Interest
Ulquiorra bowed to Aizen and left the room. He walked to the meeting room. He was slightly puzzled by Aizen's order for Rukia to meet the new espada members.
"Go brief the new espada. Later when Rukia is awake let them meet her." Aizen smiled. "Watch them carefully, I will need them for my plans to work. You are dismissed."
What was he planning? Ulquiorra wondered why did the new espada had to do with Rukia. He walked into the meeting room. Two of the espada were arguing. The short one and the very tall one.
"Shut up pixie boy!" The short one yelled, "And keep your hands to your self!"
The tall one grinned, " I'm sorry. Your just so cute...Like a little child."
The short one's face turned red with anger. He made a movement to grab his sword. Astucia Espina watched the two with amusement, trying to hold back a laugh. Media Luna Mar was in his seat with a bored expression.
"Will you two shut up." Media Luna Mar growled at the two in a loud voice. His face showed irritation. He got the attention of the two.
"Mar is just jealous that hes not as cute as Suelto."
"Don't act so familiar then me, your a lower rank!" Suelto Ondulación yelled at Muerte Duende. Muerte laughed.
"Silence." Ulquiorra was getting a head ache from all their yelling. How annoying. All of the espada looked at Ulquiorra and quieted. They all sat down.
"Are you aware of the war?" He began.
"Yep." Muerte said with a grin. The others nodded.
"The shinigami is not our only enemies." Took out his eye and crushed it in his hand. He showed them fights with Ichigo and his friends. He showed them all of the attacks Ichigo had used and of his hollow mask.
Espina looked at the images of Ichigo with the most interest. " I want to see his insides." she smiled.
Mar looked bored still. Muerte had a gleam in his eyes while Suelto looked like a child on Christmas.
"We get to fight 'em right?" Suelto said excitedly.
"If they get in our way, dispose of them." Ulquiorra said. Maybe if we're lucky, you get killed in the process. Annoying brat.
She should be awake by now, he thought to himself." I will now take you to see Aizen's important guest. Her name is Rukia Kuchiki. She may be a shinigami but you are not allowed to harm her. If you do I shall give you punishment." He said coldly. He got up and left the room, not turning back to see if they were following him.
He heard some arguing behind him. Ignoring them he walked quickly toward Rukia's room. He climbed the stairs and reached the door. He finally turn around to give them a cold look.
"You got your eye back?" Muerte exclaimed, "What a neat trick Ulqui!"
I will take Grimmjow over them any day. He opened the door.
Rukia was sitting in her chair looking out the window. She woken up about an hour ago but couldn't tell what time exactly it was. I would kill for a clock right now. She then thought about time here. Time might move slower here. The clock could be useless. She then sighed.
She had too much time and too little to do. All she did was look out the window and sleep. I wonder how long I been here. Two days? A week? How is the war going? Are we losing? Are my friends dead.
She tried to stop thinking those dreaded thoughts. All these questions are meaningless. They wont change anything, no matter how much I think of them. She looked at the moon. It seemed to calm her.
The door behind her opened. Ulquiorra stepped in followed by four arrancar she never seen before.A tall woman who had red hair, A Tall man who had blond hair, A Short teen boy, and a very bored looking man came in behind Ulquiorra.
"Nice to meet ya."
The short one grinned at her. "I'm Suelto Ondulación. You can call me Suelto."
"You can call me anything you want, my lovely Flor." The tall man said as he winked at her. That earned a glare from Suelto.
Ulquiorra wanted to bash Muerte's brains out. I am not leaving him alone with her. Ulquiorra had to remind him self not to kill that filth. If he tries to touch her, I will cut off his hands. Ulquiorra mentaly cursed who ever let trash like him to be a espada.
"Ignore that. His name is Muerte Duende. We all call him Muerte." Suelto said. He hit Muerte when he blew a kiss. "Stupid playboy."
"Hello dear, I'm Astucia Espina. You can just call me Espina. I hope that we see each other often." She said in a sweet voice. Espina had a gleam in her eyes. Rukia felt a shiver go down her spine.
"Media Luna Mar." The last one said. He looked at Rukia with interest. For the first time since Ulquiorra met Mar, this was the only time he was interested in something. Mar walked over to Rukia and examined her. Was that a small smile on his lips?
"Mar Mar your scaring her!" Muerte exclaimed. He rushed over to Mar and knocked him away from Rukia. He hugged her closely while glaring at Mar. " Don't worry Ru Ru I will protect you!"
"Hey! Stop trying to molest her!" Suelto yelled at Muerte.
Muerte glanced down at Rukia. " I'm sorry Ru Ru." He released her. Muerte tackled Suelto and hugged him while rubbing his cheek on Suleto's head. " I didn't know you were jealous of Ru Ru and me. Don't worry Mama is here!" Muerte looked at Ulquiorra. " Papa Ulqui should hug his child too!"
I don't care if Aizen gets mad, I will murder Muerte. Ulquiorra kept his mask of indifference on. He pretended to not hear Muerte last comment as he thought of horrible ways to kill Muerte.
"Aw I think hes mad at us!" Muerte pouted. He pretended to cry.
"What do you mean us? Get off of me already!" Suelto punched Muerte in the face. Suelto got out of the death grip Muerte had and claimed his freedom.
Rukia stood there watching this. Ulquiorra noticed her holding her hand to her lips. Her body was shaking. Was she laughing? He watched her. Ulquiorra liked this expression on her. It suited her better then her usual indifferent face she used. It was..cute.
Ulquiorra head was filled with horror. Did he just think she was cute? That isn't right! He should think of her as annoying and useless. He should consider her no better then the ground he steps on. I'm losing my mind? Too much stress?
Ulquiorra heard a yell. He stopped his train of thought and looked around to see what was happening.
Suelto was being held back by Muerte. He was glaring at Espina. "Do you want to repeat that?" His voice was low and dangerous.
"I said, I can give you pills to make you taller." She held back a laugh when she saw his face. She turned to Rukia. "If you want, I can give you the same pills." Espina walked over and whispered something into the little shinigami's ear.
Rukia's face turned red and she declined. Espina then let out a small laugh. Suelto still had murder in his eyes while Muerte had amusement on his face. Mar just leaned against the wall, staring at the shinigami.
"Thats enough. Leave." Ulquiorra was getting tired of them. They were loud and annoying.
"Aw. See you soon, Ru Ru!" Muerte blew a kiss to Rukia and headed out the door.
"Come by sometime, I would love to do some...test on you." Espina followed Muerte.
"Catch ya later." Suelto gave Rukia a boyish grin and ran out the door, yelling something about teaching some one a lesson.
Mar was the last to leave of the four. He looked at her for a moment. "...I look forward to out next meeting." He left without another word.
Ulquiorra was a bit worried about letting Mar near Rukia. Something was odd about his reaction to her. He walked toward the door. Ulquiorra was going to go see Aizen. He might be interested about this. With one last glance at the petite woman,Ulquiorra closed the door.
"Interesting." Aizen said. He listened to Ulquiorra detailed report.
"Media Luna Mar seemed to taken a special interest to her. She did not show any signs of dislike or like toward him. Suelto Ondulación and Muerte Duende seems to amuse her. She also did not show any signs of dislike or like toward Astucia Espina."
Aizen thought for a moment. "Rukia may interact with them. You shall keep her safe and be within hearing distance when ever they go near her. Keep an eye on her especially when Media Luna Mar is near."
Ulquiorra bowed and got up. As he walked toward the door he heard a chuckle behind him. It was full of malevolence.
Aizen turned his attention to the mirror. Its been two weeks since the battle began but time seemed to be slower here in Hueco Mundo. Gin' face appeared. He was grinning as usual. Gin was doing a good job of being in charge. The plans he made were flawless. Gin's unpredictability and cunning was perfect. The enemy never saw it coming, not even in the final moments of life.
Soon Gin would return. He and all of Aizen's pawns would be back and phase two of the plan would start. It was a good thing Aizen had all the tools he needed for it to work. Even the most important tool of all, Rukia Kuchiki.
What a lovely thing she was. She is strong but does not come to mind to be one of the strongest among those back in soul society. How unfortunate those back there has not notice the unlimited potential she had. Rukia could be the ultimate weapon. With his help, Aizen could make that reality. A reality Aizen has dreamed of ever since he first laid eyes on this little shinigami.
He knew since the beginning. Just one look at her and Aizen knew for him to have his goals work he will need her. It was too bad the Kuchiki clan got to her before him. Byakuya interfered and prolong his mission, but he also increased the value of Rukia.
If only Aizen made his move faster. He could of made her as loyal as Gin and Tousen. Aizen would have played the perfect fatherly role to the insecure, lonely, Rukia. In less than a year he could have had her wrapped around his finger. But as always some one got in his way.
Ukitake. Byakuya wanted his sister to be in a safe environment and sent her to Ukitake's squad. Aizen could of tried to get close to her still. Talk to her when she was off duty or if she was ever sent on errands he could bump in to her and help her out. But that wouldn't be as effective. A Fatherly role would of a greater impact on someone like her who never had a father. Ukitake seemed to do the role very well but he couldn't stop Rukia's loneliness.
The only person in soul society who seemed to understand Rukia was Renji. Her bond with his was very strong. Another reason why Rukia was desirable for his goals. If he could control Rukia, he could control her loyal friend Renji. He also had potential. Though he did have potential, comparing it to Rukia's was like comparing a stream to the Ocean.
Aizen would of gotten a plan for her to join. Nothing can stop him from getting what he wants. But yet another got in the way. Rukia being sent to the human world to destroy some hollows was no problem. She would always return to soul society, but her encountering a human with high spiritual energy was not something he ever would of thought could happen.
Even unlikelier was that she would have to give him some of her power. Of course, it was only natural that the human would become a strong foe. Rukia's power did have quite an effect on him. Ichigo.
Her staying in the human world did not help at all. The fact she also had a strong bond with the human Ichigo was also unfortunate. Rukia loneliness was cut dramatically. They had a special bond that could withstand anything thrown out them. At lest thats what they think.
I guess it was a good thing that she did meet him. It help me gain the Hōgyoku easier. Ichigo helped him gain an important item and he along with the orange haired girl was able to be used as pawns to get Rukia into Hueco Mundo but it did not make up for all the times he tried to destroy Aizen's carefully calculated plans. How annoying those mere humans were.
But none of it mattered now. Rukia was here under Aizen's control. The shinigami numbers are depleting. Aizen had a strong army of arrancar under his command. The Hōgyoku would soon waken . Marvelous.
Just a two more weeks till the next phase can begin. Two more weeks till Aizen will have his ultimate weapon. Aizen had a small smile creep onto his lips. Blood lust gleamed in his eyes. Soon the world will shake with fear at the mere mentioning of Aizen and Rukia Kuchiki.
This chapter was mainly explaining a bit of Aizen's plan. I got to express the new espada's behaviors which will help me further the development between Rukia and Ulquiorra. I guess Aizen's plan will soon be fully revealed.