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Prize of Victory	By : NovaAlexandria Category: Bleach > Het - Male/Female Views: 87207 -:- Recommendations : 8 -:- Currently Reading : 8
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Note: Ajuga�s speech and all spelling errors in it are intended as that�s just the way she speaks right now. You know how little kids are, still learning their words and such.

　

　

�I can�t believe you got Ulquiorra to agree to this," Karin commented.

�Well, me getting stronger was something he seemed fine with. Moreover, he trusts Starrk-san and Ukitake-san. I am definitely safe here," Orihime said, smiling happily. �I haven�t trained with Tatsuki-chan in so long I wonder if I can even throw a proper kick anymore!�

�I am sure you will do just fine," Karin assured her. �By the way, you said Tatsuki should be here soon. Why didn�t she come with you?�

�Oh. She doesn�t live with us anymore," Orihime explained. �I suspect Ulquiorra-san kicked her out so we could have more time alone together.�

�I see," Karin frowned, displeased.

�No, no, no,� Orihime said quickly, waving her hands in the air in denial. �I don�t mean he just locked her out one day, he�s not that mean. He found someone else to take care of her," Orihime was quick to try to clear up a potential misunderstanding.

A solid knock on the main gate drew their attention before Karin could ask Orihime to elaborate and she excused herself to answer it.

�Well now if this ain�t a surprise," she commented as she opened the door to see Tatsuki standing next to a very nervous looking Tesra. �When did this happen?" she demanded, crossing her arms and looking from one to the other with some scrutiny.

Was it her imagination, or did Tesra just blush under her gaze? He also shuffled slightly nervously under her scrutinizing gaze.

�Oh relax, Karin-chan. I asked Tesra to Claim me for my own safety and Ulquiorra was quick to agree," Tatsuki commented as she walked through the door.

�You asked?� Karin raised an eye at her.

Taking on a Claim voluntarily would never have occurred to her. In fact, it seemed that the older woman was in excellent spirits.

�Yeah, I�ll tell you all about it later. Thank you, Tesra. I think I can find my way home from here. I am not sure how long we are going to be,� she offered him a smile, and to Karin�s eyes, it seemed both genuine and happy.

He gave a nod of his head and left.

�Does Orihime know?� Karin asked.

�That I am living with him, yes. About the Claim, you probably noticed before even making it to the door, I haven�t told her yet," Tatsuki answered and shrugged. �I figured it was kind of implied, and damn, have you two been holding out on me about that," Tatsuki accused her.

�Oi, oi. Only the one time," Karin protested, �but yeah, it felt good," she admitted. �I wonder how long a mating Claim lasts. Might want to speak to Grimmjow about refreshing it, only this time I have an idea on what I am doing, and could probably draw it out," she thought wickedly.

�Uh-huh. So, do we have a place to do this? And where are the rug rats?� Tatsuki questioned.

�We are going to use the garden where Nanao-san and I practice Kido. I think Orihime might be better off with using Tsubaki and her shield instead of the whole martial arts thing.

�As for the rug rats, well, I left them in the care of someone I know I can trust to follow my every order," she smirked evilly.

　

　

　

�Don�t touch that.�

�But it looks cool!�

�It�s not something for little children to play with.�

�But I am bored! I want to do something.�

�Go colour or something.�

�With what?�

�Here is a pen, and a piece of paper, now get out of my hair and let me work in peace!�

�I am not in your hair.�

�Zay, Zay. Pway.�

�No, no play. This is not a� GAH!!�

Nemu smiled softly as she watched the two girls tackle Szayel to the ground and began to tickle him viciously. He struggled under them, gasping for air and trying to defend himself from their rather deft fingers. Since Karin told him ever so nicely to be careful of the rug rats, the kids easily overpowered him.

�Shinny," Ajuga cried, going for his glasses.

�Ajuga-chan, no," Nemu said firmly.

�Shinny," Ajuga cried again.

�No,"

Nemu walked in and swept the girl off of her master and into her arms.

�I wan shinny!" Ajuga protested.

�You can�t have Szayel�s glasses. Like I can�t have your tail," Hana explained, sitting up on Szayel�s chest while he lay flat on his back trying to regain his composure and wondered what he could have possibly done to displease Karin to the point she would punish him by setting the two hellions upon him.

�My tail!" Ajuga cried, clutching her tail to herself.

�Right. Your tail, Szayel�s glasses," Hana explained.

�We can make you a pair of shinnies," Nemu offered.

�Yay. Make shinny! Make shinny!� Ajuga cheered. �Like Mama�s?� she questioned.

�We can make a pair?� Hana called excitedly, bouncing up and down on Szayel�s chest.

�If Szayel-sama gives his permission," Nemu agreed.

Two pairs of puppy dog eyes turned his way while he moved Hana and quickly scrambled to his feet before they could assault him again. Looking down he discovered to his horror that his normally crisp, clean, spotless uniform was completely ruined! In the course of less than twenty minutes the girls had covered it in dirt, little hand prints and pulled and tugged it completely out of shape. It was ghastly! To say nothing of his hair! Dear Kami, his hair had dirt in it and it was out of formation! He stifled a whimper and turned stern eyes on Nemu as he sought to regain his composure.

�Yes, whatever. Just get them out of my way before they do anymore damage and I can continue my research,� he agreed quickly.

�Zay no hewp?� Ajuga suddenly asked on the edge of tears.

�I am very busy�� he began.

Ajuga started to sniff.

�Zay no pway? Zay no like?" she sniffed again, tears threatening. �juga no fav sperament?�

Szayel sighed in frustration.

�You are still my favourite experiment, but I am very busy right now helping your mother,� he tried to explain, to no avail.

Ajuga looked ready to burst into a full on temper tantrum. Hana just watched to see how this was going to go down, absently doodling designs for her �shinnies� on the piece of paper Szayel had originally tried to bribe her with.

�Ajuga," Nemu said firmly again, trying to get the child�s attention before any real waterworks could start.

The little girl sniffed some more, but finally nodded her head.

�Make shinny," she agreed.

�Can we use the computer?� Hana was quick to ask.

�We will do a 3D render and have the equipment produce the final product,� Nemu answered.

�Sweet," Hana jumped eagerly to her feet.

Nemu took them over to one of the computer panels and booted up a simple program. Hana caught on quickly how to use it, leaving Nemu to assist Ajuga. Whether the little girl actually understood what was going on or simply entranced by the pretty colours and lights on the screen was debatable, but at least she had calmed down.

Hana hummed away as she designed her pair before frowning.

�Is there a tape measure around?" she asked.

�We should have one in the third drawer on the right," Nemu answered.

�Perfect!"

Hana darted off to grab it and quickly measured her own head.

�Let�s see here," she mused aloud. �I don�t want them round so, if I divide the lenses into six radiuses and treat each of the sections as essentially their own circle, then I can calculate the curve I would need�" Hana muttered off as she wrote out the equation.

True to his word, Byakuya-san had managed to get her a tutor and she loved every minute of her math lessons. The rest she could do without, but she loved math so much that it was worth suffering through the other subjects. She worked the problem out, not even noticing that she now had the attention of both adults.

�Got it!" she cried triumphantly, inputting the data onto the screen and watching as the lenses formed. �Perfect, now put it in the frame and�� beautiful! Now all I need to do is colour them in!�

�Hana, what did you do?� Nemu asked, intrigued.

�Hmm. Oh, I wanted to make sure they would fit so I measured my face and worked out the math so that they will fit me," she boasted proudly.

�The computer could have done so," Nemu commented, and Hana made a face.

�I am faster than the computer," Hana sniffed.

�Let me see this," Szayel snatched up the paper she had used to work her equation out, quickly going over the math himself.

�Math is easy," Hana shrugged. �Byakuya-san showed me how to do circles, but it was nothing to adjust the equation for an oval," she smirked.

Ajuga, distracted by the screen, gigged as the pretty colours moved about.

�Marvellous!� Szayel said, actually meaning it as he looked over Hana�s calculations. �Simply marvellous!�

�Zay pway now?� Ajuga suddenly asked, looking from her screen to him.

�I�,"

All three girls looked at him. He sighed in defeat, knowing a losing battle when he saw one.

�I can play with you now," he agreed.

�Yay!� Ajuga cheered, holding her arms out to him.

With another inward groan, he accepted the little girl as Nemu handed her over and he took his servant�s place at the computer. Ajuga settled in his lap and looked at the monitor again.

�I wan� blue.�

�But your eyes are blue. Why not white instead?� Szayel suggested.

�Wha, wha, like Zay�s," she cheered.

�White," he corrected.

�Wha.�

��Wh�� I�� T�," he pronounced slower.

�Whad.�

�No no. �Ta�. Say �Ta�.� He tried to explain.

�Ta," Ajuga repeated.

�Now together� white!�

�Whida.�

He tried for a few more minutes until Ajuga finally pronounced the word correctly.

�There you go! I knew you could talk! Now try my name. Sza..al," he pronounced his name slowly.

�Szay.�

�Al," he added.

�Szaaa al.�

�Szayel," he corrected.

This went on for some time as he tried to get her to pronounce words correctly, absently adjusting the glasses on the screen they were making. She was no longer interested in the monitor, but rather the word game they were playing.

Everyone was so into what they were doing that the sound of the perimeter alarm going off caused them all to jump in surprise and stare at each other stupidly before Szayel quickly handed Ajuga to Hana with a stern order to �stay there� as he and Nemu raced towards the main computer.

�What�s going on?� Hana demanded, holding onto a squirming Ajuga.

�I have the main monitor up," Nemu reported.

Everyone�s eyes darted to the screen.

�Deer," Szayel sniffed in annoyance and then breathed out. �I�m fed up with the stupid wildlife! It�s always some animal messing with our equipment! If it�s not birds building nests in them, it�s bears knocking the sensors out of the trees," he ranted, gesturing irritably.

He pulled a headset over his ears and quickly spoke into the attached microphone, directing the patrol group in the area to reset the sensors and chase off the annoying critters. Nemu silenced the alarm and assured all units it had just been a tripped wire and they were not under assault.

Hana set Ajuga down and the little girl crawled back to the computer to stare at the pretty colours.

�Oooo.�

�Ajuga-chan, don�t touch that," Hana sighed.

�Pwetty.�

�Pretty," Hana corrected.

�Hana make pwetty.�

�Of course I did. I am smart," she puffed out with pride.

�Mart," Ajuga agreed. �Like �ark," she chuckled.

�Hai, smart like Starrk-ji," Hana agreed.

�A pity he wastes what intelligence he has on sleeping all day," Szayel sighed in exasperation as he came up behind them. �Are we ready to make your �shinnies� now?�

�Shinnies," Ajuga cheered, leaping past him before launching herself off the floor to land on his shoulder.

Given that he still had not returned to full stature yet, it was rather amusing to see Ajuga perched on his shoulder.

�Quick little devil, aren�t you?" he smiled at her.

�Fast. Fast like �ark-ji.�

�Starrk," Everyone corrected her, speaking at the same time.

Ajuga just chuckled.

　

　

�God, that was a good work out," Tatsuki sighed in pleasure. �My muscles haven�t ached like this in years.�

�It did feel good. Grimmjow hasn�t had much time lately to train with me," Karin agreed, stretching out her hamstrings.

�It was fun," Orihime agreed happily, and then turned abruptly and glared at Karin ��after you stopped cheating, Karin-chan."

�Hey, all is fair in love and war. Using Shunpo is no different than you using Tsubaki or Tatsuki-chan using Starrk-san�s katana," Karin said, defending herself.

�Yeah, but we can�t move that fast," Orihime complained.

Tatsuki just laughed as the two younger women bickered.

�I have to agree with Orihime-chan on this one," Tatsuki finally cut in.

�When are you going to return Starrk-san�s katana anyway?� Orihime asked, pointing to the weapon Tatsuki held.

The other woman shrugged and wiped the sweat from her brow with the back of her hand.

�I tried to the other day, but he said I could keep it since I seemed to like it so much. He also said he really didn�t need it," Tatsuki answered.

�No, he wouldn�t, would he?" Karin mused. Of all of the weapons at the First Espada�s disposal, the sword was probably the least important in his arsenal. �Anyhow, I should probably go pick up the girls before Szayel goes anymore insane then he already is," Karin finally said with a tired chuckle.

�I still can�t believe you left them with him," Orihime frowned. �What if he experiments on them or something? They could come back with extra arms or extra legs, maybe even a tail!�

�Ajuga-chan already has a tail," Karin pointed out dryly, �and besides, Szayel fears Aizen above all others and Aizen made it quite clear that if anything were to happen to Ajuga-chan, his fate would be worse than death.�

�Still," Orihime fretted, sounding worried.

�Anyway, shall we plan again for the same time next week?� Tatsuki interrupted, before Orihime�s imagination could get the better of her.

�Sounds good to me," Karin agreed.

�Alright! Next week it is, providing nothing comes up," Tatsuki agreed.

They cleaned up and left the Estate, parting ways as their destinations started to deviate. They delivered Orihime to the gate at Ulquiorra�s mansion and then Karin and Tatsuki walked the short distance to the street where Tatsuki�s path home diverged from the path to the 12^th Division Science Lab.

�Now then, I wonder how Szayel survived two hyperactive little girls." Karin thought to herself as she waved to Tatsuki before resuming her walk and smirked evilly, then thought a little more about it and picked up her pace. �Better yet, how much of the laboratory is left standing?� she mused aloud.

　

　

　

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