Plan Discovered!

Cree and Pachi both lead me across the desert, further away from Las Noches. I felt relieved in a sense at having that distance increase even more. But for some reason, I felt home sick. I looked behind me at Las Noches, the place where I had made a family of hollows behind. Sighing, I turned around and followed after them again. No matter how much I may miss them, I cannot afford to. They have sided with my father and it wouldn't change the fact that they were in on what my father had done to me. That alone cannot be forgiven, no matter how much I would like to. I cannot.

We reached a large boulder where the two Vasto Lordes stopped before. They differentiate completely. Cree was dark skinned, golden blonde hair with a gorgeous body. She was everything a famous model would have been expected to have. I'm a little envious at the way she could confidently express that body of hers. On the other hand, Pachi seemed confident in that area too. Despite her white skin and dark hair, she too stood out like a star in the dark. She was as glorious as a model, one with more flare than others. Pachi, I discovered was enthusiastic, loud and doesn't care how she expresses her opinion. Cree was silent, withdrawn, but like Pachi she didn't care how she got her opinion across. I knew for a matter of fact she would always be emotionless when she speaks to others she doesn't care about.

Cree stroked a line across the stone with a little of her reiatsu flaring. I heard the rumble before I felt it beneath my feet. Slowly, I watched with fascination as the rock parted, at first to the left and then to the right. Two large stones blocked the entrance that was now open before me. I stared down at the steps that led into the darkness below.

A secret base in the desert, I bet my own father doesn't even know of its existence.

Smirking, I felt proud of the hollows that had managed to do this without drawing the attention of my father.

I followed Pachi down into the darkness, trusting her with my life. Cree brought up the rear, and I gathered that she had searched the surroundings in case that they were followed. I heard the stone slid back into place and I immediately knew she deemed it safe. Looking behind me, all I could see was her shining turquoise eyes and her golden blonde hair in the darkness. She nodded, although I only saw the eyes and hair move, I knew she had nodded at me in encouragement.

I turned around and followed after Pachi who stood at the bottom with a flaming torch in her hand. A grin was on her features as she waited for us, she then turned and continued to be my guide. I was awed of having been able to experience this place first handed. It wasn't the fact that all of the walls were plain grey, I didn't care on the lack of colour, I was awed by the fact that this had been hidden for so long. The time of its creation could have been before I came to Hueco Mundo.

Slowly the walls turned out into a large circular place, where there was by far more hollows I had anticipated. I thought that only a handful of ten would have gone against my father's wishes. But the gathering here suggested otherwise!

There was around fifty of them altogether!

I felt glares of hatred bore at me. Immediately I understood what they were seeing. The daughter of the man they hated with so much passion. Of course, they don't understand my situation, whereas Cree and Pachi had been filled in with the details. So there's no surprise of having hatred burning into me with their glares. But I still couldn't help feeling shame and guilt of what my father had done throughout his time here in Hueco Mundo.

'Cree, Pachi, why have you brought the daughter of our enemy here?'

I could hear that the appeal to be emotionless clung strongly to the feminine voice. But I could identify the sound of betrayal on her voice just as well.

I looked over at the speaker and immediately saw the resemblance.

Her long black hair fell down to her waist in a dark waterfall. Her eyes were a piercing green that looked at me with such hatred that she looked completely different to her brother. She wore a belly top that snuggled tightly against her body. She had her zip open to the bottom of her neck, just like her brother had it. She wore trousers for the rest of it, ones that allowed the breeze inside. Her reiatsu filtered into the air, as powerful as her brother seemed to be, almost as if they completed each other. She had the same lines down her face as her brother, but they were much fainter.

'Kerulen,' Cree said getting down on her knees, followed suit by Pachi. 'She is not at all like we deemed her to be.'

'Are you suggesting that we've been wrong about Aizen all of these years?' she demands, authority bound.

'Whatever you must have heard about my father, it is all true.' They all looked to me in shock. 'I've not come down here in hopes of handing you over to my father, I am nothing like him.'

'How do I know that I can trust you?' Kerulen asks, narrowing her green eyes.

'You don't,' I say to her and her eyes widen a touch. Whereas others wouldn't have seen the slight change, I had in fact spotted it before she completely composed herself. I could still tell that she was a little shocked at me. 'I am in the same situation as all of you. I too ran away from my father in hopes to escape his rule.'

'It's a little bit more than that, Sosuke.' Kerulen spoke.

I nodded. 'I know it is, just like mine has a little bit more to it.'

'Cree, Pachi, do you trust her?' she pointed at me, as if she hadn't even spoken to me at all.

Cree and Pachi stood up. I felt their presence at my side, but I didn't look to them. I can back myself up in any circumstances.

'I trust her fully, Kerulen-sama,' Cree said from beside me.

'I do too, Kerulen-san,' Pachi also stated from the other side.

'Very well,' Kerulen finally spoke after a few minutes of silence. 'Sosuke, you're welcome amongst us, but a single word of your betrayal, I shall kill you on the spot, regardless of the child you carry.'

Mummers went around the room, even Cree and Pachi seemed taken aback.

'The rumours are true?'

'Aizen sported his own child as an experiment?'

'Poor child, no wonder she ran away.'

All of the voices around slowly filled me with some sense of sympathy. So maybe I was wrong about all of the hollows. These ones appear to be showing me some sympathy of what my own father did to me. Whereas the other hollows in Las Noches wouldn't have done such a thing. It was quite strange to have two completely different type of hollow although they are from the same species. There is only one thing that I know that will never change with these hollows. They will never stop eating human souls. It's their only way that they can solely survive.

'Kerulen-sama…' Cree started, unable to get her words right. 'H-how did you know of the child she carries?'

'From over here I can feel the life essence of the child within. I can also feel the child's power slowly getting stronger as it develops.' Kerulen he replied as if everyone should have been able to have guessed it.

'Do you know of the child's father?' Pachi asked.

Kerulen looked at her as if she had grown a second head. Of course she didn't know, I told myself. She knew of the child within me, but she knew nothing of who the father was. Would she kill me then if she found out it was her brother's child I carry? She'd probably be pissed beyond belief, she may not even believe me in the end, but then again not many do because I'm the daughter to their enemy. Looking at Kerulen I completely saw the absolute confusion on her face.

'Why would I know of the father?' There was no mistaking the anger within her voice.

Her question came across to me as if she didn't see knowing the name of the father relevant. But would she truly think that if she were to find out who the father really is? I don't really know her, even the point that I might not believe that she is his brother, but the resemblance suggests otherwise. Well if she were to be my sister in law, due to the child being her brother's, then it's best not to prolong the evidence. With the way this girl's power definitely resembled her brother's, I doubt I should keep things to myself.

'Do I need to know of your baby's father?' she asks turning to face me.

'I do think it's best if you know, but…' I looked at the crowd around me.

'You don't think it wise to tell me in front of the others?' she asks, blinking her green eyes in surprise.

I nodded. I know already that she would be hurt. For some reason, I didn't want any of the hollows hurt to be hurt in anyway. But she deserves to know, it's her brother we're talking about for god's sake.

She stood from the rock she sat on, identifying her as leader, and jumped down. We faced each other, our heights matching perfectly. Her black hair still remained as beautiful as a dark waterfall and her green eyes glowed beneath her black fringe. She looked ready to administer a fight at any given time, and it slightly scared me in case she decided to attack me.

'Follow me,' she commanded and led me towards the back of the space.

Behind the rock she had been sitting on was a hole big enough for a door to be placed there. She led me through it, into another room where tons of pathways forked off. She led me through the first one of the right. She kept me walking, leading me further and further into the place; not knowing where she was leading me. Just as panic started to blossom within my chest, she opened a door in which she held open for me.

Inside was dark, just like Hueco Mundo's sky. I heard a blow and soon discovered a few objects in the room as a light filtered into the room gently. There was a bed, a couch, a table and even a window that had Las Noches poking in the distance. I felt Kerulen's familiar presence within the room, so I gathered that this room must belong to her. It seems that she wants to keep an eye on the base of her enemy. Perhaps she saw me coming before I arrived here. So she might have dispatched Cree and Pachi to take care of me.

'I saw you arriving here at a speed even I can't match.'

I turn to face her. It's like she could read my mind.

'Yes, I did dispatch Cree and Pachi to destroy you,' she answered the question in my eyes. 'In a sense, I'm glad that they didn't.' She approached the window, her green eyes focused on Las Noches. For a second I thought I saw sadness within her eyes. 'Let's get this over with,' she said turning to face me at last. 'I assume it is depressing news since you sought to speak to me privately.'

'Yes,' I said closing my eyes. 'You're not going to like it one bit.'

Silence filtered around as I tried out how to put the words together without it having to hurt her in the process. It didn't seem at all fair if I had spoken to the name of my child's father in front of the other hollows. It isn't my right to say that, it's hers. I opened my eyes and saw her watching me. No resentment, no anger, nothing. Just a clear impassive side, just like her brother!

'It's your brother…' I start but bit my lip.

'Has something happened to my brother?' she asks, stressed, worried and clearly panicky. She had reached out with her hand and it's now gripping me incredibly tightly.

'Your brother's fine,' I say, still surprised at the strong emotions she has about her brother.

She sighed in relief. 'I just hope that Aizen hasn't made him do something he'll regret.'

'You really care about your brother, don't you?' I say with a small smile.

'I'm sure you're the same with your siblings.'

I shake my head. 'I don't have any siblings.' Regret for saying those words smoothed her features. 'It's alright, really.'

'Then what about my brother?' she asks, turning back to the subject.

'He's…' I couldn't say it. Instead I placed a hand to the stomach which had slowly started to grow with the development of the child within me.

But her eyes widened as if she immediately understood. 'No… No! He couldn't… He wouldn't…' She collapsed onto her knees. I knelt down beside her and placed a hand on her shoulder. Her feelings were strong, disbelief made her body tremble. Soon I had the feeling that she'd cry. 'Why… Why'd he do it?' She looked up at me, tears made her eyes shine. 'Are you certain it was him?'

Guilt hit my heart like a hammer. 'He told me himself.'

I saw her fists clench before she struck the ground, hard. It cracked, but instead of dwelling on it, she stood up, sweeping her hair behind her. Although her body still shook from her emotions, she breathed in deeply and expelled it. She looked at me, a small smile on her face. It was pained, that smile. I'm just so surprised that she had allowed me to see that side of her without as much as a fight. But I guess with the disturbing news that I brought to her, I guess she couldn't quite hide it from me at all. I felt sorry for her; I hadn't ever wanted someone as strong as her to show me such a weakness.

She sighed and ran a hand through her hair. 'I guess it can't be helped.' She looked at me, sympathy within her green eyes. I guess she is willing to show emotions at some points. 'Well we're practically sisters now, so you're safe. I'll look after you.'

'Thanks…' it was a little strange to be welcomed with warm arms now. But she honestly didn't seem to be a bad hollow. Besides, she's against my father and it might help win the battle against him. 'What are we going to do about your brother?'

A smile tugged at the corner of her mouth. She must have felt amused by the way that I used 'we' instead of 'you' to just indicate her. But it seems that these hollows were growing on me in just a short time, especially Kerulen. Well she's my family now, but in time she will have to tell the others.

'Most likely my brother will come looking for you. When it comes to it, I will fight him if it means I can protect you.'