Emerald Sun

-11-



Ulquiorra walked slowly over to her and gave her some new clothes. She thanked him and rose to her feet to dress. He looked away as she dressed and when she finished he asked again. "Does it bother you, you are going to die alone here? With out anyone to hold onto?"



She closed her eyes and turned to him zipping up the final zipper on the uniform. " I am not alone." She answered opening her eyes and looking into his. Ulquiorra was waiting for an answer but all she did was stare at him.



He waited and she finally spoke " What is the heart?" He paused walking close to her "You speak as if it were something one can hold in the palm of ones hand.what is a heart. could I see it if I tore open you chest?If I cracked open you skull?" He spoke swiping his fingers over her chest and bringing it up to her head. She breathed heavy and he spoke once more " Are you afraid?"



"No." as the words came from her mouth a loud crash was heard. She stopped and turned to the crash and a voice was heard.



"Get away from Orihime."



"Kurosaki-kun." She spoke looking up at the voice.



The two stared at one another for a moment and then she looked at Ulquiorra \' I don\'t know what I want. I don\'t want Kurosaki-kun to be killed\' She watched as the two talked and he pulled his sword from its sheath.Ulquiorra spoke with Ichigo in an intimidating manner \' Please, just stop. Stop. Please...\'



"Or perhaps its her" His eyes shifted to Orihime. Orihime watched as Ichigo\'s eyes widened " That woman is one of us now.​That will never change, even if you rescue her." He concluded.



Ichigo\'s eyes were opened in shock as he thought of what he was saying. He remembered what Grimmjow spoke of \' are you happy she is unharmed? But" Grimmjow laughed "Maybe we messed her up inside.\' Ichigo looked away and thought about it. She did wear there uniform with no problem...no he was wrong.



"Saving her is meaningless." Ulquiorra ended looking his way again.



"That is not for you to decide." Ichigo growled.



"Your right. That is for Lord Aizen to decide." Ulquiorra added.



The two raised there blades and fought hard and fast. Orihime closed her eyes and looked down \'I am one of them now...​I belong to Aizen...I...I ....Ichigo...I don\'t know whose side I am on anymore. I have helped them, I have helped them more then I have ever been able to help you.\' she looked up to see the two speaking and fighting at the same time. Ulquiorra used a high speed sword attack and Ichigo dodged most of them and finally took his sword in hand holding it still. Ichigo through him back and through his sword down at Ulquiorra slicing one of the pillars.Ichigo bragged a bit to Ulquiorra and Ulquiorra responded as expected. With a stronger and faster attack surprising Ichigo. Ichigo dodged the first attack and jumped away.



\'Ichigo! No Ulquiorra please don\'t!" She made an orange shield over Ichigo as Ulquiorra appeared behind him doing the final attack. Ulquiorra\'s sword landed on the shield and it shattered into many pieces. His eyes widened and he looked back at her. The moment was brief but his eyes showed pain as he peered into her own eyes. She looked confident in her actions as she held her stance of holding the shield.



"What are you doing?" Ulquiorra asked coldly.



Her eyes widened and he continued " I asked why you helped him? Why?Well because he is your friend?​ Then if that were the case why didn\'t you try to stop the first attack?" He peered into her eyes for the first time showing he was upset with her.But only she would be able to tell that " Why did you wait?​"



"I-I didn\'t!" She yelled quickly.



"You are not sure? Then let me explain-



"Would you shut up!? You keep going on and on about this crap. Am I supposed to care?!Thanks for helping, Inoue." Ichigo nodded."But this is going to be dangerous,so stay back." He assured. Orihime nodded and ran farther away. Ulquiorra watched as Ichigo readied himself. " You sure do talk a lot? I always thought of you being the silent type."



Ulquiorra watched as his lips moved and all he could think was \' she is now unprotected.She is leaving me to be unprotected, he thinks she is still safe under Aizen\'s order...but she isn\'t.\' he thought to himself.



The two fought as Orihime ran away. She turned her back against the darkness and watched as the two fight. She winced as they fought so hard and was surprised to be pulled into the dark. She wasn\'t safe anymore in Heuco Mundo " Gotcha." A sadistic voice spoke.



She dragged her over to the light and held her jaw tighlty shut and pulled her face to see her own. " Remember me? " Orihime trembled but could not answer " Probably not?Why would a freak like you take note of a normal girl like me?But your time sitting on top is over and now."



Ichigo turned his back and faced the two holding Orihime down and shouted " Inoue!" He ran to her and the girl spoke once more.



"Come near her and I will rip her eye out!"



Ichigo charged at the two and was interuppted by a block from Ulquiorra. Ichigo growled " Ulquiorra!"



The two were shocked "Ulqiuorra!?"



Ulquiorra turned " Don\'t mistake me. I did not do it for you two." He concluded looking back.



"Move!"Ichigo growled.



"Make me."Ulquiorra spoke a matter of fact.



Loly grabbed the girl and held her arm out and pushed in her shoulder with her other hand. Orihime yelled out in pain and Loly spoke " Menoly rip this girl to shreds!"



"N-no I don\'t want to." He turned away.



"What the hell its to late to turn back now!" Loly spoke.



"She has the power to heal any injury...there\'s just no point." He spoke low.



"OH! You don\'t want to save her because she saved your life." Loly spoke lifting him up by the collar." Fine I will do it myself!" She turned back to Orihime and walked over to her and pulled her up by the hair. "Lord Aizen said so himself, you serve no purpose.Remember? That means I can do what ever I want to you and Aizen won\'t even care.Your finished." She got closer to Orihime\'s face "I am going to take back every last thing you stole from me!" She spat ripping the shoulders off of Orihime\'s clothing.



Ichigo was furious and used his getsuga tenshou as a distraction, he thought he was being clever...but he wasn\'t. Ulqiuorra used a cero under his blocking arm at Ichigo sending him flying.Ulquiorra was a focused fighter he didn\'t let anything interrupt him. Loly ripped the other shoulder of the uniform off of her and pushed her down. Orihime knew this feeling.Humiliation was nothing new to her,but it still shook her. Loly approached her when a trembling power was felt through the tower.



A loud crash came from under them.It was Yammy who appeared, he began to talk in his thundering voice " Ulquiorra. It seems like you are having all the fun. Let me have a swing at this one."



"I did not ask for your help. Leave now and go kill the other lower ranked captains." Ulquiorra spoke bluntly to the other ally.



"Eh, come on."



Menoly spoke" We will leave now, sorry to be in your way."



"Are you kidding?!" Loly asked being interrupted by Yammy slapping the other child out of the way and into a tower. Yammy spoke of violating the girl and threw her down. Orihime ran over to her and began to heal her again. " W-what are you doing?! Are you insane?" She asked confused.



Orihime kept at it and when Loly was fully healed she stood up and turned to Yammy, to see him attacking. She used her power to shield the two of the them. Yammy was confused at her action just as much as Loly was. But the next swing was dodged by Loly, by Orihime\'s surprise the Espada killed her. Yammy disposed of her out the window and began to approach her " Ulquiorra can I kill this one too?" His bold voice asked.



Ichigo shouted " No!" and began to charge at the giant but Ulquiorra blocked his movements again.



Orihime backed away " W-why would you kill her she was...she was your ally?!" She asked shocked stepping back away from him.



He just glared down at he and followed her steps. When he fell forward in pain suddenly. Orihime gasped with surprise at the arrow that was there when Yammy fell to his knees. Orihime looked up to see Ishida, her mind was a blur when the two of her friends began to talk. She wasn\'t thinking straight...all she could think of was how one could kill an ally on the same team. She was troubled and noticed when Yammy got up to follow Ishida down the hole to fight. She looked away and then back up at Ichigo and Ulquiorra.



"You are not bringing out your full strength...your mask?" Ulquiorra said looking over at Orihime " Is it because of her?"



Ichigo walked in front of his line of vision " No."



It wasn\'t long until Ishida came back for Orihime. Orihime watched as Ichigo put the mask on himself, he was frightening in that state. But he took the battle outside and Ulquiorra led him to the roof.Orihime shuddered at the reitsu, it was crippling but she kept to her feet. It felt cold and dark \' Ulquiorra...\'she thought to herself. \'He is fighting for his home just as much as we are fighting for our own.Why am I thinking this...why am I sympathizing with him.\' she wondered to herself hearing the battle continue above. Ishida looked up to the sky from the hole Yammy had made.



"Orihime...there is a hole in the sky?"



She walked to look where Ishida was speaking. She gazed up at the hole \' Why do we have to fight...why can\'t he just help us.For me, he touched me with caring fingers...he doesn\'t understand feelings. He doesn\'t understand free will, he-" Her thoughts were interrupted.



"Orihime.He will win this battle."



She paused a bit and nodded her head and put on a fake smile. \'I-I am ashamed...I wasn\'t even thinking of him...\' Is all she thought when her eyes parted from Ishida.She felt a tremble through out Los Noches and winced at the power around her in the air. It was a pressure beyond any other. She turned " Ishida please can you take me on the roof?" she almost pleaded looking into his eyes she could see the doubt in his own. " Please." She begged.



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Author note: This was a good chapter in my opinion to see how it happened in my eyes with a hint of the real story in there. It was almost like she was seriously confused at the notions going on. Hope you liked. The next chapter will be coming out shortly later on today, probably around 10pm. Its hard to watch the anime,read the manga make sure its all correct and in line to fit the story as well...soo...I am glad you all have hope in my writing. I hope I am not disappointing any of you. Review please.