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Ulquiorra blinked as he watched in shock. Unaware that subconsciously he was pressing his thighs together. He'd been worried about Kagome. She was mysterious in more than one way after she divulged some of her secrets to him.
The conversation they had after she'd helped him unlock his power. Which Lord Aizen said was to never use in Hecu Mundo. It had been interesting explaining how he acquired it. And Ulquiorra had not denied Kagome was with him.
There was more to Kagome's past, but it was clear she still didn't trust him fully. However, her dependence on him was pushed to the limits. It was something they'd be working on.
"Kagome, come," he commanded, not sparing a look at Nnorita, who was hunched over on the ground.
Her bare feet soft, almost imperceptible patter as she rushed to his side. The faint glow to her blue eyes as Ulquiorra noticed her top opened and the hollow hole vanishing before his eyes. He knew it was due to that odd power she used to help him. It didn't seem to think he was a threat?
Once she reached his side, Ulquiorra placed a hand on her head as he spoke, "Goo job defending yourself. Let us return to my room; it is dinner time."
The bright smile she flashed had Ulquiorra relaxing as he put a bit of distance between them. Just in case Kagome had a minor panic attack and tried to him like she did the fifth Espada and then his Fraccion Tesra after she'd been released. Though he was aware, she had used her strange power to make it hurt.
In the back of his mind, he couldn't help but wonder if Tiers Fraccion(who'd come to adore Kagome) had taught her to be that vicious? Or if this viciousness was always a part of Kagome that she kept hidden? Because Ulquiorra could not see her being naturally cruel.
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Ulquiorra blinked as he took the time to read(again) what Kagome had written in reply to his question.
'I did as you said. I defended myself. The many-armed, fake Buddha and his butt buddy, pretty-boy, deserved it! They came into your territory and attacked me. So a swift, painful kick to their tiny brothers is what they deserved.'
The absurdity of her words that served as her explanation was proof she did not need to associate with Tiers Fraccion anymore.
"Kagome, please tell me the truth. Did Tiers Fraccion teach you to do that? Or maybe Starrks Fraccion, Lillinet?"
He let Kagome take the notepad back. He was watching as she wrote her reply swiftly. When she finished, he took it from her reading her response again.
'No! It's the self-defense I learned when I lived on Earth. It's something a man or woman needs to know. Whether you roam Feudal Japan or the current modern Era of Tokyo.'
The look on her face showed her exasperation with him. He knew from their prior conversation that Kagome never died. She was born in 1983. The current year on Earth (from his recent excursion there with Yammy) was 2007, making Kagome 24. And that she had traveled through a well on her family's shrine to just sigh of 500 years into the past.
Ulquiorra knew she wasn't lying. And there was still a lot she wasn't telling him. Like about that power she had. Or how she had no presence at all.
"That's fine. But you knew those two would not take what you did lying down."
The notepad was snatched from his hands so fast that Ulquiorra didn't even react. The smile on Kagome's lips had him raising his eyebrows when Kagome turned the notepad so he could read Ulquiorra bit the inside of his mouth.
'It looked like they were taking it lying down to me!'
TBC!
