Chapter 2: Dinner time
By the time rukia and ichigo had gotten home it was dinner time. They snuck in so ichigo's dad didn't wake the toddler. They let ulquiorra sleep until they had to go down for dinner. Rukia's pager beeped and she swore silently.
"There's a hollow near by. I will get it but I won't be back for dinner." She said and left her gigia in the closet. Ichigo nodded and looked at the sleeping toddler. He knelt down and lightly shook his shoulder.
"Hey ulquiorra wake up we have to go down for dinner." He said softly. The toddlers eyes snapped open, the pools of cold emerald stared into ichigo's and he sat up.
"I don't eat." He stated simply and Ichigo raised a brow. "You don't get hungry?"
"No" answered the toddler. "I'm going back to sleep." He says and laid back down.
"No you aren't. My family knows your here and they will yell at me if I don't bring you down." Ichigo says.
"So crush them." He said coldly sitting up. He knew ichigo was stronger then him so he had to listen to the bigger male. Ulquiorra remembered bits and piece of his adult life but not much. He had reverted back to before he had matured.
"I can't do that they are my family." Ichigo said with a frown.
"So? I crushed all whom challenged me." He said going to the door. "Lets go get it over with. I want to go back to sleep."
Ichigo stared at the toddler for a minute before following. "They are my family I have to protect them."
"Oh..." was all he had said. The thought of protecting someone swirled in the child's head. Only one hallow had dared to come to his aid. It was an older memory from his days in the hollow forest. He had met another one like him named stark. He shook the memory away as they entered the kitchen.
Ichigo walked past ulquiorra and into the kitchen. "Rukia is at orihime's house she will be back later set her some food aside will you yuzu?" He asked his younger sister. He noticed karin was gone, probably out playing soccer.
"Yeah sure thing ichigo." She said turning with a smile and setting the last plate of food on the table. Ulquiorra was still standing in the doorway and yuzu took note.
"Oh ichigo he is so cute! But why dose he have paint that looks like tears? Come here orra let me help you wash it off." She said with a smile.
"It won't come off." He said and walked to the table climbing into the chair. His cold dead eyes looked into yuzu's as if he was reading her soul which he was not that it mattered.
"Oh.. I'm sure if we tried we could get it off. " yuzu said going to the sink and getting a wash cloth. His eyes didn't bother her a bit she was excited to have a toddler around to mother seeing as Karin and ichigo never listened to her.
"It is permanent." He said staring at the food in front of him. "And I don't like to be touched." He looked over to ichigo whom was getting a drink from the fridge. He had set a sippy cup of juice next to ulquiorra. The child looked at it and turned back to the food.
"Oh... uh okay." Said yuzu setting the cloth down and going to the table.
"Where's dad?" Ichigo asked amazed he had yet to be attacked by the eccentric male. The man in question ran in aiming a punch at ichigo who took it knowing if he had dodged ulquiorra would have been hurt instead.
He gripped his side and coughed. "You crazy bastard!" He shouted.
"Gotta keep you on your toes son! I finally got ya though! Your old man still has his touch." He said with a grin.
A feeling of worry washed over the toddler hollow but he kept his face emotionless.
"No you damn idiot if I had moved you would have hurt ulquiorra." He scoffed. "You can't ever hit me." He said and grabbed his chopsticks and passed a pair to the toddler. He stared at the chopsticks and set them town. Ichigo's dad looked to the toddler and grinned.
"Oh that's right we have rukia's little cousin staying with us now." He said excitedly and ran over to hug the toddler.
"Now I have a new son to raise~ maybe he will actually show his love unlike you ichigo." He said about to scoup up the toddler.
Ulquiorra stared at the man who had entered and froze his dead eyes trained on the man. He was shigigami. When the man ran hifirection and bent to pick him up he sprung from his spit jumped on the back of the chair across from him and landing delicately on the ground. Turning and fixing his glare on the older shigigami. "Don't touch me."
Ichigo's dad frowned. "Aw but why not? I guess he is just as uncaring as you ichigo." He pouted and took his seat at the table. Ulquiorra went back to his spot and sat eating little bits of food and springing from the table the moment ichigo was up. He left his plate behind. It was beneath him to clean up food especially since he didn't eat normally.
Once upstairs ulquiorra sat on the chair in ichigo's room. He knew he would have to wait and see were he was aloud to sleep. He had memories flash of the time he had not picked out suitable sleeping places in the hollow forest and he had gotten into fights. He found it strange that he couldn't access any other memories past the age of 4 and from the last month.
Ichigo looked to ulquiorra and sat on the bed. "Your slipping kid." He said softly. "You mask. Your eyes are drooping." He said and ulquiorra friend. He hadn't noticed he had been so lost in thought. He was still phisically exhausted from his rapid change and mortal wounds from his recent battle with ichigo not to mention the hits he had taken from the other arrancar until he had left them with Stark's help.
"I'm tired." He said softly turning his cold eyes to the orange headed man. Ichigo nodded with a small grin.
"I can tell. Let's get you changed and then you can go back to bed." H said and picked the toddler up whom surprisingly laid his head on ichigo's shoulder. For some reason the toddler half of him was giving in allowing him to slip up in front of ichigo. He was just so tired he couldn't knee up his barrier. Ichigo helped ulquiorra change and then he set the toddler in the closer where rukia slept. Once ulquiorra's head hit the pillow he was fast asleep. Rukia had entered the room and dropped into her gigai and sat up.
"Welcome back rukia." Ichigo said and sat on the bed. She smiled and sat at the desk to eat the food ichigo had brought for her.
"How were things while I was away?" She asked.
"Ulquiorra was a bit of a hand full but fine. He listen pretty well and keeps to himself same as normal." He replied. She nodded after finishing her food.
"Did you put him in my bed?" She asked looking around and not seeing him. "Whatever can you make my bed while I go get ready for bed?" She asked going to the door. Ichigo nodded and stood to get the futon form the hall. Rukia left the room and went to the bathroom.