Palace of the Heartless Ch:1

Ulquihime: Love in the palace of the heartless
Chapter 1: Accident and breakfast with the Espadas

Orihime sat alone in her room/ prison cell. Her tears had dried up but her face was still moist from the crying. She was alone, no friends no one to be kind to her in this white marble palace. A palace of evil, a palace of hollows, Las Noches. But it's what she wanted, to be taken by the enemy so that her friends might live; still the pain of it was so great it made her emotions begin to fade.  A knock from the door removed her dark thoughts.

"Onna I'm coming in with your meal." spoke the only arrancar she really knew, her keeper, kidnapper and if Aizen wished it her executioner; Schiffer Ulquiorra. He opened the door and walked in with her simple plate of food, bread, water and some vegetables. As he set it down on the table he looked up at her face and sullen the places where the tears had steamed down.

"Onna were you crying?" he asked, something that shocked her. But in his mind he was only asking because he feared that her emotions would get in the way of his lord's plans.

"H-Hai…why do you ask?" she questioned him.

"I ask because your emotions could jepordise Lord Aizen's plans. And we can't have that, so let them go. There is there no room for emotions here in Las Noches or anywhere in Heccuo Mundo." he said with his eyes uncaring but hiding something.

"Why?..."

"Hmmm?"

"Why should I care about your Lord Aizen's plans!!? And how dare you tell me to let me get rid of my emotions." She yelled at him before to step at him and slap him in the face. But something happened then that neither one of them expected. As she took a step forward her foot got caught on the rug causing her to trip. Ulquiorra was just as shocked when she landed on top of him. For a moment both blacked out as they fell to the floor. When they returned they each felt warm flesh upon their lips. Orihime opened her eyes first and realized she was kissing the pale skinned espada.

'OH MY GOD!!!!' she screamed in her mind as she removed her lips and stared down in the shocked eyes of the bat. She quickly scuttled away towards the wall blushing madly, her first kiss stolen by the enemy.
Ulquiorra with eyes wide and still in shock simply stood up, took a quick glance of the girl and then walked quickly from the room.

As soon as he closed the door, a blush quickly grew across his face and placed a hand upon his lips confused at what had just transpired in the room. 'It was an accident. Nothing more…but what is this tingling I'm feeling?....Must be some bad reishi.' thought the arrancar as he walked away.

In her room Orihime had collapsed to the floor after her caretaker left.

'He…HE stole my first kiss!!! That kiss was meant to be for the one I loved! Not for him!' But blushed as she remembered the feeling of his lips.

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Later that evening, Aizen's throne room

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"So Ulquiorra, how is our guest adjusting to her new home?" Aizen asked with his unnerving smirk.

"She appears to be unwilling to give her up emotions for your plans." Ulquiorra responded on one knee.

"Hmmm…well I think I know of a way to make her see my ways. But this time I will use a different approach." grinned the evil ruler of Las Noches.

"What do you have in mind my Lord?"

"Well it involves you Ulquiorra."
Ulquiorra's head turned up at this.

"I want you to get closer to her, make her care for you as if you were one of her precious people. All the while subtlety making her do my whims." ordered the brown haired traitor.

"As my Lord Wishes." bowed the fourth general of the hollow army, and left the room. As the doors closed behind him, Gin emerged from the shadows behind the throne.

"My oh my, throwing the two of them together already? Your plans are coming along quicker than I expected." giggled the fox like man.

"Yes they are Gin and soon everything will be completed."

"I can't wait to see the look on everyone's face when it happens."

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The next day, Orihime's room

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The orange haired girl slept like a rock under the silky white covers, the moon forever being the sun of the barren world shined its rays through her room's bared window. She wore a silky white gown that she had found in the closet. She rolled back and forth in dreamless sleep not even twitching at the door opening to reveal the bat espada.

When he saw her, his mind foe some unknown reason remembered the kiss from yesterday.

'Why am I still remembering that event? IT is nothing; the only thing that matters is following Aizen-sama's orders.' And with that he walked up to the side of her bed and began to shake her gently.

"mmmhh…huh nani?" she mumbled as her eyes began to open. What she first saw was the emotionless green eyes of her captor.

"…KYYYYYAAAAA!!!!! WHAT ARE YOU DOING IN MY ROOM!?!" she screamed at the top of her lungs. Something that fully opened the black haired arrancar's droopy eyes. The scream was even heard all around Las Noches, causing the Espadas to look around as to what the hell it was.

"…I am here to wake you for breakfast. You will be dining with us Espadas and Lord Aizen this morning" he calmly said while he checked if he was still able to hear out of his right ear.

"W-we-well you have! Now p-please let me get dressed in peace!" she asked embarrassed yet politely. Her outfit though white and not see though was a bit to short for her tastes and clearly not designed to hold her bosom. As such she used the covers to hide herself from Ulquiorra all seeing eyes.

"Very well I'll be waiting outside the door, let me know when you're ready to go." he said solemnly and left.

"Does he not know what privacy means?" fretted Orihime as she pulled off her gown and undergarments and stepped into the shower. All the while the events of yesterdays accident kept coming into her mind, and while she still thought of him as an enemy , her heart had begun to beat even harder now that she saw him again.

"…Sigh, Why…I love Kurosaki-kun…..but why does that "kiss" make me happy?"
She finally stepped out of the shower, dried herself and placed fresh cloths on. And then knocked on the door for Ulquiorra to open it. The door did open, but instead of Ulquiorra waiting a tall and slender figure awaited her.

"Hihihihihi, Konichiwa Pet-sama." lecherously grinned the face of Nnoitra, the 5th espada.

"Wh-where's Ulquiorra?" she freighted. His grin just increased, his tongue left its cave and began licking his lips.

"I'm afraid ol Emo boy had to take care of a few things while you were washing that sexy, delicate and Breakable body of yours. So I'll be F'in…taking you down to breakfast."

"…No…I'd rather Ulquiorra-san take me down." she asked her body shaking with fear. His response was cruel, He clasped her hands together and slammed her against the wall. His tongue once more snaked out of its lair and moved towards her innocent skin. But it never touched it, for within a centimeter of feeling her flesh the tongue fell to the ground.

"AAAAGGGGHHH!!!! UT DA UCK!?!?!" screamed the one eyed arrancar. Standing at the end of the hallway stood the tearing girl's knight, his armed raised and index finger smoking from firing the slicing cero.

"I thought Aizen-sama made it clear Nnoitra, no one was to touch Inoue Orihime." he spoke in a depressed tone. The rage in the mantis's lone eye cracked with unimaginable furry. But before he attacked his superior, an orange light surrounded his mouth and the event that had just happened reversed itself and Nnoitra tongue was restored. He blinked in shock for a moment and left without another word.

"Why did you repair his tongue, it would have been much better not to mention quieter without him speaking." Ulquiorra said walking up to her. When she heard this she couldn't help but giggle, a thing that surprised him.

"Ulquiorra-san I didn't know you could make jokes. And thank you." she said shyly.

"Thank you? Thank you for what?"

"For saving me from him." she smiled. Ulquiorra was not expecting her to give him thanks, but at the same time he thought at how much easier his mission would be.

"I…I was merely following Aizen-sama's orders. Now I must get you down to breakfast." he said walking past her. She quickly followed suit.

"Hey Ulqui-san do you guys…" she began to say.

"Nani?"  he asked in a confused tone.

"Huh?"

"What did you call me?" inquired the fourth while the continued to walk.

"Oh, I called you Ulqui-san. I think it sounds so cute and suits you." she said with a smile. He was astounded, her attitude and mood had completely changed from the day before. What happened was that kiss all it took?

'Humans are strange creatures indeed.'

Soon they arrived at the Espada meeting table where all the other Espada sat as well Aizen sat eating breakfast. Stark was asleep in his oatmeal, Barrigan was demanding more coffee from a arrancar servant, Hailbel was eating morning sushi, Nnoitra was looking at his tongue in a mirror, Grimmjow was wearing kitty slippers and eating fishy flakes, Zommari was eating what looked like pumpkin pie, Szayel was drinking a vile of something green, Aaroniero had a tube pumping milk and tea into is dome and Yammy was eating a raw steak! All the while Aizen sat the head with Tousen and Gin sitting beside him, the latter peeling an orange, Gin eating pancakes and Aizen was just reading the paper.

Orihime nearly burst out laughing; she thought that their greatest enemies were evil and had no live wouldn't do the most humane things. But here they were having breakfast like a family.

"Ah well, well if isn't our princess of our castle. Everyone let us greet our newest member to our force, Inoue Orihime. Everyone turned to see Orihime and Ulquiorra making their way to the table. Yammy shrugged as did Szayel, Grimmjow and Barrigan. Aaroniero gave her a nod, Nniotra didn't care and kept looking at his tongue, Stark gave her a smile but the most outgoing was Hailbel!

"Good to see we finally have another women here." she spoke with happiness and pulled Orihime away from the bat.

"Aizen-sama?" Ulquiorra questioned if it was alright for her to be away from him.

"Tis quiet alright Ulquiorra, let the girls bond together." smiled the dark lord before returning to his paper. Ulquiorra soon sat down in his chair and waited for his meal, pancakes! One of the few things he actually smiled at.

Soon a servant placed the dish in front of him and was about to eat it when Grimmjow decided to fling a spoon full of his cereal at Aizen. Ulquiorra prepared his cero. Then…the food flung, cero was fired and all hell broke loose. Aizen dived under the table, Gin like a cat scurried up the wall, Tousen crawled away as more ceros were fired. Hailbel took Orihime away from the breakfast food fight.

"Does this happen often?" panicked the orabge haired girl to her new friend.

"Everyday." laughed Hailbel happy another girl was in Las Noches.

Ulquiorra wanted to follow Orihime to continue his mission when he saw her leave the room but preoccupied leading Stark, Aaroniero, Szayel and Zommari against Grimmjow, Barrigan, Nnoitra and Yammy. All the while Aizen in chibi form just cowered under the table…