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Orihime: Inner Spirit Rise to Power Re-Write	By : Kisuke.LikeABoss Category: Bleach > Het - Male/Female Views: 4177 -:- Recommendations : 0 -:- Currently Reading : 0
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A/N: Hope you enjoyed the last chapters' citrus. I have already decided there is going to be another one closer towards the final chapter, so bear with me.

*This is a story of leaving behind the sheltered child everyone mistakes her for, so things get subtlety more graphic beyond this point.*

**Fair Warning Given**

Chapter 4: Reflections and Consequences

She lay there upon her bed, reiterating the intimacy between her and Ulquiorra. She became reddened again. 'Yep, that just happened!' she thought. Out loud but to herself she said, "With Ulquiorra!" For a moment she felt ashamed at her actions. How could she betray her heart like that? As she thought on it though, she concluded that she really hadn't betrayed anyone. All the years she spent pining for the boy, who would never see her as anything other than a friend. Ichigo's only concern for her was that of loyalty to his circle of friends. For a time she did think that if she were just stronger, he wouldn't worry, letting her assist him at his side and it would be enough. Even before hertraining, she might have been reluctant to cause harm, but she was not weak. If the people around her didn't notice this, then that was their own fault not hers. She was stronger than she used to be. Ichigo would never push her to the edge the way her bleached skinned … lover? …the way he had done.

She got up from the bed, and recovered her clothes which had accumulated on the ground. Thinking it was more manageable then the other clothes provided she decided that this outfit was suitable for the outing with Ulquiorra this morning. She'd change into her regular Arrancar Uniform. She couldn't wear that again without it being a constant reminder of the recent events. Orihime walked to her private bathroom and readied a bath for herself. As she looked in the mirror, she noticed something just above her collarbone. She leaned in to get a better view. When she saw what it was, she screeched placing her hands over her mouth and jumping slightly back. There on her otherwiseflawless skin was a love bite, as evidence of her indiscretion. Orihime put her red face into her hands and shook. She no longer felt disturbed, but still she was trembling from the memory of how it got there. Lifting her face she composed herself and stepped into the bath.

Ulquiorra entered Aizen's hall. There was a commotion; he could hear the other Arrancars murmuring about the intruders. Apparently Kurosaki Ichigo and his group did indeed penetrate Los Noches and were headed here now.

"Aaroniero," one Arrancar whispered. "Aaroniero, they killed Aaroniero," whispered another. In the far corner of the hall lay Coyote Starrk, with his child-like companion jumping on his stomach. "Wake up Starrk," she cheered. The hollow gasping for breath, gives an incomprehensible reply. "Starrk, Aaroniero is dead," she answered him soberly. Looking up at his Lilynette, he asked "What do you want me to do?" They stared at each other for a long while.

Without needing to be told, Ulquiorra knew what he needed to do. It was time to personally inform these feeble humans how out of their league they really were. He didn't concern himself with the news travelling though the palace about the recent defeat of the guards they had placed. He headed in the direction with the spiritual pressure of the inadequate mortal.

Ichigo was running through the current hall he found himself in with Nel. Rukia's reiatsu was diminishing. It was nearly non-existent; he had to find her quickly. Knowing he needed to hurry he pushed on, His gaze landed at the top of the stairs, there he could see and feel his next obstacle.

"You're … Ulquiorra!" he remarked.

"You know my name, I don't recall giving it to you," Ulquiorra replied. "At any rate Kuchiki Rukia is dead."

Orihime splashed out of the tub as she felt pain in her chest. She knew what caused it; she just couldn't believe it to be true. 'NO! NO! Chad, Rukia!' she couldn't feel them anymore. The pain was so bad she fell to the tiled floor. She made some attempts to reach up and grab the fluffy towel above her. Finally reaching it and gasping for air, she made quick work of drying herself and redressing in the Arrancar uniform she had already laid out. 'That's it!' she thought. "No matter what, I'm getting out of here, NOW!" she said voiced aloud.

Ichigo turned from Ulquiorra intent on saving Rukia. Ulquiorra informs him again that she is dead.

"I don't believe that," Ichigo said to him.

"You're being obstinate, are you sure you don't want to kill me before you go?" Ulquiorra mocked. When Ichigo informs him, that he has no reason to, Ulquiorra is disrupted by it. Ichigo explains that while he may be his enemy, Ulquiorra hasn't actually harmed any of his friends yet. 'The knock out must have caused a slight memory loss seeing as he doesn't recall seeing me outside Los Noches with the woman,' he thought to himself. After a short pause he says, "I see… what if I told you I was the one who forced Inoue Orihime here?" In a burst of anger with Zangetsu at the ready, Ichigo made a charge for Ulquiorra, connecting with his wrist. "So is that reason enough for you to fight me now?"

Ichigo no longer had any rational thought. The thought of Orihime, scared and alone with this monster, made him fly over the edge. He could take him out and this nightmare would be over for now. "Nel, get out of here," he called to the not forgotten Arrancar child. To Ulquiorra he said, "I don't have time for you, I'm coming at you with everything I've got …," raising his Zanpakutō at arm's length in front of him he spoke, "Ban-kai!" Dust and smoke surround him, when he emerges from it; he has donned his Hollow Mask. Ichigo then yells, "Getsuga Tenshō!"

Their fight ensues with Ichigo laying out Ulquiorra. As Ichigo gets ready to leave he picks Nel up, but from the debris emerges Ulquiorra. "Was that all you've got? Really? Hmm … How disappointing." He dusted his shoulder off and then Ulquiorra points his cero and fires on Ichigo. Breaking free from the blast, Ichigo tries to run for it to get Nel away, only to have Ulquiorra running beside him and kicking him backwards into a new tower across the desert. "You have impressive reflexes, but you can't escape any longer, give up." Ichigo was not one to give up; he raises his Zanpakutō yet again and declares that as long as he defeats him, the top ranking Espada, this will all be over. "I see," he replies as he grabs Ichigo's sword ripping open his vest to reveal his actual ranking of Espada Number 4. Ichigo panting loudly suddenly gasps, as realization dawns on him. If he defeats Ulquiorra, he'd still have three more Espada to contend with.

"Kurosaki Ichigo, you can't defeat me. No matter how many times you try and stand back up," was Ulquiorra's declaration. As he tells this to Ichigo, he lifts his arm and penetrates Ichigo's chest. Slumping forward Ichigo's body comes to rest flat on his stomach amidst the rubble. The light leaves his eyes, as his reiatsu depletes into the atmosphere.

Orihime left the bathroom and entered her chamber. She stopped abruptly, as she feels the reiatsu of one Kurosaki Ichigo pass through her and disappear. She looks about the near empty room when she hears a sound. "Ulqui-" she halts her words. 'Something else is wrong.' Then all of a sudden a crash from her door alerted her to the presence there. Out of nowhere she was ambushed by an Arrancar. Loly! Orihime recognized her from earlier as one of the two who tried to beat her up.

Orihime smirked and said, "Well, well, well, looks like we meet again."

Loly was furious and shouted, "You will pay for all the humiliation you caused me, you little Bitch!"

After hearing this Orihime's eyebrow twitched then she said, "Do you really think you can scare me with your words? If so, then you underestimate what I am capable of!"

Afterward Loly snapped and yelled, "Prepare to die little girl!"

Orihime held out her hand and shouted, "Ruko Kotan Hana's Combine!" then in an instant her sword appeared and she was ready for battle, Loly lunged at Orihime with psychotic rage in an attempt to strike her down. But Orihime staying focused flash-stepped out of the way then yelled, "Koten Zanshun!" Then with a swing of her sword she released her signature spiritual attack and sent it right at Loly. The Arrancar dodged and jumped aside pulling out her own weapon. However before she was able to strike back Orihime appeared behind her and swung her sword down striking, Loly in her left shoulder. By the time Loly regained her bearings she had a massive wound on her shoulder dripping blood. Orihime waited to see what Loly would do next.

After examining her wounded shoulder Loly yelled, "Don't think that because you scored a hit that you've won. I'll show you who has the better weapon!"

Orihime looking stoic and focused replied, "Give it all you got Arrancar!"

Loly charged at Orihime and swung her dagger upwards only to be blocked by Orihime's sword. After a few minutes of sword clanging Orihime landed behind Loly and slashed her in the right leg causing the Arrancar to stagger to the ground. Despite a few cuts and scrapes Orihime gained, she held up her sword and called, "Sōten Kisshun." Her healing orb appeared and in a matter of seconds her wounds were gone. The next few seconds were a blur of events, as crashing into her room, appeared the Sexta Espada.

After getting back up Loly was furious and said, "I will not lose to a human girl!" She held up her dagger and began to shout, "Poison Escol-," but her words were cut off there. Grimmjow gave her one right hook to the face with a cero combo and Loly no longer had a head.

Both parties watched as the remains of the female Arrancar dropped to the floor. The head a gory, bloody mass of matter sprayed along the walls. Even after viewing this, Orihime remained calm, thinking back to her time training. The truth is Inoue; it's not your potential that's an issue. It's your overly-emotional response to combat that's the problem. The former Captain informed her. In battle people are going to get hurt. Sometimes it's the enemy. Sometimes it's your friends. And sometimes it's you. You don't have time to worry over everyone. You must prioritize your objectives, and focus your energy to the survival of yourself, and your team. Keeping Yoruichi's words in her mind, she addressed the current situation.

"What do you want now?" Orihime inquired never putting away her sword.

"Ha ha ha! Looks like you've been keeping secrets girl." Grimmjow hollered. She had no idea he wasn't talking about the newly displayed abilities he currently observed. "But I'm not here for that, because as interesting as they might be, right now, I need your help with something."

Orihime was worried but maintained her focus, gripping her sword she asked, "What would that be?"

"You wanna get outta this dump don'cha?" he replied. "Don'cha, wanna help your little friends too?"

Orihime kept her guard up, but was wondering where he was going with this. "You know that, of course." She answered back.

"Well I know where you can find your boyfriend. I'll take you there." He said casually.

"Why would you do something like that?" she asked.

"Do ya wanna go, or not?" Grimmjow retorted angrily.

Orihime took a second to make her reply, "I'll go." Though she had little trust for anyone in this place, Grimmjow never really did bother her.

Grimmjow just sneered at the girl, "I have no intention of damaging, or spoiling you for that matter. So you can put that away. Let's move."

Orihime said, "Disperse!" and once again away went her sword in a flash of orange radiance. Then the two personalities raced out of the room, out the building and headed toward the desert below.

They arrived at the decimated tower and walked in. Grimmjow kicked over the body before him. Looking down at it, he noticed the hole in his upper chest. "Che-," he cursed. "I knew it." Moving to sit upon the ruble nearby he remarked to the girl, "Heal him."

Orihime found Ichigo's unmoving body. She gasped at the sight. "Sōten Kisshun!" Immediately she went to work on him. Paying little attention to the crying child in the room, she understood that Ichigo was trying to save and help her causing this to happen to him. She now ignored the loud, obnoxious, Arrancar as he chastised the small girl telling her to shut up and just watch. Orihime couldn't understand the difficulty it was taking to heal him.

"There is an incredible reiatsu engulfing his injury. I … I can't reject it," she murmured softly. "Who did this?" she asked not really talking to anyone so she wasn't expecting the answer.

"Ulquiorra," the response came from the Sexta Espada.

Her breath tethered to her chest, having trouble escaping. Her eyes wide like saucers. She almost stopped healing Ichigo, at the sound of his name. Grimmjow seemed to want to say more, so she remained quiet and renewed her efforts.

"It's a quirk of his, I dunno if he even notices it himself. He has this habit of stabbing enemies that catch his eye, in the same spot where his own hole is," Grimmjow continued. He stood up and walked closer to Ichigo's body, "I'll teach him what happens … when you try to steal someone else's prey," he finished furiously.

Ulquiorra arrived back at Orihime's room only to find she was missing and the room torn apart. His eyes opened wide at the sight. If he were a dramatic being, he might have reacted with more flair. As it was he didn't exactly know what the sensations were that coursed through him at the moment. His first reaction upon viewing the mess was to immediately search the area for the woman. She was obviously not here. He then sensed the reiatsu of the room, quickly finding hers, he search the other two. 'Loly, I see,' he thought. She was taken out … did his Onna do that? When he felt the other reiatsu, his eyes widened once again. Anyone that saw him would surely think that his look was that of worry, especially when he raced from the room, following the trail of the other occupant in there at the time.

Ichigo's fingers started to twitch. His vision was clearing and he saw something beautiful. Orihime was standing over him. He started to speak, but was interrupted by Grimmjow.

Grimmjow crossly yelled at Orihime to hurry up and make him 100% so they can settle their score, "Quit your bitching and hurry up, Ulquiorra's gonna come back here when he figures out what's going on. So before he does-" Grimmjow's tirade was cut short by the arrival of a new observer.

There in the opening stood Ulquiorra. The two Espada exchanged words with each other, "Why are you intentionally healing an enemy I have already defeated," he asked the lower ranking Arrancar. Silence passed for a moment, "No answer?" he asked this time. Ulquiorra brought his eyes to the healer just behind Grimmjow. He remained quiet for a time and bore his eyes into her. 'Of course she would come here, she would heal this man without a moments pondering," he thought to himself. As far as he was concerned, forgotten were those few moments they shared earlier.

Orihime felt Ulquiorra's stare like a weight bearing down on her. For a short time, she lowered her eyes to the ground and bent her head. She didn't know what he was thinking at that moment but for her to look at him, brought a flood of memories and emotions she didn't want to deal with right now.

"Have it your way… regardless, Aizen-sama entrusted that woman into my care. Hand her over," were the remarks from the Cuatro Espada.

"Blow me," Grimmjow countered. "What's going on?" he bit back. "You're pretty damn talkative today, Ulquiorra!" Grimmjow attacks first, with the forward thrust of his palm aimed at Ulquiorra's face. Easily blocking his attack with the back of his hand, the two Espada stare each other down.

Grimmjow spoke again, "Don't think I don't know, Ulquiorra," he began suggestively. A small hitch of someone's breath in the background could be heard. He ignored it and continued, "You're afraid to fight me! You're afraid I'll crush you!" he concluded. Then he fired his cero point blank at Ulquiorra's head.

Ulquiorra's eyes widened in surprise, as he soared back away from the deception and deflected it. Before the Sexta could finish his newest retort, Ulquiorra uses his Sonído to appear above his head and countered with his own cero. Grimmjow looked up shocked. But he was able to block the green blast in time. The shockwave blew the entire top of the tower away.

With Ulquiorra suspended in the air, he doesn't expect the arm from behind him. Through the smoke, Grimmjow grabs him with his left arm. With his right he inserts a small black cube into Ulquiorra's Hollow Hole. Suddenly a seal like box engulfs the Cuatro Espada. As he is being entangled, he looks at the woman below. Behind her orange shield he could see she has one hand over her mouth, her eyes large and confused. Something more is written in them but he no longer has the time to analyze it. His last comment before he disappears is, "Shit."
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