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Affiliation: Las Noches | Rank: Fourth Espada | Zanpakuto Name: Murciélago

Final Report for Mission

*walks up to Ulquiorra’s door, knocks and waits*

Ulquiorra: “Enter, Kita.”

Kita: *bows* My lord, I have returned from my mission and have been to see Aizen. I have found the book he requested and have given it to him. If it is alright with you and you have nothing for me. I would like to retire. Today has been a taxing day. *lowers head in a slight bow waiting for answer*

Report of Mission

*knocks, enters, bows*

I am here to report, Lord Ulquiorra. I have returned from the human realm on mission given to me from Aizen. It seems I need to find a book that Aizen is in need of that the man Urahara has in his possession. I thought this mission would be simple enough, but I am finding out so very much different.

I do not know what to think of this man Urahara. He asked some very strange questions of me while I was talking to him, and then made a very odd remark to me when I left. I have a feeling he knows about me. Much more than he should, I don't know how he could. I have not talked to this man in over 3 years. *pauses* There is something about him and his group that reminds me a lot of… *pauses again* Us.

I leave again tomorrow morning for the human realm. Do you have any words of advice for me? Something, that might make this go a little quicker and even smoother? So I may be successful in my mission for Aizen.

*waits for reply*

Evening Report

*knocks walking into Ulquiorra's room*

*bows*

Lord Ulquiorra, I am here to report for the evening.

*stands erect*

Nothing much as went on for me. I did a little training on my own in the early afternoon. Aizen ask me to do a few things for him and Lord Gin ask me to help him out with a project he was doing.

By early evening things were dull and I returned to my room until you returned to Los Noches.

*bows* Is there anything you need of me tomorrow my lord?

Into Darkness

It was late as Kita walked back through the gates of Los Noches. She was pleased she finally found her mysteries Arrancar, and to top it off they made friends. Something that is not normally done between two Hollows or Arrancars. Slowly she entered the gate making sure no eyes were watching. How she was going to explain two missing Fractions escaped her completely, but she would cross that bridge when it was brought up.

Ulquiorra knew something was up the minute the spiritual pressure in Los Noches changed. He had been watching the way Kita avoided his questions about her whereabouts, but he knew. He always knew. "Kita." He stepped forward from the gloomy hallways, hardly more than a shadow in the dying light.

Making her way into the palace she walked quickly toward her room. However, she froze in her steps hearing Ulquiorra speak up behind her. Slowly she turned to him. She bowed slightly to him, "Lord Ulquiorra"

"Your whereabouts disturb me. Tell me where you have been." His voice betrayed no anger or malice, but his thoughts were otherwise. What was the purpose of her disobedience? What would it take to bring her into the fold of Aizen's instructions?

She stood before Ulquiorra she knew there was no way she could lie to him. He always saw the truth with her. "I have been going into Hueco Mundo to train."

Looking into her eyes, Ulquiorra knew she could not lie to him, just as he could not completely lie to her. It was a bond both of them knew they had, but refused to acknowledge. "Tell me the rest. The spiritual pressure. The missing fractions. All of it." With each demand, he ground his hand tighter around the tiger pendant. The sharp edges of the ears dug into the flesh of his palm, but he no longer felt it.

Kita sighed looking at Ulquiorra, anger built in him and she saw it plane as the nose on his face. "I went out this morning and I had two followers. Dixion and May."

"And what became of them?" It was a question anyone could tell the answer to, yet he needed to hear it from her mouth. The guilt of admitting she was wrong.

"Their..." she hung her head, "Their dead. A Vasto Lorde attacked us and they attacked before me. They were killed..." Kita paused not sure what else to say. Partly truth partly lies, but she could not let on about the other Arrancar.

"As I expected." Ulquiorra slowly let the pendant go, still feeling the ridges of what the metal imprinted on his hand. He could see she was at a loss for words, but what he needed to hear was what she wouldn't say. It was her fault. Whether they chose to follower her or not, they were merely children following an elder. But there was a darker more cunning side to Kita that was hiding something. There had to be.

Kita hung her head, "I should have..." She looked up at Ulquiorra, "I should have helped them. I know, but I could not. I was busy with other things."

"You were in a Forest of Menos’, yet you did not help them. What left you preoccupied?" He hated to see her looking subdued, but part of life required responsibility. If she could not answer for her actions, then he would have to find out who might.

Kita looked to Ulquiorra once more she had to make this as believable as possible. She knew if she slipped in anyway Ulquiorra would go straight to the Forest of Menos’ and find Ujikiyo and kill him. “I was fighting another Hollow much stronger than the one they were fighting. By the time my fight ended it was too late for them.”

The seconds ticked by in a slow rhythm. Kita's eyes never wavered from Ulquiorra's and the common noises seemed far away. Finally, Ulquiorra nodded slowly and shifted his eyes over her. "Your uniform is dirtier at the hem and side, than at the knees." His mind was racing through the patterns of things that could've happened in the forest. His eyes told him she was not lying, but that did not dispel the feeling that there was something else out there. Lurking. Waiting to see when she would return.

Kita nodded slowly at Ulquiorra's comment of her uniform, "I will see to getting that cleaned up right away, Lord Ulquiorra." She bowed slightly to him again. "Is there anything else? … And so you know. I will be going out to train again tomorrow morning. You don't object… Do you, my Lord?"

"Training again?" It was in that moment Ulquiorra knew there was something more than Menos’ and lesser arrancar waiting in the forest. This was no longer a 'something' it was a "someone". "I cannot say I have seen your effort pay off. If you need someone to train with, then you will only train with me. Here." He watched her carefully through silted eyes.

Kita blinked looking at Ulquiorra her tone held a hint of urgency, “But Ulquior--” she was cut off by Ulquiorra's reproach.

"No. I will take over from now on." If there was something there, then he would personally deal with it.

Kita knew she was not talking her way out of this. Ulquiorra gave her a firm 'No' and in doing so she was stuck behind the walls of Los Noches once more. However, there was always more time in the day. She would just have to find another time to go to the Forest of Menos’ to see Ujikiyo again. Sighing she looked away from Ulquiorra, "Yes. As you request, my lord. I will see you first thing in the morning tomorrow."

"And at night. You will report to me regularly." There was a way that Kita had about sliding out of loopholes and bending the rules that Ulquiorra couldn't quell. He wanted to see inside her head and understand why she had to break the rules. Until then, he would make it his business to monitor her.

Kita looked at Ulquiorra with wide eyes and her return statement held a bite, "Seriously! Lord Ulquiorra, come on?! That's crazy!"

He expected this much from her. The real fight was yet to come and she was less than prepared, still naive that not everything or everyone was on her side.

"Consider this your first report," Ulquiorra turned away and stepped back into the shadows.

Kita growled under her breath kicking at nothing on the floor. "This is crazy!" She turned walking toward her room still mumbling to herself about what she was going to do now.

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• Part 8 Growing Stronger...

So this was my first collaborative post with none other than Kita~ I hope I didn't crash and burn too badly, but there it is.

Lesser of the Two Evils...

Humans are such fragile things. They can be gullible, toyed with, confused, hopeful, foolish, arrogant... Yet they all share something in common: their ability to be used up and thrown away. Common trash lost in the sea of a stimulating divine comedy.

But things change. Ideas warp. Kings fall and the cowardly peasants think they have won the day, but in reality they are swept up like dirt under a rug. Once again: used up and thrown away.

Though my disdain for the weak race of humans has never altered, it has been... readjusted. There is nothing more vital to a dissection than a live specimen.

The woman. I needed to find what made her tick. What brought her joy and happiness, so I could crush it and let her carry on in a more realistic sense of the world. Did she know that when we all die, we just become pawns to be scattered and gathered again at the player's mercy? No. Her mind was too simple to distinguish the difference of life and death. To her, Kurosaki was the only reason to hope and believe... but he too shall topple.

And then there was Kita. A different kind of human. Not fully human or Espada in my eyes, but belonging in neither world. Was she an accident? A precursor to what Lord Aizen has planned? Or just a movable pawn in which there is limited access...? Her existence is patronizing. I lose no sleep over what she is, but rather the thoughts of what she isn't plague my waking hours.

Kita has become an itch I cannot scratch. A thorn I cannot reach. A life I cannot take.

Emotions are not something I indulge in, yet I do not fight the one that overtakes my mind when she is near. The curiosity is like an insatiable beast; crashing and tearing its way through the thin film of decency. I need to know what she thinks... What she encounters... What she knows... By bringing myself closer to her, I will eventually crack this mystery of humanity and extinguish their life force.

One human at a time.

Ulquiorra: *blinks slowly and looks at Kita* I must have missed what you said... repeat yourself. *continues walking down halls of Los Noches*

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• Part 3 Shadows In the Forest:

((In case there was any confusion, this was all supposed to be going on in Ulqui's head... well up until the point where he starts talking to Kita. And sorry it's so crappy. It's already 12:25 and I need to go to sleep.))