student, which prompts him to regard Aoi, "You hear that."

'Bastard!' Grimmjow wanted to scream at the top of her lungs until the sound of a bell captured her attention.

"Well we've reached the end of your assessment." Mr. Satoshi announces after he places the pen down on the desk and discloses,"If anyone asked where you've been…you were in the main office."

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"So when you want to find the coefficient, you could…." Ulquiorra aimlessly listens to their Mathematics teacher while his hand jots down the notes.

His mind was no longer concerned about the humans complex Mathematical problems but rather on Grimmjow and where she went.

He eventually peered up at the clock above the board and silently noted the amount of time that had elapsed since she left from the classroom.

The raven haired beauty still had not arrived back from her trip to the office.

An ominous feeling passes over his body but he decides to nearly ignore it and focus on the lesson at hand.

'I wonder what they wanted her for?' He thinks after he checks the clock for the time.

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'The porch is swept. Kuri has used the restroom.' Tomoko mentally recalls while she rests the broom against the corner of the door.

She scans her apartment until her eyes settle in on a clock when she notes the current time.

'I guess I could make some snacks for Aoi & Taketo.'

A small smile at the thought of the couple, who future is about to turn upside in the next couple of months.

The elderly woman envisions Aoi as a ferocious wild tiger that refuses to be tamed. On the other hand, Taketo is more of a gentle panda bear that lazily gnaws on a bamboo shot.

'I'm curious to see how they will make it work.'

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'What in the bloody hell was that meeting about?!' Grimmjow mentally grumbles as she roughly grinds the back of her teeth in frustration.

She merely advances toward her class when she deems, 'I felt like I went through hell and back without my Pantera.'

'That man really creep me out!' The raven haired girl groans before she angrily punches a nearby locker room and leaves a dent in it.

'I wish I could k…' She promptly ponders up an idea when the sudden weight of her tin capsule weighs heavily in her pocket.

'When did…'

"You earned it." The raven haired woman recalls the expression on the green eyed bastard's face.

A cocky smile stretches across her face at her malicious plan before she recalls a certain creature that presently dwells in her body.

She eventually erases the thoughts from her mind and suddenly hears the bell signal for the last class of the day.

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