CHAPTER 2


"This place is huge." Yoh said, trying to memorize the map Gin had given them, which seemed more like a cheat sheet for a maze with no end than anything else. Kieli and Nora nodded, walking around the main room. It was meant to be used as a sort of break room, but for some reason or another it was seldom used.

Though the room was amazingly wide and open, inside were very few things. On the far south wall stood three book shelves, each reaching from the floor to the ceiling and stuffed with old books. Two white sofas and three chairs sat in the middle around a white stone table. There were no windows anywhere on the blank white walls which gave the room a caged feeling.

"Yeah, but did you see the rooms?" Kieli smiled. For the first time in her short life she got her own room and an actual bed, not a makeshift bed from an examination table. God how she would have killed someone if she had to stay in that small ass stainless steel room with Yoh and Nora only to be lab rats again. "And our rooms are close together too."

"True." Nora shrugged sitting on the sofa across from Yoh. "But we need paint. I hate how... colorless this place is." She glared at the walls as if color would soon spill onto them.

Yoh smirked. "Just cut some of Kiki's hair and glue it to the wall." He moved out of the way right as Kieli went to punch him. She hated that nickname and they knew it too.

"Get your ass back over here, slender freak!" The blue headed girl growled, running at him. Yoh flipped over the arm of the sofa as she jumped towards him, falling flat on her face.

Yoh snickered. "I'm sooo going to murder you! I'll paint these walls with your blood!" she yelled, shooting off a cero in his direction.

He widened his eyes as the red beam missed him only by an inch. 'Shit,' he thought backing away. 'She's pissed.'

"Kieli..." he warned, taking two steps back with every step she took forward. Kieli smiled as she prepared another cero.

"Aww come on, I want to have a little bit of fun before I kill you."

"Will you two stop it? We are supposed to be getting ready for tomorrow. I want to know what Aizen has planned for us." Nora sank deeper into her seat. The other two ignored her while they ran around, throwing small ceros and shouting curse words.

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"Fuck him!" Grimmjow growled as he walked down the long hallway by himself. Ever since he saw what Szayel had created from him, he had been in a prissy mood.

'Why the hell couldn't he have made a boy? Why her?' He thought. A boy would have been stronger. Sure there were some pretty strong female Espada, like Harribel, but were they the number one Espada? No.

'Why did Nnoitra get a son?' The Espada slouched as he thought deeper into the fact that he now had a daughter, though he refused to call her that. Lost in his train of thought, he didn't notice when Kieli fell through the open door way of the main room.

"Daddy!" The girl shouted when she saw him. Grimmjow's head shot up as she tackled him in a hug.

"Get. Off. Now." Grimmjow hissed, a dark aura rising from him. Kieli didn't notice.

"That's not a nice thing to say to your little girl." Kieli smiled putting her hands on her hips.

Grimmjow frowned. 'Your little girl.' The words rang in his head.

"You are not my 'little girl'! Just because we have the same blood does not mean you are in any way my daughter! Do you understand?" Grimmjow snarled, his eyes narrowing. Kieli was taken back a little, before quickly regaining herself.

"Just because you don't want to be my dad, doesn't mean you're not. Do you get that, Dad?" She retorted, the humor gone from her voice. "Sorry I'm not what you wanted, but that doesn't mean I can't kick ass." Kieli glared as she pushed past her father and into her room.

Grimmjow just stood there not knowing if he wanted to hit her or smile at the fact that she had just stood up to him.

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Ulquiorra sat on the edge of his chair. Normally he wouldn't question Aizen, and he wasn't- not really. He just wanted to know why. What could Aizen be planning that the top Espada were unqualified for? The emotionless Espada picked up another folder, quickly leafing through the papers. Nothing. Only a few quickly written notes on their DNA structure and past flaws Szayel had managed to iron out. But nothing as to why Nora was created. Something was missing.


[A/N] *Nnoitra got a son because I didn't want to give the creep a daughter. Although in the very first rough drafts Nora was going to be his daughter (thus the reason for her name), but I think she makes a better kid for Ulquiorra. Let me know what you think and tell me what you want to see in the next chapters. Please review, I do appreciate constructive criticism.