Segunda Espada`s Palace ((PM if joining in or get inv))

(OOC: a place for the Cuarta espada and his fraccion to feel relaxed ((Ulquiorra prefers to live alone though, rarley anyone else than himself visits this place its an open area a huge one too at the size where you can easily get lost because most rooms recemble one another, its like a big mansion in the style of las noches, the place is always kept clean, in the middle of this all there is a pool at the size of a small lake, however it is not water as you could make yourself belive its oddly red colored... )

IC: Ulquiorra had taken a nice cool bath, and changed his clothes from dirty to clean, the servants took his dirty clothes as he took a seat on a bed at the red colored lake, he could feel the sand between his toes as he had yet to put his shoes on him, the sunlight beamed down on him from within the eternal sun of las noches, Ulquiorra preferred to stay in the shades but this was a rare occasion, there was a thin layer of glass between the outer sun and the pool allowing the moisture to remain within the pool area... still it was a wonderful place to live... he sipped a bit of his juice he could feel some sweat running down on his body again despite taking a bath just minutes ago, he sighed and ordered the servants to cover the sun, soon an eternal darkness dominated now within the dome of glass....

Sensing something out of the ordinary, Ulquiorra reconized the spiritual pressure, drake, he mentally sighed while he put his shoes back on and stood up from the bed. Time to go he though while, pulling his arms into his pocket`s, he was going to go and train... aiming outside while perhaps meeting an old comrade... but he would not allow himself to show up too easily or just yet, patience, Soon he was gone...

The room of Ulquiorra Schriffer, a beautiful place in its own ways. The word "room", wasen`t really the right way of describing the place, the term "maze", was more fitting. It was made out of many identical rooms, only a few being different, a clever design for those who wanted privacy. Some of the rooms had a glass roof so you could see the artificial sky, others were complety engulfed in darkness. Despite its large size, it was always silent, the silence only being broken by the sound of the occasional servant`s cleaning. Ulquiorra had lived in the "room" ever since he became an espada, it had only been recently that he had given, more like forced, his fraccion to live in one of the rooms, ironically it was the one closest to the middle of the place. The middle of the place was a large room with a high glass roof, with a small pool of red liquid located in the middle. The pool was mostly used by Ulquiorra when he took his showers, but recently some of the servants had seen his fraccion near the water, were she would spend hours just looking at it.

The silence of the "room", was interrupted by a sudden air current that begun in the middle room, causing small waves to form at the pool. A black garganta opened around 10 feet away from it, its sudden appearance causing the air to pick up. The first person to step out of it was a girl standing 5.5. She had long purple hair, light blue eyes, and smooth pale skin. She was wearing a standard non revealing uniform, the only skin being shown was from the neck and above. The air currents made the ankle long skirt that covered the back of her legs, blow behind her along with her hair. Her hands was hanging loosely down her sides, the hands being concealed by the long sleeves. A holster with a purple hilted katana sticking out of it, was strapped to her right hip with a black belt. Due to her emotionless expression and tear alike symbol under her left eye, she held a minor resemblance to her master. Luna did know how to smile, laugh, cry, get angry and even blush, she just saw it pointless to do it without a good reason.

As Luna stepped fully out of the garganta, she looked around herself for a moment. This is Ulquiorra-sama`s room.... Luna took a few steps away from the garganta and turned to face the second person who walked out of it. She remained silent as she watched Ulquiorra step out of the portal, there was no reason for her to speak at the moment.

Ulquiorra followed his fraccion close by when he left the garganta, still leaving some space between him and her, he observed her until she came to an halt, His eyes ran down her fairly curvy body but he moved his eyes quickly to stare into the abyss... as his feet touched the pearl black marmor, his eyes fell on the ever shining sun of las noches, as a servant started a mechanism that closed up the shining inside the "palace" making it utterly dark inside the room, if not for the white marmor in the walls the darkness would have been perfect...

With Ulquiorra`s eyes he adjusted his eyes to see in perfect darkness within seconds, when one would look at him in the darkness his eyes would almost appear glowing with a deep green color, he stared at his fraccion for a moment more, he had a mission for her in the human world, tomorrow I will need you tomorrow, do as you wish until then

Ulquiorra started to walk towards one of the rooms in the palace his steps echoing trough the hallways, he entered his bedroom where he untied his pants and shirt and shoes off, then went for a quick shower, and headed out of the room naked, he took slow steps heading towards the pool being completley oblivious about the people around him as if he did not care, as soon as his feet touched the red liquid, Ulquiorra allowed himself to relax, it was not too warm but not too cold either perfect for his body temperature, as the liquid reached his waist Ulquiorra turned to look at Luna for a second searching for any clues of her current emotions, he then went deeper into the pool until it reached his shoulders, he let himself absorb the healing liquid rest his bones and feel reborn entireley, as if he was a new man... fysically, Ulquiorra was fairly well built despite his appearence...

As he looked at his fraccion`s face in search of any sign of emotion, he was met by a fairly strange sight, yet it was common for Luna. She had slided her hands out of her long sleeves, and was looking down at the seated officer badge in her hand, a scent of dried blood emanating from it. Luna had this odd habit of collecting things that she met on her missions or walks through las noches. Back in the days, she had always showed Aizen what she had found, having been rewarded with a soft pat on the head by him, as if she was a pet. Mostly it was just broken items she found, but after she returned from the human world, she often had some interesting things with her. After Aizen`s defeat, the girl had gotten really protective with her stuff, going so far that she had killed a few of the servants whom had been in her room to clean. Over time as Ulquiorra`s fraccion, she had learned to control her anger and power, but it had gotten some of the servants to fear her. Luna didn`t have many treasures at the moment, but the few she had was stored inside of her room, her favorite being a small doll with long orange hair and red eyes.

Luna turned her head towards him, her blue eyes meeting his green in a moment of silence. The long haired girl gave him a soft little smile, the darkness and the sight of his naked body not affecting her at all. Having spend most of the time healing the espada under Aizen`s rule, meant that she had gotten used to seeing the naked male body a lot. Even if she haden`t gotten used to it, sexual intercourses had never been a thing that crossed her mind. Luna walked away from the pool, going into her own room that could be seen from the pool itself, the opening of the door barely being visible. Usually she would spend hours in her room, just watching her stuff and getting lost in thoughts. Her large curiosity for the world had always given her a sort of childish innocence, a innocence you would`t believe excited if you ever had seen her in battle.

Surprisingly she returned after a few moments, her calm steps echoing at the walls. She sat down only a few feet away from Ulquiorra on the very edge of the pool, being careful not to touch it. Her leg skirt got sprawled out behind her as she sat down, her hair hanging loosely down her back and a bit over her left shoulder. "If my presence disturb you, please say so and i will leave..", she said in a respective tone, the tips of her bangs being close to hitting the "water" as she bend over in a brief, small bow. She gave him anthoder brief smile, before taking her hands out of her sleeves again, revealing that she was holding her orange haired doll. She seemed to have modified it a bit since the left side of the long hair was dark purple like hers, and the other was orange. The doll had also been dressed in a very simple, yet cute black dress. Luna fondled the doll between her smooth hand, adjusting the little dress so it fit right such. "..i`ll think ill call you wonderweiss...", she said in a sweet way, smiling down to the doll as if it was alive. Wonderweiss had pretty much been her only friend while Aizen ruled, being a modified arrancar always, the two of them had worked together fine, having formed a brother sister relationship. The whole scene of Luna playing with a doll, was one of the few times she actually relaxed...and were her true personality showed, a kind girl who hated to be alone...

At first there was really not much to go about, when reading her face, that is until she returned, Ulquiorra was not exactly suprised, he stared at her for when she started to smile as she held onto the doll, he heard her reply and Ulquiorra glanced forward, at the pool, having nearly to no emotion on his face As i said, do as you wish for a moment he would have hoped that she could have joined him, but he was unsure why, so he srugged the thought off and dived into the blurr of the red liquid...

(sorry short)

Luna observed as he dissapeard into the red liquid, finding herself feeling a slight urge to join him. It wasen`t that she haden`t been in the red pool before, it had just never been on the same time as him. She looked down at the little doll, rubbing her finger over its orange and purple air. ..He did say do as you wish..., she thought silently to herself. A small smile came accros her face, and she put down the doll, standing up. As she removed her uniform, her skin over her entire body was revealed to be soft and pale like her hands. The lower portion of her bosom and lower abomant was covered in bone plates, it was like that for most female arrancars. For a modified arrancar, she didn`t have much of her hollow look to her. Luna ran a finger across her lower back for a moment, letting out a slight sigh. It had been awhile since she had taken off her uniform, and she still felt odd not having her snake tail, which she had, had before she was modified and when she went into her release.

Luna folded the uniform together, placed the doll onto it, and slowly went into the red "water". Her hollow hole was placed between her navel and chest, and it wasen`t so big compared to other arrancar`s. The number 23 was tattooed onto her left shoulder, acting like a direct lie since her power was strong enough to surpass at least the lower ranked espada. Luna hugged herself as the water reached up to her waist, it always felt odd when you first came in. Luna looked around a bit, noticing that the nameless arrancars was walking around in the darkness, cleaning up since their master had arrived. The nameless arrancars was those who haden`t received a number, and simply was alive to serve the espada and tend her wounds. Luna shaked on her head a bit, and walked out a bit further so it reached up to the middle of her arms. She looked at the water again, knowing he could come up in a few moments, or a few hours..arrancar`s didn`t need to breath under water, so coming up was when he decided to.

Sadly the red liquid had a odd sensation to it that totally nullified ones spiritual sensing abilities once their entire body was cleansed into the "water" meaning the bigger propotion that the water covered ones body the greater affect it held to em you could have called it a side effect but it only remained as long as one was in the water and it worked the same way to those that where not affected by the liquid outside the pool they would not be able to sense anyone in the pool because the pool itself was so dense with reishi. Ulquiorra had noticed this since his first bath, it was a bit of a let down, but he was not bothered by it the least, this was after all one of the safest places in all of las noches, Ulquiorra took a deep dive he had been doing that for well over 10 minutes until he bumped into something soft, as a result he stood up slowly at first only so much that his helm and eyes got up above the surface and his nose and mouth below there he noticed Luna, he blinked a few seconds at her then rising futher what are you.... his words cut short when he thought about what he had said, well... the lake had the power to give people the weirdest of thoughts... so it was really not her fault...

As he rose up from the water surface reached his waistline he tilted his head slightly at her way

Are you... enjoying yourself?

Luna felt kinda relaxed in the water, but also kinda weak. Ulquiorra had explained the "powers" of the water to her the first time she had gotten in, which had been her second day as his fraccion. Ten minutes passed in the silence, the only movement being the small waves in the pool as she moved around, and the servants walking into the smaller hallways to clean them as well. She felt something bumb against her left thigh, causing her to hug herself in surprise. Only a few moments later, the eyes and forehead of her master appeared in the surface, apparently he had not seen her during his diving. Luna followed him with her eyes as he got further up, the water reaching his waist when he had gotten fully up. She had noticed that he had cut himself off in the middle of a sentence, it was a bit odd but she had chosen not to comment it, since it would probably ruin his relaxed mood.

A small smile came across her face as he asked if she was enjoying himself. "I am..this pool is relaxing, no wonder you like it...". Luna folded her hands together in front of herself, her smile growing slightly bigger for a moment. "Just being together with Ulquiorra-sama is something i enjoy...seeing you relaxed makes me feel relaxed also..". Luna`s smile faded a little, but the smile itself didn`t dissapear from her lips. "I know i have failed you recently...and that you do not care if i die...but it won`t change my opinion about you..". Luna looked directly up at him, tilting her head slightly to the left with a soft smile. "I`m not scared of you...in fact i feel safe when close to Ulquiorra-sama..".

Ulquiorra gave a curt nod in responce, when she continued to speak futher Ulquiorra had already turned around but stopped when she spoke, he listened, there was not much to digest by her words she was speaking probably what she saw as truth in her "heart", she seemed to have more of a "heart" than he did, and she was a mod soul, which was weird...

I see, you speak almost as a human, how is that? he turned to look at her partially Nonsense, why would anyone feel safe around me? there was a slight glimmer of hope in his eyes but just slight, as if he had wished for those words for so long, altrough he probably did not realize this himself.

(sorry short)

Luna remained silent for a few moments, taking in his two questions. "Orihime Inoue....", was all she said, as she walked over to the edge of the "pool", and grabbed the small doll with long orange, and purple hair. She walked all the way up to him now, letting only two feet separate them. "In truth, i have always been different from most arrancars..not because i was a mod arrancar..but because Aizen-sama raised me with his own hands. I got to feel the warmth from anthoder being. At first i saw it was a reward when he patted me on the head, or shared some tea with me, it wasen`t until i spoke with the human girl that i saw things differently". Luna lifted her hand, placing it onto his bare chest. "..When you do something kind towards others, it shows that you care for them, even if you don`t know it yourself..that`s what she told me". Luna took two steps forward, closing the gab between them. She laid her head against his chest, hugging him loosely so he could withdraw or punch her away if he wanted to.

"You took me in Ulquiorra-sama...its the nicest thing someone has ever done to me. I`m truly grateful for that..". Luna hugged him a bit closer, laying her head back to look up at him. "I`m not afraid of you because you did that...even if you threaten to kill me, even if you deny to care for me...even if you hit me and call me weak..it won`t change my mind about you..".

Lucy's hand ran through her long hair as she stiffled a yawn. She had been up way too late the night before, testing out a few things with her tea... adding a few new drugs here and there while trying to lure Alaric to taste it. In truth she had sort of forgotten about her meeting with Ulquiorra this particular day, but had awoken after a short sleep of 3 hours. I would have probably been on his bad side for months if I had forgotten about that damned thing. Another yawn was stiffled as she stretched her arms above her head and cracked her neck a bit. "Alright, better look alive!" She was walking slowly towards the Tercera's room, not really in that much of a hurry to meet the man that enjoyed making others feel like they were a bunch of idiots. Seriously, he was an expert at hitting all the weak spots. I should maybe give him a plushie or something. It was one of the new things she had gotten her interest sparked in when in the human world. Those fluffy little stuffed things were just way too adorable. Lucy came to a halt in front of the door, wondering if she should just turn back and head back to sleep. Ah well, I will at least finally be able to see his room. Just hope I wasn't dragged here just so he can kick my ass over yesterday's jokes. Raising her hand, she knocked on the door three times and then waited. No answer came, so she knocked again. Oh come on!

Hesitantly, she pushed open the door and peeked inside. As expected, there wasn't much of things for the eye to catch. Everything looked white and dull. "Ulquiorra?" The red head sighed a bit to herself as she stepped inside and closed the door behind her. "Wonder where he is... I doubt very much he would forget our meeting. If he did... I swear I will have a fit." After walking a bit around, she threw her hands up in the air with frustration. "Geez! I feel like a rat in a maze! I can see now the headlines, when they find the body of the Octava Espada many years from now. Nothing but a skeleton in one of those damned rooms!" How Ulquiorra could stand living there, she had -no- idea at all. She would have gone crazy after spending a week inside of this place. Suddenly coming to a halt, Lucy tilted her head slightly to the side while listening closely. She was pretty sure she had heard some voices not that far away. Thank GOD! Turning to the left, she walked in quick steps towards where the voices were heard. And finally she entered the right room, and stopped dead in her tracks.

With wide eyes, she saw a naked Ulquiorra in a pool of red liquid, and an equally naked fraccion of his pressing herself against him. Did I just walk into a hentai scene??? Oh shit he's gonna kill me for sure this time. "Uuuuh is this a bad time? I can always.. come later.. I guess. Or like.." To be honest, she was way too damned surprised and stunned to find the right thing to say. She was shifting constantly while letting her gaze travel -everywhere- else than on the male and female in the pool. Who would have EVER thought that she would walk into Ulquiorra doing something like that? So I guess he DOES have some basic needs like anyone else. I think I'm gonna have a heartattack or something from the shock.

There was a smile on her face and then two words or rather a name came out from her lips "Orihime Inoue...." Ulquiorra`s eyes widened slightly that name... yes i remeber her now, she was... ... she was here, His eyes followed her as she moved, "In truth, i have always been different from most arrancars..not because i was a mod arrancar..but because Aizen-sama raised me with his own hands. I got to feel the warmth from anthoder being. At first i saw it was a reward when he patted me on the head, or shared some tea with me, it wasen`t until i spoke with the human girl that i saw things differently" Ulquiorra remained quiet, she placed her arm on his chest, his skin was ice cold compared to hers, Ulquiorra did not budge when she placed her hand on his chest, but kept staring at her, "..When you do something kind towards others, it shows that you care for them, even if you don`t know it yourself..that`s what she told me" Ulquiorra found it odd that the woman was seemingly speaking such things before him, but he was unsure what to feel about it, which was very confusing to him...

It almost felt like "she" was there speaking to him herself, then came the hug... He narrowed his eyes in turn and kept his arms down, she hugged him closer and stared at him into his eyes, then someone else came, someone he had been expecting, Ulquiorra looked up, staring at Lucy withouth a hint of emotion in his facial expression he responded Perfect timing, it was a good thing for you to come, i was starting to think that you would not dare to come at all he pulled his left arm around his fraccion`s waist and pulled her up on his shoulder using sonido, he appeared in her room and he then placed her down on her soft bed Get dressed... Ulquiorra used Sonido again appearing before Lucy, his lower body was covered by a set of cloth, that was given by a numero.... her expression was a bit strange troubling even what is it? haven`t you seen naked people before... hmph immature, should i lecture you? he remained calm while staring at her... the darkness surrounded them.

Luna blinked slightly as she sudden was in her bed, and the feeling of Ulquiorra`s cold arm around her waist was gone. From what she had reached to see before he had taken her into her room, ordering her to get dressed, was the eight espada known as Lucy, or rather "the most beautiful among the espada", a statement which Lucy did not agree with. Lucy was very beautiful, no doubt about that, but in Luna`s mind, beauty should not be judged by appearance alone. Luna remained in the bed for a single moment, taking in what just had happened. He haden`t ordered her away, he haden`t pushed her, he haden`t withdrawn right away. Maybe he had just been to surprised by her actions, that he had frozen for a moment, but the fact he haden`t done anything against it, meant something for her. Luna shock her head, opening up her closet, putting on one of her spare uniforms. She walked out of the room only half a minute later, walking over to the pool were she retied her belt and sword back into place.

Her eyes had adjusted to the darkness already, so finding her master and Lucy proved to be rather easy. She stepped up on Ulquiorra`s side, remaining 3 feet behind him, a distance that allowed him personal space, while Luna still was in range to protect. She found his words to the red haired espada a bit, well weird, but then again he did not care if they took his words as insults or not. Luna folded her hands in front of herself, bowing for a moment towards Lucy.

"Welcome to the chambers of Ulquiorra-sama", she spoke in her soft voice with a emotionless face. The only difference on how Luna and Ulquiorra spoke now, was that her voice had a soft undertone to it. Luna knew that Lucy might had misunderstood what she had seen, and based on her expression, it seemed that she had.

I wonder what kind of a situation I would have to catch him in for him to -actually- change his expression for once. Lucy mused to herself. His comment about her perhaps not have dared show up, made the red head raise a single eyebrow and snort in a low manner as she crossed her arms. If she had felt a bit hesitant before about meeting up with him, then all that got washed away with a new stubborn feeling. She did not intend to let that bastard keep up with the attitude! Even if he was a higher up, then he could at least try to act a bit more ... not boss like! Ulquiorra and Luna went out of Lucy's sight for just a short moment, most probably to get some clothing, before the Tercera returned. Thankfully he had clothing below his waist, so that Lucy would be able to carry at least almost a normal conversation with him. "Excuse me? Just how do you plan to lecture me, mister?" Her hands flew down to her hips, her eyes narrowing a bit as she made a small glare towards Ulquiorra. At that moment, it was as if the rich brown color in her eyes got more of the red color from the hair in it. The color was seemingly changing, just like the colors of the flames do. By now, all the former embarrassment had vanished away. Her temper was always quick to get sparked, and for a minute Lucy had to resist the urge to scowl at the Tercera before flipping him off. A small hint of an oncoming headache prodded at her temple, juuuust to make her mood even worse.

She might not have been any "naked-people-seeing" expert, but he could have just as easily grabbed a glass of cold water and splashed it into her face. She could feel her cheeks heat a bit up, her left eyebrow twitching slightly. Taking a step forward, she pointed a single finger at the male, the tip of her finger almost prodding at his chest as her eyes connected with his. "Certainly I have seen naked people before, but I will admit that it gave me a bit of a startle to see even you enjoying -this- hobby. I seem to be able to recall you mentioning something about it being foolish to cling to the habits of humans, and yet it would seem that you weren't all that untouched by some primitive needs. It might though be a bit more professional to have some clothes on if you really are expecting people over for a visit." Her upper lip curled a bit upwards in a snarl as her soft and slightly husky voice gave every impression that the Octava was being very annoyed at the moment.

Ugh.. an encounter with him after this little sleep can only invite troubles home. Luna had returned again, probably entered somewhere in Lucy's mid-sentence. "Luna." She gave the fraccion a nod and her facial features softened the slightest, as she didn't have any problem with the girl. It was only her master that was being a -real- pain in the butt. Lucy wouldn't have normally jumped to the conclusion that something had been happening, and she really didn't believe it, truth be told. She had just gotten a bit too annoyed, and let those words slip out. "Look, I didn't come here for any trouble. Just to hear what you had to say about this request you mentioned yesterday. I'm sorry if I seem to have spoken out of disrespect. I'll assure you that I will rid you of my annoying presence as soon as I can." She closed her eyes as her right hand went up to her forehead, rubbing lightly at it as Lucy let out a soft sigh. It was getting a bit depressing to never be able to prove her worth, but maybe it was just her own personality's fault. But the least thing she needed now was to have a fight with Ulquiorra, especially since he would probably drown her in his pool if she wouldn't hold her tongue. That man was without any humor and he was also not one to tolerate any back-talking.

Her outburst did suprise him slightly, nothing that changed his expression but rather he kept staring at her for a while when he listened to her what? and here i took you for the humorous type... seems like my observations where wrong... Luna came just as lucy explained to him about what she meantioned that what he had told her before, "Certainly I have seen naked people before, but I will admit that it gave me a bit of a startle to see even you enjoying -this- hobby. I seem to be able to recall you mentioning something about it being foolish to cling to the habits of humans, and yet it would seem that you weren't all that untouched by some primitive needs. It might though be a bit more professional to have some clothes on if you really are expecting people over for a visit.", he closed his eyes and shook his head... Enjoying?... your observation skills have once again failed to impress me Luciérnaga he took a step backwards and swinged his fist into his Fraccion`s stomach, which sent her flying into a wall on the other side of the palace, flying a long distance well over 100 feet... Ulquiorra compleytley ignored this though.

I see... i Apologise for the inconvinience.... .... he remained stiff, while not leaving his eyes from Lucy well your manners are out of the blue, the answer you seek lies within the 1st Espada`s chambers... I would warn you though... he is a little of a, how do humans say it?... he looked up at the sky then narrowed his eyes as the sun once again hit his eyes, as the roof opened up again... the roof reminded that of an observatory, so it could be opened at will... Ulquiorra had searched the word .... .... I guess the fittest word that would sum him up best would be.... Casanova.... also i would not be suprised if he would have forgotten about his little request.... his eyes had wandered away again before gazing at her from the corner of his eyes...

was there anything else?....

30 second`s went by before Luna returned. Her uniform was split at the belly, revealing were the impact hd been. Since her hollow hole was placed between her chest and narvel, and that the hit haden`t been with full force, she haden`t taken much damage. A couple of the numero creept out from the darkness, dressing her up into a new uniform. As soon as she was fully dressed up, they dissapreared silently again, taking the damaged uniform with them. Luna walked slowy towards Ulquiorra and Lucy, holding a arm over her belly, indicating she had taken some damage from the punch. She held out her left arm, and a Numero came over, handing her one of Ulquiorra`s uniforms. Luna looked at Lucy, her face being soft and emotionless as before, as if she haden`t been hit a few moments ago.

She walked up to Ulquiorra`s side, holding the uniform carefully between her fingers, which she had slipped out of the sleeves. Remaining silent as usual, she looked up at Ulquiorra only once, before looking at Lucy again, a brief flash of sorrow coming over her eyes, being so quick that it was hard to notice. When Ulquiorra ordered it, she would dress him.

(short sorry)

Ugh go figures that I would completely manage to make things worse than they already were with my temper. She scratched her head and let out a new sigh while glancing up at the pale skinned Espada which so incredibly managed to make her feel this irriated. It was like every word he ever spoke, his presence alone, was enough to make her feel like going mad. Just what was that? Why was he the only one that managed to stir her up like that? Lucy couldn't believe though for 1 minute that she had actually started thinking about apologizing to Ulquiorra for her rude words, when he stepped back and with an impact to his Fraccion sent her flying backwards. What ... the Hell? Maybe Lucy wasn't as "evil" as the other Espada, and maybe she did cling too much to her former ways of a human. But if there was something she -really- got pissed off over, then it was when the arrogant Espada treated their Fraccions badly without any reason at all. She didn't care what the other Arrancars and Espada thought of her when she voiced her opinions out. She was a proud woman, and she was sure to always let others know if she found them going too far. But the red head was also not stupid, and she didn't really want to cause Luna any more trouble since it was clear Ulquiorra had done that .. action.. of his to prove his words somehow.

"Well well, and here I gave you the credit of being someone that was interesting and whom I felt very intrigued by. I guess this proves that we both can make mistakes, no?" Her eyes swam with inner flames as she glared into his emerald green orbs. "You are a real jerk Ulquiorra. And I don't really give a shit if you get offended or not." She hissed out the words, almost spat them out in his face, before turning on her heel and walking away from him and his Fraccion. Her steps were confident, proud and also indicated that inside of her was a volcano ready to erupt. She was pissed as Hell. Taking a moment to stop and glancing backwards with anger and distain she really didn't try to hide the least, she acknowledged his words about having to go to the Primera. "I will go seek out this "Casanova" you speak of. And you don't have to worry about me bothering you with my presence unless there is an order involved." Turning again, she kept walking while raising her arm a bit in the air and giving a small wave which was mostly meant for Luna. That girl had Lucy's sympathy, as she had gotten a small hint of that she really cared for her master. Although he was just as warm as a dead fish.

Clearly he had hit a nerve, Ulquiorra remained silent while she talked, only allowed luna to put his long upper part of his outfit on him, while his eyes where almost glued into Lucy, he pulled his arm out of his pocket and zipped his Hakama shut, concealing his hollow hole and number 3 on his right chest plate, she should have been happy that she was not Luna, or she would have met the same fate, Ulquiorra was not suprised of her tone of speech actually from his earlier observations it was clear to him that whatever she was saying she was meaning it, was she mad? or was she perhaps too perplexed to understand her wrong doing, that she in the state that she was in had opposed a higher ranked member of the espada order... It was almost as if she was in a former shell of an arrancar and the being inside of her was a human... Much like Kurosaki Ichigo she did act on whatever was rational as she was easy to anger and rage about, impulsive.... in other words easily distracted, she often appeared to give in to her emotions, which also seemed to distress futher upon her actions...

Ulquiorra was unsure if she was mocking him or simply being rude, but nothing she said meant anything to him, perhaps this could be discussed with Incognita at a later time? he put his other arm back into his pocket, withouth the slightest linger of emotion he kept staring at Lucy, earlier there had been something that had intrigued him, but right now it all seemed to add up, she acted as a human, it really did make sense after all, he despiced her even so lightly, even for being so... so human like, so rational, so immature, so easy going and yet at the same time keeping that beaty about her that his eyes could not intercept properly, his lips parted, while he kept that cold stare locked at Lucy, as she turned away from him and luna something inside of him told him to stop her, but he was unsure what, instead he spoke a single word Kowai - ka? (scared?) It was almost as if the word came out by itself, but it was the only thing he could come up with at such a short notice, Ulquiorra thought that it was the best conclusion he could make, to offend her in return it was so he worked, it was so he acted, always pushing his victims to unstable levels where he could better intercept their emotions among other things, there was nothing that could escape his eyes even in pitch black darkness... however it had been different with Orihime Inoue somehow, she had been able to bring out the little humanity that was left of him, right before his "death" too bad he had been a bit late, if not for that fact he might have left Hueco mundo.... but right now all that seemed pointless.... he was never going to see the orange haired woman ever again that he lusted....

Something hit him, could this woman remind him of her, if so then why was she not responding in a similiar way? it was probably due to her nature, and the fact that she was an Arrancar despite her weird behaviors...

Luna`s eyes narrowed at the hand that the other espada raised, as if she was saying goodbye. The fact that Lucy had called Ulquiorra a jerk, let alone answered him back like that, had caused her so much anger, that she had been close to drawing her sword. With her powers, that could compete against the sixth espada, she could easily had ended the woman`s life. Ulquiorra single word caused Luna`s anger to disappear, and she lifted her head up to his. He had that certain tone, and that certain look in her eyes...a look of hope. She had noticed that he had changed slightly after his rebirth, he had always seemed so..lonely, and confused about what he should feel. The human girl seemed to have awoken the small portion of Ulquiorra`s heart that still was "human", even if it was hard to believe he even had one. One of the reasons Luna was so loyal towards him, was that she felt sorry for him, he was walking around in..despair, not knowing what to do. She didn`t care if he had hit her, she had intruded so it was only neutral she would be punished fast and hard for not knowing her place.

"..Ulquiorra-sama..", the purple haired fraccion spoke as she slowy lifted her hand, reaching out to touch his shoulder. Her hand wasen`t trembling of fear, neither was it going fast as if she would hit him. She wrapped her slender fingers carefully around his shoulder, looking towards lucy again to see the woman`s respond. For some odd reason, she felt tears running down her eyes, yet she wasen`t feeling sad, in fact she was glad...was she glad over that Ulquiorra for once had a moment were he displayed some emotion? Her grab on the green eyed arrancar`s shoulder tighten a little, through not hard, it was more to tell that she was there. Now that Luna thought about it, she really did remind slightly of the human girl Aizen had taken from the human world...she haden`t meet anyone, besides the woman, who had willingly answered back to him so harshly, and lived to tell. She allowed herself to smile a little, which was odd considering she was crying.

Despite he probably didn`t care the least for her, Luna was happy just to work under him...Ulquiorra was the second master she deeply cared for, the first one having been Aizen. for humans it might could have been called love, but not really love, it was more like a deep respect and care that was hard to explain. Whenever or not he would ever feel something for other, other than seeing she was just a toll, was hard to tell.

Lucy thought she would have been able to just keep walking and not give a damn about them anymore. It was impossible for her to understand how and why she got this worked up when around Ulquiorra. She felt like grabbing him and shaking him, scream at him... and that was all she wanted to do to him...right? Pull yourself together for fuck's sakes. She was not about to stay and let his Fraccion attack her, as she was sure Luna was rather obsessed with Ulquiorra. But the moment, that small moment, in which his word reached her ears then Lucy knew there wasn't any turning back. To Hell with the Primera, if he had something he wished to speak with her then he could move his own ass and come to her. Her walking came to a halt, and as suddenly as one would blink one's eyes, she was in front of Ulquiorra. Her palm stung from where it had made contact with his left cheek. Things seemed to be moving in slow motion for her, her right arm slowly brushing past Ulquiorra after the slap had echoed through the room. Lucy's eyes widened a bit, her breathing got caught in her throat, and her full lips parted just a bit. Surprise, yeah that was it. Surprise rushed through her. But not even a second after that, Lucy felt something alike fear run through her veins. Here she was, in a room with a Fraccion that could challenge her in strength and the 3rd Espada whom was not known for his patience nor compassion towards others. And she had just, right in that moment, slapped that same Espada right in front of his loyal Fraccion.

A soft gasp came from her parted lips, while her rich brown eyes stared into his green ones. This was probably the moment she should be seeing her life flash before her eyes before she would get impaled or beaten to death. But instead, she allowed her hand to hang down at her side while trying her best not to let her small fear display in her eyes nor actions. Instead she allowed her pride, pure anger and strength reflect in her eyes. Turning her head to the side, she couldn't help but frown a bit in confusion at the tears of Luna while it was clear to her that those were not tears that had anything to do with the hit she had just received. "What.. is with you two?" She muttered softly under her breath, then lifted her face a bit again, looking at Ulquiorra. Her gaze ran over to his cheek where she had just slapped him, and for a second even if she tried to deny it, it had crossed her mind to place her palm softly on that spot. They are infecting me with their craziness, I swear!

Ulquiorra remained stiff, he felt luna`s palm on his shoulder but ignored it for now, she spoke his name with loyality in her tone, just as Lucy took her final step and reached out momentarily, she used sonido, even if Ulquiorra did see her every movement with his eyes as if in slow motion he did not avoid being hit by her palm, the mere impact echoed in the maze like room, to Ulquiorra this felt like a deja vu all over again, even if he could not quite remember all the details, he could also see fear in lucy`s eyes if only momentarily, before she hided those feelings from the outside world and seemed to beam with an outgoing determination...

Normally Ulquiorra would have blown her determination to pieces for such a behavior, but something told him that it was not the best course of action, his face had turned away from her due to the slap that Lucy had performed, altrough his eyes had once again found their way to stare at her, Ulquiorra was not looking particulary suprised or offended or whatever mutual emotion one might have given her, instead he allowed the silence to speak volumes, nor did he feel particulary hurt of the weak slap that he had gained on his cheek, his hierro ensured this, it was mostly sent towards their victim as a psycological words or in this case force that would point into that direction, But force alone was nothing new to Ulquiorra, he had suffered his own part of pain during Aizen`s lead, and had become an animal to science that Aizen had conducted on him, in turn locking his ability to feel for anyone or anything, at least partially, his memories had also been swept away which his "old friend" had noticed.

Altrough Ulquiorra prefered to live a life in solitude, it was because he knew of nothing else, except for perhaps loyality towards Aizen, his "creator" that in itself was perhaps a thing of the past what? Ulquiorra replied to Lucy`s question, as he once again turned to fully gaze at her what did you expect Luciérnaga? he minded little if his fraccion decided to take the leap and attack Lucy at her current state, not because he wanted revenge or felt hatred towards the woman but simply because he saw no reason why he should not have done it...

.... then educate me

For some odd reason, Luna haden`t reached out and stopped the "attack". Ulquiorra could easily have stopped it, so maybe her reasons for not stopping it was the same as his? Luna was currently standing with her head bowed, the flowing of her tears having stopped. She slowly began to move, going up in front of Ulquiorra, her hand still being lowered. "Toque de sanación..(dark healing)". She slided her hands out from her long sleeves, and they were engulfed in black flame-alike reaitsu. She reached up with her left hand, placing it onto the cheek of her master, were Lucy had hit. The little mark that it had left instantly dissapeared, as if he had never been hit. Luna`s key power was her ability to use most of her techniques in sealed form, making her more useful since she could fight and heal without having to release all the time. Through her healing powers weren`t good enough to match the fast speed generation some espada possessed, they can easily take care of burns, minor injuries, and broken bones..in the sealed state, it becomes more powerful of cause. Luna eventually moved her hands, letting the reaitsu die out and the sleeves to once again cover up her hands.

"What`s with us? What a weird question to ask, Lucy-san", Luna spoke in a to friendly tone, looking directly at the espada. "Neh, Lucy-san, you know how powerful we modified arrancar`s are? You probably don`t, cause i`m probably the last modified arrancar, and i haven`t released my full powers since i was reborn by Aizen-sama`s hands..". Luna reached up and zipped the upper part of her uniform up, pulling the uniform down only at her left elbow, the number "23" being tattooed on it. "Through my number says i`m below espada rank...im strong enough to kill you..". She zipped the uniform back into place, giving Lucy a unusually gently and big smile. "But if i did that, Incognita-sama would probably get very mad at me. After all, your are the most beautiful espada ever, so losing you would make her very upset".

Luna placed her left palm against her cheek, letting out a little sigh while looking up at the celling. "Speaking of Modified arrancar makes me miss wonderweiss..he always used to call Onee-chan, it was really cute"...but now heh..all i have to keep me smiling is finding new treasures..and serving Ulquiorra-sama". Luna slided her arms down her sides again, returning to Ulquiorra`s side once more. "You are lucky being so pretty, Lucy-san, people pay more attention to you. Your much more interesting than me since im so short and dosen`t show skin..". The last words were spoken with a small smile, and it seemed more like her real opinion than pointless flattering.

What indeed had she expected? Unicorns skipping around the place while fairies spread rose petals around the floors? That was just as likely as expecting Ulquiorra to change his ways. "Educate you? But.." But how?? She wanted to say that, but something made her pause. "Do you want to try and learn Ulquiorra? Of something more than this solitude? I can help with that, but not if you are already thinking you can't actually do it. Or if you feel it beneath your pride to have someone like me around you too much." And was there any proof really that he would be able to? Lucy had no idea how things had been when this Aizen had reigned, she had no idea how Ulquiorra originally came to be. And thus, she had no idea if he had a single spark inside of him that would allow something more than what he was used to. What am I supposed to do anyways? Give him a lecture about feelings? Show him examples? Babysit him ? ? Ulquiorra was very proud, and would probably not like being told much around. And Lucy was hotheaded and not the most patient person in the world. Didn't that mean things were kinda already against the odds? And why do I want to anyways? Am I truly feeling a bit.. drawn to him? But why on earth? They were the exact opposites. She was always talking, ready for anything, cheerful, alive. While he was silent, without any noticable emotions, only living to follow orders or so it seemed. If Lucy had to guess, she would say he detested her. As he did probably with most others. But she had this urge to want to get behind his armor and see if there was something more there.

Oh... neat technique. Her eyes followed Luna's hand as she was seemingly healing that spot where Lucy had hit Ulquiorra. No doubtely only an act of duty or the care for her master, as Lucy's slap would not have been able to do any damage. Upon hearing Luna's words, Lucy seemed to think a bit to herself. She had known the modified arrancars had been strong, but to imagine that this was their strength. She had never doubted that Luna was possessing strength which she didn't reveal, but had to admit that what she had told her had been a bit more than she had expected. And yet she didn't feel afraid. There was no sign of killing intent from neither of the Arrancars in front of her. But Luna's words did stir Lucy up a bit. She had heard over and over again that she was a beautiful woman, the beauty amongst the Espada, and etc etc. But was that doing her any good? It seemed most would judge her upon her appearance, not find her fitting to be a warrior but should instead be a potted plant somewhere for people to observe and admire. Does she really mean to say that Incognita-sama would actually even notice if I was gone? And what weird thing to say. Am I truly only a decoration for the Espada? "Does beauty really matter that much when you can't get what you want?" She muttered and glanced down towards the floor with a slightly troubled look. Relaxing her stance so her muscles wouldn't cramp up, she wondered what she should say or do now. It wasn't like her to feel troubled over something like this, and most certainly was it weird for -her- to not have anything to say.

Her anger was cooling down, just as quickly as it had been fired up. She felt a bit embarrassed over having let herself go in that way but in no manner would she be able to apologize. She guessed she could try to compromise by being a bit nicer. Although .. it seemed Ulquiorra would only enjoy seeing her explode again.

Ulquiorra listened to both sides, and allowed luna to heal him but ignored it as much as he could, as it turned out Luna was quite talk active today was it because she had longed to talk with someone or was it because he had few things to say he did not know, he turned half way to look at Luna You talk too much... he said in an unintrested tone and looks as his eyes where closed half way looking rather bored about the entire topic from both sides, he turned back to Lucy momentarily, what a pointless question to ask, was she not thinking he could do it? was it beneath his pride? Don`t make me repeat myself... he took a moment to recollect his thoughts, then narrowing his vivid emerald green orbs open again slightly excuse my fraccion she usually says whatever is on her mind.... rather than get too wrapped up into trivial matters Luciérnaga, the least of concern should not be your beaty but rather your logic... if you get depressed about being beatiful then perhaps i should give you a lesson or two about fighting he paused for a moment checking Lucy`s mood changes what is it that you want? Ulquiorra wondered what ever she had meant he also wondered if she had removed those cameras out of her room already? or if she had continued to spy on their privacy...

Suddenly Ulquiorra turned to Luna bring the tea... im sure lucy would enjoy some hospitality... he wondered if this action was enough to "ensure" lucy that he was serious other wise he would have to beat some sense into her whenever they would train together...