Sanctuary

Rukia was stunned did he just say what she thought he said? She had to remember to keep her mouth from dropping. "What did you just say?" She demanded.

"Next time draw better." He repeated. He looked bored. Rukia could swear she knew what he was thinking. Trash like you have no artistic ability, of course trash like you have horrible hearing, or even Your drawing was so horrible it offended my eyes.

Rukia seethed in anger. He was not allowed to look at her pictures with out her permission. He was not allowed to touch her pictures with out her permission. He was defiantly not allowed to rip her pictures with or with out her permission.

Rukia restrained herself. She could imagine her hands wrapped around his neck, choking the life out of him. How she would give anything to have Sode no Shirayuki with her and follow the plot of her drawing and freeze him.

"Tch. I bet you can't draw any better then me." She folded her arms.

"My ability is higher then a 5 year olds." He stated

"Bastard." Then her eyes gleamed. " If your so confident why don't you draw something."

"I don't wish to waste my time."

"You know I'm right so your backing out." She grinned.

"Hmph." He took one of the crayons and drew something on the paper. Rukia tried to get a peek at it but Ulquiorra would glare at her. She gave up and sat down. He put down the crayon to reveal his picture.

A crude drawing of a girl? It could almost past for a chibi drawing. The girl had black hair and a stand was in the middle of her face. Was that suppose to be Rukia? Rukia started to laugh which earned her a menacing glare.

"My drawing is better." she declared after she got a hold of herself. "And your right, it definitely better then a 5 year olds. It look like a 7 year old drew that." She held back another laugh

Ulquiorra almost looked pissed off. Rukia could swear she saw his mouth twitching. He continued to glare at her. "Mine does not look like animals." He said cooly.

"Well mine is cute." She gave him an icy stare, daring him to reply.

He turned and walked away towards the door. "...Not cute..."

"What did you just say? Its not cute?" Rukia's hands were on her hips. "Tch. Run away. Bastard."

"I am not running away." Ulquiorra turned around. He stared down at her. " Why would anyone run away from trash."

"Trash?" Rukia glared angrily, "I am not trash." She spat the words out. " Take a look in the mirror if you want to see trash."

"I look presentable. My hair is neatly in place and I am clean. You on the other hand have an annoying hair stand out of place."

"So do you."

"What are you spouting nonsense about?"

Rukia grinned. "You have a part of your hair that always stays just past between your eyes. Its just like mine but not as long."

Ulquiorra ignored her comment and left the room. Rukia could imagine what he could be doing soon. Maybe hes going to cut if off. I bet hes going to stare at it in the mirror.

Annoying. Ulquiorra stared in a mirror. He did have a strand of hair like that shinigami. He tried to brush it to the side. It stayed for a moment then reverted to its old place. He tried to move it again but it still came back to its original place. Ulquiorra gave up on it. He was not going to over react about it and do something drastic.

Ulquiorra headed toward his room. He could have an hour to himself before it was time to feed the shinigami. Kuchiki Rukia, How annoying. He remembered her reaction she had when he destroyed her art. It was quite amusing.

Ulquiorra stopped walking toward his room an changed direction. He felt Aizen summoning him to the throne room. He reached it soon enough. As usual Aizen was sitting in his throne with a bored expression. "Ulquiorra."

"Aizen-sama." Ulquiorra bowed.

"How is Rukia?"

"She is doing well."

"Very good. Keep her in good health, we shall need her soon enough." Aizen looked at Ulquiorra. "There is some one who would like to see Rukia."

Before Ulquiorra could even think of asking a tall shadow emerged. A grin was on his face. "Hiya." Gin greeted Ulquiorra in his usual cheery voice. "How is Rukia?"

Aizen let a small smile grace his face, " Rukia will attend a party tomorrow, welcoming back our victorious army. My won't she be surprised when she sees Gin tomorrow."

Gin's grin broaden.

"She must be hungry. Why don't ya go give 'er lunch?" Gin said. Ulquiorra bowed once more and left, happy to get away from Gin. It was quite creepy to be near such a man like him.

Ulquiorra fetched a maid to bring Rukia her dinner. He watched as the maid gathered plates that was covered in food, making sure that nothing strange would be slipped in. Soon Ulquiorra followed by the maid who was holding the tray of food reached Rukia's room.

He opened the door and watched the maid gently put down the tray. She turned and left the room. Ulquiorra was about to follow her out when he felt an intense gaze on him. He turned to see the little woman sitting on the bed. A small smile played on her lips.

"You looked, didn't you?"

"What are you talking about?"

"You looked in the mirror. You were concerned about my little comment."

"I believe you might need to see a doctor." He turned back to the door.

" You just in denial. I bet you even tried to move it to the side." She said almost like she was watching him earlier.

"You rea-" He didn't finish his sentence. A little black and white blob ran past him towards Rukia.

"Hey Rukia!" Suelto said. How did he....No I'm not going to ask. "Oh hey there Ulquiorra." He sounded less excited about Ulquiorra being there.

"Hello Suelto." Rukia gave him a smile. What an oblivious fake smile.

"Rukia, tomorrow theres going to be an event." He said excitedly. Suelto frowned for a moment. "I hope to see you there or it won't be as fun." He tried to sound more grown up. He then reached into his pocket and gave Rukia a candy. He grabbed a hand full and stuck those candies in his mouth.

"Um..Thank you." Rukia said.

"No problem. Oh yeah heres one for you too." Suelto stuck his hand in his pocket and managed to pull out a big chocolate bar and gave it to Ulquiorra. With a wave he rushed back out of the room.

How did he managed to keep such a large amount of candy in his pocket? Nothing made sense about that Arrancar.

"...Has a black hole for a pocket..." Rukia mumbled as she put a spoonful of food in her mouth.

Ulquiorra couldn't agree more.

Rukia finished her food and took a bath. Ulquiorra left earlier and took her tray with him. He said something about looking presentable tomorrow. Rukia laid down. Her head rested on the pillow. A scent drifted in the air.

Lavender and chamomile? Rukia turned on her side. The scent was coming from her pillow. If she remembered correctly, the two scents were suppose to help you sleep. A yawn escaped her. Her eyes closed. Who put the scents on her pillow?

Her breath left cold clouds in the air. A chilly wind sent goosebumps on her pale skin. Her eyes were closed, eyelashes resting on her skin. Violet eyes opened surveying the landscape.

The ground was covered in a fresh, white blanket. Her eyes traveled upward looking at the gray sky. Snow flakes began to fall. It was beautiful. Rukia was in the middle of Icy paradise. Rukia had a child like expression on her face, like if it was the first time she saw snow. The snow fell down and covered her face in cold kisses.

Rukia was happy. She was even tempted to spin around, her arms spread out wide. That was something she would could do. Something a Kuchiki never do. why would a noble do something childish like that? But it didn't matter. She was in her inner world, her frozen sanctuary.

She fell backwards and landed in the snow. She stared at the sky, watching the snow fall down. She felt at peace, like nothing could go wrong. She wonder why now was she finally her in her inner world.

"Rukia...."

Rukia eyes widen. She got up and looked around. No one was in sight. She must of imagined it. How silly of her. Besides no one should be here beside Sode No Shirayuki and herself.

"Rukia.." She wasn't hearing things. A pale hand wrapped around her in a embrace. Someone was hugging her from behind. Her violet eyes glanced up. Green eyes stared down at her, lovingly. His head was resting her shoulder. His body was as cold as hers but Rukia felt warmth spread through her where their skin touched.

"Ulquiorra..."

Ulquiorra eyes flew open. He laid in his bed. He was tired and wanted to return to sleep but couldn't. The dream kept replying in his head. That raven hair and white skin. Those eyes filled with remarkable beauty. The way his hand felt like it was on fire where their bodies met.

The way she said his name. The way he said her name.

"Rukia...."

Pretty much the reason the story has its name and the idea of this story came together because of the last scene. Reviews would be loved.