Hey there folks, I'm back and I'm super sorry, but I've been dealing with school (University is demanding mainly neurobiology and statistics are demanding as hell) as well as personal issues which has concerned now "x" friends. But the latter is now done with, now if only the formers can be a tiny bit easier so I hope you enjoy this chapter. Also I will be updating as much as possible and once again I am sorry, but school is important to me. So please enjoy this chapter. See you at the bottom where you have that review button.

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Both Ichigo and Ulquiorra were sitting down and eating ramen, not really talking to each other but enjoying each other's presence while Grimmjow was sitting down a table away from them and enjoying his own bowl of ramen.

"So tell me Ulquiorra, how long has Grimmjow been your body guard?" Ichigo asked Ulquiorra who had a mouth full of food, took a moment to sallow the warm meat broth.

"Grimmjow has been with me since I was about six, at the time Grimmjow was ten." Ulquiorra said with a far away look in his eyes.

"I guess that's why he seems to be so…" Ichigo bit his bottom lip, not quite sure how to phrase it.

"Brash, loud, annoying, overly concerned about me?" Ichigo nodded his head. "In short Grimmjow despite being my body guard acts more like an older brother."

"I bet if we were to leave right now he would freak out."

"Yes he would, but then again he would find me, he has a knack for it. Ever since we first met he has been like this. "

Flash Back

A young Ulquiorra who was currently hiding in a closet, was still getting over the loss of his precious nanny and was currently trying to avoid a new body guard who went by the name of Grimmjow, who his father had just hired and this body guard wasn't that much older than him. However he was rather annoying following him everywhere and giving him stupid advice.

"Found ya Prince Ulquiorra." A young Grimmjow said with a satisfied grin on his face.

"I said leave me alone." Ulquiorra snapped.

"I can't do that, I'm here ta protect ya and protect ya I will." Grimmjow said with a smug smile.

"Well I don't want you to." Ulquiorra snapped and the wind picked up. Grimmjow still stood strong trying not to fall due to the harsh wind at his back,

"Well that's to dang bad, I'm here to protect ya so get used to it. I ain't leaving." Young Grimmjow stomped his little foot on the ground trying to prove himself to the prince. Ulquiorra was ticked off and grabbed an umbrella that was hanging next to him and swung it like a sword at Grimmjow, who easily batted it away knocking it out of his hand and quickly catching it in his own hand and holding it to the prince throat. Grimmjow then brought it up and poked Ulquiorra on the nose. "Can't ya handle a sword?" Grimmjow asked dropping the umbrella and sat crossed legged.

"No. My father teaches me when he can and so do the instructors"

"Well they ain't doing good if you can't even swing an umbrella, so how about I teach ya, since I'm gonna be around ya." Ulquiorra thought about what Grimmjow was telling him and nodded. "Great we'll start now." Grimmjow pulled Ulquiorra up and out of the closet and began to lead Ulquiorra off to begin training the young prince.

End of flash back

Ichigo looked at Ulquiorra was a soft smile on his lips.

"You would never guess by looking at him that he's so…" Ichigo was looking for the words to describe the big blue haired guard.

"Big brother annoying-ish?" Ulquiorra piped in scooping up some broth into a spoon and eating it.

"Still that must be nice, I only have younger siblings. I'm always looking out for them. " Ulquiorra nodded his head in understanding. "So what do you say?" Ichigo asked out of the blue.

"About what?" Ulquiorra was holding his noodles in his chopsticks. When Ichigo asked him the question.

"About taking off just the two of us?" Ichigo stated simply and Ulquiorra looked over at Ichigo clearly thinking about their earlier conversation about ditching the blue haired bodyguard.

"What about that?"

"Shall we?" Ichigo asked standing up and holding his hand out for the prince to take.

"You mean you seriously want us to just leave and leave my body guard behind?"

"Yeah. Cone on." Ichigo went over to grab Ulquiorra's hand and dragged the prince along the road at a small run constantly checking over his shoulder and the prince's to make sure that Grimmjow wasn't following them.

The two are at least a couple of miles now from the ramen shop Ulquiorra was in amazement that his loyal blue haired body guard had not come after them, usually he was always there, watching him but hiding.

"So Ulquiorra do you have any idea where to go?" Ichigo asked leaning next to the prince's body.

"Well I believe that if we continue down this road we shall reach the Menos forest." A pale finger reached out pointing in the general direction of the forest.

"Menos forest?" Ichigo asks tilting his head to the side.

"Yes, its usually told as a bed time story to children and that there are monsters in the forest that will gobble up all the bad little boys and girls." Ulquiorra tells him a shorted version of the story his father use to tell to him when he was a young boy.

"That sounds cool. I've never been in a haunted forest before." Ichigo told Ulquiorra and began walking in the direction that Ulquiorra told him with the prince following not to far behind. This was the first time in years that Ulquiorra was truly away from his bodyguard but had the feeling that he was safe. The two continued down the road making small talk about nothing in particular and it didn't take the two long to reach the Menos forest entrance. The forest did have an eerie feel to it, the trees were high, and covering the view of the sky and the foliage was so thick that it gave the illusion of night.

"Wow, I can see why parents don't want their children playing here, you could get lost and never be found." Ichigo said looking at the forest.

"It is also said that sometimes lovers run off to this forest in order to consummate their love."

"Is that why you asked me to come here?" Ichigo gave a small laugh as well as a small nudge to Ulquiorra stomach.

"And if I said yes?" Ulquiorra stated quickly and then was silently blaming Grimmjow's motto of say what I feel like personality was rubbing off on him.

"I would like to know why, I mean I'm not something special I'm just a farm boy."

"Ichigo you are special, for the first time in my life I have smiled and felt joy." Ulquiorra walked to stand in front of Ichigo and stroked the side of Ichigo's face gently, and leaning in close to Ichigo's body.

"Ul-Ulquiorra." Ichigo stuttered out noticing how close the prince was to him, there noses were so close that Ichigo could feel the prince breathing on him. Ichigo tried to get another word in but was cut short when Ulquiorra leaned forward hands placed on the sides of Ichigo's face, and kissed him emerald green eyes closed. Ulquiorra felt his heart soar at the feeling of Ichigo's lips on his own, as well as the fact that Ichigo wasn't pushing him away instead Ichigo's hands came to rest on the princes shoulders. What broke the two out of there kiss was the sound of clapping hands, and this caused both the prince and Ichigo to jump part from each other as if being caught doing something they shouldn't have and there eyes widened at the sight of who was there clapping their hands.

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All right folks there it is the next chapter, I am happy with how this turned out. So please review no flames and please do not mention how long it takes for me to update I know it takes long but please reread my opening comments. So now I'm gonna decide what to update next and if you fans have any idea let me know. So once again I hope you enjoyed this chapter. Oh please feel free to guess who might be clapping it might be obvious or it might not...what am I planning you'll just have to wait and see (not so long this time I promise.)