*Ichigo / Orihime / Ulquiorra*

It was official: the children were nowhere in Las Noches. They weren't in their rooms, the kitchen, or 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 said nothing. Ichimaru wished he would yell at them instead of giving them silence, but Aizen never yelled....

It had been half of an hour since Ichimaru and Tousen had gotten Tesla to bring Noitora back to Las Noches, and the Shinigami hadn't heard or seen anything of the remaining Espada. Ichimaru wasn't sure if that was a good thing or 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 or her previously assigned caretaker. This way, each child could receive individual attention to prevent them from getting into any more 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...