A/N: Okay, so I'm thinking of changing the title of the story, but I am very bad with titles, do any of you have any ideas?
Ulquiorra and Grimmjow were in their dormitory. The room was dark; the only light came from the full new moon.
"You're not asleep yet?"
"..."
"Are you still thinking about her?" Asked Grimmjow turning on his side to face Ulquiorra.
"You have no idea…what seeing her again was like."
"You shouldn't think about that, she's the enemy now, it would do you good to forget about her. A lot of girls like you, take professor Yamamoto's niece for example, you know, the one with the large breasts."
"That's an infatuation. And, don't you think she appears to have a sort of…brother complex?"
"Hmm…now that you mention it," said Grimmjow scratching his chin thoughtfully.
"Besides, I never said I had, those, sort of feelings for Rukia…"
"You don't have to, it's pretty obvious, she was the one you lost your vir-"
"We didn't know anything back then," said Ulquiorra blushing, "we didn't know the way society around us functioned, we didn't know about our roles in the universe, and we definitely didn't know anything about…that."
"So, when you…what did you think you were doing?" Asked Grimmjow smirking; Ulquiorra glared at him.
"You wouldn't understand, you were never close to Nemu."
"And it's a good thing I wasn't, who knew she'd die, and so young…".
"You know, I've always suspected… this all started with Nemu's mysterious death."
"Yeah me too; I find it too weird the Lamoreaux family never suspected what we were, and we didn't suspect anything either."
"To think that now it will be Rukia's duty to kill me every time she sees me, and I in turn, have to kill her," said Ulquiorra rubbing his face in frustration, "these thoughts are drowning me."
"You're both so cute, like puppies," said Grimmjow batting his eyelashes then laughing hysterically.
"Go to sleep Grimmjow, we have to get up early for tomorrow's seminar."
"You're no fun."
…
"It's been two weeks Gin, don't you think Rukia might be done grieving?" Nemu whispered in Gin's ear, Gin was sitting by his desk in his office, and Nemu was hunched over him from behind, her arms wrapped around him.
"I don't know Nemu-chan."
"You know," she said sprinkling kisses along his jaw, "before I died, I was informed in detail, the history of Anemone and her forbidden lover."
"I already know the story, before she was Rukia, she was Anemone, a Throne."
"Ah, but you haven't heard the story in detail, did you know that they met during the Trojan war? That they faced each other in a battle that almost ended in death? The real Rukia, is very strong; that is why she died, you know, he, was the one that killed her," she whispered licking along the shell of his ear.
"Ya think so?"
"Of course, I'm surprised you don't remember all that yet."
"Hmm…I'm surprised I don't remember that. Nemu-chan, ya changed a lot."
"Death does that to you, I want my revenge, I deserve my revenge," she said looking off into space very seriously, then she returned to Gin's neck, sucking and biting on the side; he welcomed her advances and ran his fingers through her hair.
"Ya definitely changed a lot," he murmured as she bit down hard on his pulse point, drawing blood and licking it off.
"You have no idea," she turned the chair around until he faced her, then climbed on top of him, straddling him. She cupped his face and drew him to her exposed neck; he kissed tenderly before ravishing her neck with bites and wet kisses, "you know Gin, when we were younger, I had a terrible crush on you."
"Did ya now?" he asked against the skin of her throat.
"Yes, but thinking we were related, I kept myself away from those feelings, it was because of those feelings…that I drew away from you…and spent more time with him," she said; sensing her moment of weakness, Gin stopped kissing her and held her comfortingly against him, "it never crossed my mind that he was attached to me in that way, I always saw him as my oldest brother, until the day he…"
"Ya don't have to talk about it Nemu-chan."
"I know, but I need to, I need to get this off my chest. I hate Mayuri," she said pulling away from him to look at him, "I hate that he was so selfish, I hate that he did what he did. He should be paying for what he did to me! How the hell does someone like that end up in Soul Society?!" She burst out crying.
"I think Urahara had something to do with it, he and Mayuri were pretty close; Mayuri was his apprentice, and Urahara was the one that helped the rest of us cross over."
"Don't you dare let him join us, promise me Gin!"
"But he's very powerful..."
"I don't care, we'll be fine without him, we have Ulquiorra, we have Rukia, and we have you."
"We don't have Rukia."
"Yet, but we will, she's starting to remember…she'll want answers."
"Good thing Ichimaru let us have the cake even though we didn't bring the bitch, it would have spoiled you know," said Grimmjow eating cake and walking inside the room he shared with Ulquiorra; he was surprised to see Ulquiorra looking out the window, humming a melody. Grimmjow looked at him oddly and took a seat on the couch.
"Grimmjow, do you remember anything about your past life yet?" He asked, never looking away from the window.
"Just specks of it, why? Do you?"
"Only a portion, but from that, I can draw many conclusions."
"Like what?"
"I know what we are. I had a dream last night, and you were in it."
"That's gross, you didn't need to tell me."
"In this dream, many things were revealed, now I know what to call myself."
"And what is that?"
"Demon."
"Kuchiki-san, Kuchiki-san you really should eat, Kuchiki-sama's very worried," came the voice of a servant from outside the door, "Kuchiki-san-"
"Leave me alone!" Screamed Rukia from where she was lying down on the bed. She heard some shuffling, then footsteps drawing away.
Two weeks, only two weeks since her husband's death, and already they had the nerve to address her as, Kuchiki-san. Ashido was not dead, she refused to believe he was, he wouldn't have fallen so easy to the espada, she would have sensed something. That espada, that horrible espada, her hate for him burned deep in her veins, she would never forgive him, he had taken the man she loved, he had taken her happiness, their happiness. Rukia didn't know how to feel, what to think, in her there was a blinding rage, a great doubt. She couldn't help but think about the events leading to his death, did he suffer a painful death? How was he killed? What were the last thoughts to cross his mind? He was so young, he didn't deserve this. What made things worse, she felt somehow responsible. If only she would have been there, would things have turned out differently?
She was angry at herself, for being so blind, so stupid, it was obvious something was wrong with Ashido that night, he seemed unsettled, nervous, if only she would have caught on, noticed something. Why didn't she sense the espada's reiatsu? She wanted revenge, she needed her revenge, and she would have it. She would find a way to become stronger than that espada, and she would kill him.
"There's no doubt that Kano-sama is dead then?" Renji asked Byakuya, they were both observing the training of their new recruits.
"Captain Kurosaki's squad has been sent to scout the area, and they've yet to find anything, no traces of his reiatsu, nothing, only his gigai."
"You think he might have…absorbed Kano-sama's spiritual particles?"
"I certainly hope not."
"Death is a million times better than becoming part of a monster."
"Exactly," said Byakuya, reaching into his pocket, squeezing something, then drawing his hand back out.
"Kuchiki-taichou, do we know the Hollow responsible?"
"The fourth espada, Ulquiorra Schiffer."
"But…didn't Ichigo kill him?"
"It takes more than brute strength to defeat someone like that Espada."
"But this time around Ichigo is stronger; maybe this time he'll finish him for good."
"I don't know Renji, it remains to be seen."
"Nemu, bring me last Wednesday's research documents from the office," said Mayuri, he was sitting inside his laboratory inspecting Ashido's gigai for evidence.
"Yes Mayuri-sama." a fraction of a second later the documents were in his hands.
"You've gotten much quicker Nemu."
"Why thank ya Mayuri-sama," said the cheerful voice of a man; Mayuri rolled his eyes.
"What do you want Gin, I'm busy."
"That's no way to welcome your little brother."
"I already told you Gin, I don't want part in it."
"Really? Ya don't want revenge? Not even for Nemu-chan?"
"Don't you dare bring up Nemu again, do you hear? She wouldn't have wanted any of this either. My Nemu was not like that."
"Is that so? What if I were to tell ya that I found the real Nemu, she was a hollow, and…she sleeps with me every night," said Gin whispering the last part in Mayuri's ear.
"I wouldn't believe you."
"Ya know, that is a unique scar on her womb, weren't ya there? Did they cut her womb open or did the baby just blast out? It looks like the baby just blasted out, it's more of a burn scar…"
"How did you know that?" Asked Mayuri looking at Gin with a murderous intent.
"If I tell ya, ya won't believe me, ya said so yourself."
"Where is Nemu?" He asked closing in on him with a scalpel in hand.
"She doesn't want to see ya, she hates ya for what ya did to her."
"That's not true Nemu-"
"What? Loved ya? Are ya sure ya didn't confuse brotherly love with the love between a man and a woman? Nemu was terrified. Ya took advantage of her, she didn't know what ya were doing to her, she didn't know about sex…you did, so in a sense, ya raped her."
"No I did not, she let me…" said Mayuri, it seemed more like he was trying to convince himself instead of Gin.
"Ya tell yourself that, ya took advantage of how naïve Nemu was, that's the truth."
"You did not come here to talk about Nemu. What do you want?" Asked Mayuri changing the subject since it was making him very uncomfortable.
"How's Rukia-chan doing?"
"I wouldn't know, she has not left the Kuchiki manor."
"Hmm…I'll have to talk to Bya-kun then, any opportunity to see Bya-kun is a great one," sighed Gin to himself.
"Homo, don't you see captain Kuchiki isn't like you? Why don't you give it up already."
"I'm not a homo Mayuri, ya know I love everyone, woman…man, it doesn't matter," pouted Gin, "besides, I need to talk to him about my dear Rukia-chan."
"Like you care," smirked Mayuri, "if you cared so much why did you kill Kano?"
"It was necessary, he was the leash keeping Rukia-chan to this reality, it was because of him that she suppressed her memories, now that he's gone, she will begin to remember."
"Let's call it a day people!" Yelled Ichigo to his squad.
"Still nothing," sighed Momo to herself, "poor Kuchiki-san, it must be horrible not to know how her husband died."
"I know, that's why we need to find out," said Ichigo as he and Momo rushed got back into their gigais. He and his squad were in Barbados, searching for traces of Ashido's reiatsu, "so far how are we on evidence?"
"It all points out to the same thing, it seems the espada absorbed Kano-sama's spirit particles," said Momo.
"How am I gonna explain this to Rukia…she's an emotional wreck as it is," sighed Ichigo.
"I'm sorry Kurosaki-taicho, I understand how difficult this must be for you," said Momo holding his hand; Ichigo looked at her surprised, and Momo pulled her hand away blushing.
"I'll see you tomorrow then," said Ichigo; they both parted ways and headed to their own hotel rooms. Ichigo walked inside his room and headed to the bathroom. He took a much needed shower and then turned on the television. He couldn't seem to concentrate on what was on the screen, he knew this would all be too much for Rukia, how would she feel knowing that her husband was eaten by an espada? That he was neither dead nor alive…just living inside an evil being that was using his power to cause nameless evils?
Ichigo turned off the television and went over to the coffee maker to serve himself some coffee. He did not expect to see what he saw when he turned around. Rukia was in front of him, she had Sode No Shirayuki drawn, and there was a deep hatred in her eyes.
"Rukia? What are you doing here?"
"We're going to find him, and when we do, I'll be the one that kills him."
"Thanks for the sake Bya-kun!" beamed Gin taking sips of sake, he and Byakuya were sitting in Byakuya's room.
"It's Kuchiki-sama to you. What do you want Gin?" Asked Byakuya roughly.
"Why so mean Bya-kun?"
"You have the nerved to ask? Why did your men kill Ashido Kano?"
"It was necessary, my dearest Rukia-chan was too attached to him…it was slowing down our mission."
"I already told you, leave Rukia alone."
"Don't worry, it's Rukia-chan that will come back to us, she wants revenge for her husband's death, and I'm sure Schiff-kun will be more than happy to accept her duel…he won't kill her though, so don't worry about that Bya-kun."
"You are much too selfish Gin, you claim to care for Rukia, but you seem to show otherwise."
"What? And ya care for her? Ya know as well as I that ya only keep her around because of Hisana-chan."
"That's not true."
"They're not the same person, you and Mayuri-kun sure have a twisted way to deal with the deaths of the women ya loved. Mayuri created a cyborg replica and ya kept Rukia-chan."
"That's not why she's here, she is family now."
"No, Bya-kun, her family is with us, not with you."
