Chapter Four: Calm Before The Storm

A blue haired man stood before her, she could have sworn it was Grimmjow but... different. He looked almost human, dressed in a school inform. His buttoned shirt was open for her to see his stomach, only to notice his hollow hole was replaced with a toned torso. The man looked to her with an expression she's never seen on that cold face. His hand stretched out towards her, calling for her. She took that hand, which pulled her close to him. she felt the tingling sensation of lips against hers.

Xandra gasped softly, she had woken from a rather strange dream. The girl's eyes remained closed as she tried hard to recall what she was just dreaming a moment ago, but nothing seemed to come. 'I'll remember it when i need to', Xandra thought to herself.

She rubbed her face tiredly against something hard yet smooth. a groan escaped her lips as Xandra nuzzled herself into the warmth. Was it really warm? who cares, to her it did and man did it ever feel nice. She was having the best sleep of her life, she doesn't even want to wake up. soon her eyes reluctantly flicked open to first be greeted with a stomach with a hole through it.

Xandra frowned, slightly disappointed for some reason, as if she was expecting to see something else. Tired yellow eyes glided from the hole up the rest of a tone torso to see a sleeping Grimmjow. She blinked a few times to make sure she wasn't dreaming or anything. Xandra couldn't believe he was still here in her room... and sleeping! That never happened before!

A smirk curled her lips as she brought a hand towards the sleeping Sexta. There was no way she was going to pass up this opportunity, hell no. Her hand inched closer and closer, the girl was tiring hard not to laugh.

"Don't even think about it", grumbled Grimmjow, his eyes still closed.

Her finger stopped and jaw dropped, she wasn't even that close! So... her finger inched closer.

"Any closer and you'll have one less finger", he continued to threaten.

She couldn't help but let out a small snicker as she shifted her body up. that threat didn't stop her finger from moving in all the more closer than necessary towards the Espada's face. Xandra gasped when a strong hand swiftly stopped her from touching him.

He opened his eyes, staring at her with blue, "Don't you ever listen you brat?".

The girl only pouted at the Sexta, "aw man but i was soooo close!". she whined with an innocent voice.

Grimmjow smirked wickedly at her, "Too damn bad". he said before bringing her fingers towards his lips.

Xandra began to pull her hand desperately but it seemed to be fruitless. The Espada snickered at her attempts, he had to admit it was fun teasing the girl.

"wait wait wait!", she shouted in dismay. "i'll stop i'll stop!".

He grinned in victory, "Fina-"

"If~", she continued with a devilish expression. "You~ Clean~ my~ Room~".

"You let her get kidnapped Kisuke?", The cat woman said with rage in her voice, even though she wasn't yelling yet she still sounded very mad.

He simply chuckled nonchalantly as he rubbed the back of his head, "She said she was going for a walk".

"She's not even supposed to be outside!", Yoruichi retorted. "Xandra was lucky enough to have escape the first time, you really think she can do it a second?", the woman scolded Kisuke not caring whether the human child and substitute soul reaper were right there. She was beyond upset, she was pissed off. This one mistake could ruin everything.

The students who sat before the two reapers only stared in confused at them, trying to piece together the conversation.

"Who... are they talking about?", Orihime asked in a soft whisper as she looked to her friends.

"No clue", spoke the orange haired Ichigo, he turned his attention to the dark haired soul reaper known as Rukia. "Do you know who their talking about?", he questioned her, to his surprise the girls' expression darkened. Ichigo turned to see even Renji had the same bitterness.

When the two ex Captains saw what was going on, they knew there was no way this secret could remain hidden anymore. Yoruichi sighed softly as she took a seat between Kisuke. With a nod, the man allowed her to begin.

She sat up straight and faced the two friends. "Her name is Xandra Yechita", the cat woman began with her usually calm voice. "And she is an Arrancar Kisuke and myself have been secretly hiding.".

Ichigo's shock showed on his face, "What? But she's-"

"i know, She's still an Arrancar but through her help we hoped to have someone on the inside concerning Aizen and his movements. However, now that she's been taken it seems that plan is no longer an option". Yorichi's words made sense, it was a smart plan if you think about it. Having an inside person be a spy and keep an eye on Aizen. Still, having the help of an Arrancar didn't sit well with Ichigo. Especially since he had just not too long ago dealt with his first encounter with Espada's 0 and 4. His own bitter feelings began to rise.

"thats... that's insane! how could you possible trust one of them?", he vented.

Orihime bit her lip, she could feel the pains throbbing where she was hit. She couldn't really fathom why the two soul reapers would want to hide any kind of Arrancar, especially if they were anything like the ones she, Ichigo and Chad fought.

Kisuke's lips parted, "That may be true, that Arrancars can't be trusted but Xandra's situation calls for an... expectation if you will", he explained in a way that only left the two confused and curious.

"And what kind of expectation could that possibly be?", Ichigo asked.

The blonde smirked, "Xandra is able to recall her life as a human, as well as how she died".

All but Yorichi was surprised, Even Rukia and Renji couldn't believe what the man said.

"What? How is that even possible?", Rukia shouted in dismay. Even though she knew about Xandra's existence, the reaper never thought this would happen. z

The red head crossed his arms, "That's hard to believe if you ask me, there's no way that can happen".

"I thought all hollows and Arrancars don't remember anything", Orihime said aloud as she recalled.

Kisuke hide his eyes with his hat, "Well yes in most cases their memories as humans are supposed to be completely wiped out but Xandra is special. You see not only does Xandra, an Arrancar remembers how she died but she also has a sister who was a soul reaper".

Renji blinked, "Alright now you're making this up".

"He's telling the truth", The cat woman spoke in Kisuke's defense. "Xalia Yechita was her younger sister's name. She used to be in the Gotei 13 but that isn't important right now. ". Yorichi said as she got up, "Xandra's gone and for the while there isn't anything we can do but allow the situation to play out."

Before she left, the purple haired woman looked to the man in the hat, "I tend to keep the promise i made to protect Xalia's sister, whether she is an Arrancar or not".

"You know Grimmjow..." she started.

The bluenette rolled his eyes,"what?" he answered with an annoyed tone.

"for a badass Espada... you're pretty slow at cleaning...", the woman observed his progress which was not much. to be honest.

The Sexta flipped the table he had just fixed back in rage, "So clean you're own damn room!". He snapped at the girl.

Xandra burst out laughing seeing him reflip the table. "Nope~ You're the smartass who throw a tantrum. so you clean~" she said with a smile, hey it was interesting to watch the Arrancar clean. Not to mention she could openly stare at him without being bothered. Xandra made an effort to not be too clingy to the Sexta when they were outside, you know, for public eyes. Which honestly mind fucked Grimmjow royally. It was confusing! One minute she's all over him and then pretends to be all mature about it. who the hell does that? Xandra, that's who!

Grimmjow groaned, how the hell did this woman even get him to clean her room anyways? This story was so wrong in so many ways. But he wasn't complaining about the attention the girl was giving him. Though, he had to admit it gave him a rather nice feeling, which normal people would call an ego boost.

He once again fixed back the same table, "I'll only tell you this once so you better listen up!", The bluenette warned the woman, calling her attention from his body to his words.

Xandra tilted her head slightly, "ok..ay? what is it?".

"Nnorita is an Espada, so don't go wandering off and shit like you did the another day" The Sexta warned he as he fixed the chairs. things had change since she left, which made it dangerous for her. Don't get him wrong, he doesn't give a shit but the thought of having to save Xandra all the time sounded annoying. He had better things to do than babysit the girl. Though... him finding out someone like Nnorita getting his hands on Xandra would be a different situation they would both like to avoid.

She rose a brow, "So? Let me guess, you think i'm so~ weak that you'll have to save my ass every time i get into a little fight. Am i right?", she said with a smirk.

"No shit you're right, I have better things to do than take care of a weak woman". he retorted, slightly impressed that she guessed.

Xandra giggled wickedly, "You forget what i'm capable of Grimmjow, i can kill anyone i want when i want". she stated confidently but the Sexta knew better than to believe those empty words. Xandra never wanted to admit Nnorita's vendetta against her, his weird obsession to subdue the woman. His woman. Yeah, that didn't sit right with him.

Grimmjow snickered, "That's big talk for a woman who just got her ass handed to her".

she rolled her eyes at the sly comment, "Look who's talking about being cocky", she said with a devilish smirk. "Anything else you'd like to warn me about today?".

"Yeah", he fixed the last few items, "Take back your damn annoying pet before i kill her".

Xandra's eyes widened as she gasped, "Don't kill my baby! she's not that annoying to be turned to dust!". the girl shouted in dismay.

Grimmjow raised a brow at the first part, "Your baby?". the fuck?

"Yes, my baby." she said with seriousness.

He groaned as he shook his head, deciding not to enter that topic. The expression on his face made Xandra giggle as she jumped out of bed. She couldn't tell if he was surprised or embarrassed about the fact she called 'the pet' her 'baby' since it was him who found the 'baby'. If you think about it kind of made it seem like they had a kid... in theory.

"Come on, i want to see Delancey". she said cheerfully, it had been a while since she felt.

Grimmjow smirked as he made his way to Xandra, "Finally! Make sure you take that thing with you this time!".

Xandra's jaw dropped, "Don't call her a thing! And Delancy is probably annoying you because you allow her to be around Di Roy. Now that's all your fault". she explained with a smile.

He only scold at her, there was no way he was going to admit to anything. Not his problem. "Are we leaving or what?", he said with annoyance in his tone as he walk out of the room first.

The girl only snickered at his reaction, she was so right. "Yes yes, lead the way".

Yorichi let out heavy sigh, what could she do? It's not like she can go and rescue Xandra like the last time. That was a one time shot, there was no way they could pull something like that off again. The cat woman couldn't stop her worries as she looked at the night sky through her window.

"If you keep worrying like that you'll start to look old", said a familiar male voice.

she let out another sigh, "it seems to be the only thing i can do", Yorichi finally said.

Kisuke hummed, seeing the woman was genuine with her feelings. "You'll see her again. Who knows, maybe Xandra getting taken back might turn out to be a good thing since we'll really have a person on the inside". he explained in hopes to lighten her mood. "Remember, I promised Xalia the same thing"

Her eyes softened, "This situation is balancing on such a thin line. Not everyone knows the truth about those sisters and their tragic story. It's..."

"Heartbreaking? oh i know". he finished the woman's sentence. "A pity that Xalia ended up being one of Aizen's experiments. she wasn't as lucky as the rest".

Yorichi snickered bitterly, "It seems so".