Chapter 3

Lost Soul among Monsters

Disclaimer: I don't own Bleach

"I am not wearing that..."

Shakana crossed her arms and slightly glared at the two female arrancars that held a white dress that had black hems and long sleeves and was puffy on the shoulders. The dress was identical to the uniform that the other arrancars wore. It had been a day since she arrived here in Las Noches and she already gotten to know most of the arrancars and espada's that lived in the castle that happened to be in the middle of nowhere in an endless desert of Hueco Mundo.

"It is orders from Lord Aizen himself." A dull voice said from the door way of her room. Her turquoise eyes looks towards the fourth espada with a slight annoyed look.

"Your leader has no taste in fashion if he's expecting me to wear that hideous thing…."

Ulquiorra just stared at her with a blank look as he placed his hands in his pockets and stood there silently.

"Ok seriously what is up with you not having any emotions? Is kind of creepy ya' know." She frowned.

"Just put it on….I don't have time to deal with your games girl…" he replied.

Shakana's eyebrow slightly twitched as she looked at him then at the dress again. She felt a shudder go through her body as she looked at it.

"Isn't there anything else I could wear?"

"No...Now stop complaining and do as you're told."

Shakana let out an irritated sigh and yanked the dress from the low rank arrancars that held the white clothing.

"I can get dressed myself I don't need help." She grumbled as she turned and walked towards the long couch that was in her room and tossed it onto the back as the two arrancars turned and left. She sighed as she grabs the bottom of her shirt and lifts it over her stomach but stops as she felt someone still watching her. Blinking she looked over at the door and see's a pair of dark green eyes watching her still. A tick mark appeared on her forehead, as she death glared at the raven haired Espada.

"Do you mind?!" she yelled.

Ulquiorra just stood there for a moment before turning and walking out of her room. Once the door closed behind him, she sighed again and shook her head and took off her shirt. Her turquoise eyes looked at the dress that was draped over the back of the couch. Slowly reaching out, her finger lightly glided over the fabric of the dress. Closing her eyes she tossed her shirt onto the couch and took off her pants and grabbed the dress.

"I'm going to hate this….." she grumbles as she began to put on the dress. After a while she finally put on the dress and walked over to a full length mirror that was against a wall in her half empty room. Once her turquoise eye's landed on her reflection her eyebrow began to twitch.

"You got to be fucking kidding me." She hissed as she slightly turned her body and looked behind her and then stood straight as she crossed her arms over her chest.

"I look like a fancy pampered idiot…." She mumbled to herself as she glared at her reflection. Her jaw clicked as she looked over the dress that she wore and narrowed her eyes. Something needed to change on the dress and she would figure it out one way or another. Puffing out her cheeks she reached up and began to rip off the puffy shoulder part of the sleeve. She tossed the ruined fabric onto the ground and looked at her reflection again. The dress looked the same but the puffy shoulder part.

"I guess this'll do." She sighed as she walked back over to the couch and grabs her hoodie and reaches into one of the pockets for a hair tie, but stops as she notices something fall out of her pocket and onto the floor. Frowning she leaned down to grab the object but froze as a pale hand grabbed it instead.

"Hm? What's this?" a sly voice questioned from in front of her. Shakana quickly stood up and her eyes widen as she came face to face with a man that had silver hair and a Cheshire like grin.

"What the hell are you doing in here?! How long have you been here?!" she snapped as she glared at the strange man before her.

"Now now clam down I just got here. "He chuckled at her flustered expression as he grinned. "I don't believe we have met properly. I am Gin Ichimaru."

"Yeah yeah whatever. What the hell are you doing in my room?"

"I am here under orders from Lord Aizen to escort you. Lord Aizen has request your presence." He stated simply as he shoved his hands into the sleeves of his coat.

"And that doesn't give you a reason not to knock you pervert." She hissed as her eyes narrowed at him.

"Well that's not very nice." He frowned almost as if he was insulted.

"Who said I was nice?"

Gin just stares at her with his narrowed eyes and wicked smile which causes a chill to run down the young girls spin.

"Weren't you here to bring me to your great lord Aizen?" she mocked as if trying to break the eerie silence.

Immediately he returns to his creepy self. "Oh, yes! Now if you will come this way" he slides his hands out of his sleeves and gestures towards the door.

Shakana rolled her eyes as she walked past Gin, towards the door with him soon following after. They walked in silence as the wondered down the halls.

After a while of eerie silence Shakana finally spoke up. "Sooo….where did emo boy run off to?"

"Hm? Emo...boy?" Gin slightly tilted his head at the young girl and frowned.

"Ulqu…..what's his face."

"Oh! You mean Ulquiorra?"

"Yeah, him."

"Ah….he had some errands that needed attending to." Gin simply stated with a slight smirk as they ventured on down the empty white halls of the castle. Shakana let out a small "oh" as they continued their walk. After a few minutes they finally arrived at the other throne room and from what Shakana could see, the room was just as eerie as the rest of the castle. The room was barley lite with candles and a chair along with a small pillar of some sort sat in the middle of the room.

"Seriously, what's up with the boring creepy environment?" Shakana questioned as her eyes wondered around the nearly empty room.

"Lord Aizen prefers to keep things simple." Gin replied as he stood in the door way with his usual Cheshire grin on his face.

"Riighhht…"

"Ah Ms. Kyōki, welcome." A deep voice came from the shadows of the room that caused a chill to run down the raven haired girl's spin. Shakana stood there as she watched Aizen emerge from the shadow and walks towards the throne.

"I was told you wanted to see me?" She said after calming her nerves.

"Yes," Aizen nodded as he sat in his chair and looked at the girl with a smirk. "I have decided that you are going to be under supervision while you are here."

"Yay I'm going to be baby sat." Shakana narrowed her eyes as she crossed her arms and sighed.

"You are a human soul that is in a realm of hollows that will kill you. Would you prefer I left you alone?" Aizen stated as his eyes became cold but his smirk remained. Shakana eyes slightly widen as she looked at him and clenched her first to her chest.

"No….sorry."

"Very well. Now not only will you be under supervision but you will also be tested to see how you are able to open the garganta."

"And when you say tested, you don't mean needles and painful test right?"

"That will all depend."

Upon hearing that Shakana felt another cold chill run through her body and spine. So far she wasn't liking this place and the thought of enduring painful tests made it worse. Soon she was snapped out of her thoughts as another voice reached her ears.

"You wanted to see me my lord?"

"Yes come in Szayelaporro."

Shakana looked over at the door as a man with short pink hair walked in to the room as he pushed up his glasses.

"What is it you wish to see me for?" The bubble gum haired Espada asked.

"Szayel I'd like you to take Ms. Kyōki here to your lab and run some test on her ability to open up the garganta."

"Oh?" Szayelaporro raised a brow upon the request as his yellow eyes looked over at the girl next to him and smirked. "Hm….I believe that could be arranged my lord."

Shakana slightly gulped as she stared at the weird man that smirked at her as if she was a small mouse that he could use for all kinds of experiments.

"Good I want a report on the progress each week. "

"As you wish my lord." Szayel looked at Aizen and bowed.

"As for you Ms. Kyōki, you are to go with him starting tomorrow for your testing and after the test I'll have someone escort you to your room, am I clear?" Aizen narrowed his eyes as he looked at the young girl as if he was a father scolding a child.

"Yes sir…." Shakana nodded and looked at the ground.

"Good…now go." Aizen waved his hand as the two of them turned and walked out the room.

"Well that went well…" Gin chuckled as he looked over at Shakana as he escorted her back to her room. Shakana just stared down at the ground as they walked down the corridor.

"Hey now it could've been worse ya know. It's not so bad here once you get used to everything."

Gin frowned as the girl refused to respond for a second time. He let out a sigh once they reached her room and he leaned against the door frame.

"Well I gotta run but little advice kid….you keep moping like this and you're making yourself look like a lost soul." Gin said as he waved at her before turning and walking away.

"Maybe I am…Maybe I'm just a lost human soul among monsters."

((Sorry for the wait dealing with stuff like getting ready for college and what not plus it sucks having writers block ughh any way please Review!))