*Ichigo / Orihime / Ulquiorra*

“Lord Aizen must really trust us if he's having us watch over Ulquiorra.” Loly said, sitting on the edge of her bed, Menoly inayofuata to her as they watched the five-year-old Ulquiorra stack blocks into a high tower.

“I suppose so. He does seem to trust Ulquiorra the most out of all of the Espada.”

Loly smiled. She'd put up with watching Ulquiorra if it meant doing a favor for Lord Aizen. Luckily, he had proved very easy to take care of. In fact, she and Menoly barely had to do anything; they mostly just watched him play. It was a bit odd seeing him play with toys, but Loly supposed that was...

It was official: the children were nowhere in Las Noches. They weren't in their rooms, the kitchen, au anywhere in the immediate area of the castle. No other arrancar had seen them all morning. Ichimaru, Tousen, and the fraccion had searched every nook and cranny, but to no avail. Finally, they were forced to approach Aizen on the matter.

Many would agree that Ichimaru was a scary guy, but even he trembled when it came to Aizen. After he had been told that the children were missing, he alisema nothing. Ichimaru wished he would yell at them instead of giving them silence, but Aizen never yelled....

It had been half of an saa since Ichimaru and Tousen had gotten Tesla to bring Noitora back to Las Noches, and the Shinigami hadn't heard au seen anything of the remaining Espada. Ichimaru wasn't sure if that was a good thing au a bad thing. On one hand, it meant they weren't running around causing chaos and possibly revealing themselves to Ichigo and company. On the other hand, it made them really difficult to find. Ichimaru was also realizing how much they had been running around, for his stomach let out a rather loud growl.

"Whadda ya say we stop somewhere for lunch?"

Tousen frowned. "But...

After returning to Hueco Mundo, Aizen had devised a new strategy for watching the Espada. Since the first idea of having them all stay in one room together had ended badly, he had decided that each Espada would stay with his au her previously assigned caretaker. This way, each child could receive individual attention to prevent them from getting into any zaidi trouble. It was a good plan, and made Tousen and Ichimaru wonder why Aizen hadn’t thought of it in the first place. Ichimaru was convinced Aizen was just torturing them for his own personal amusement.

“Finally, she’s out of those...