she sat there gazing at the boy as his expression didn't change at the shocking glanced at her out of the corner of his eye and smiled at her with a reassuring air.

"Don't worry,I'm going to stop Aizen." he declared flashing an unusually warm he talked about his growing strength she felt his courage seep into her as she could count on thats the reason the princess yearned for that boy.

That joins the earth and the sky.

Why is he being so nice all of a sudden? Why did he take me there? This makes no sense!

"Orihime,don't lag behind." He said softly,his eyes averting away from mine as if there was something in mine he feared.

"Ulquiorra,Why did you take me there?" i asked seeing him flinch at the was no wind but i felt as if a force was trying to shrink the distance between us.

"I don't know." He mumbled hanging his head even tatty hair hung loosely over his face covering the eyes i wanted to is acting strange.I couldn't get my head round this as i studied his body language for was none as he walked as briskly as we neared my room,i swung around obediently to enter but was distracted by the breathless arrancar girl running towards eyes were wide and her running was long pigtails were starting to unravel so i guessed she must have been running around for a skidded to a stop in front of Ulquiorra and her cheeks flushed red.

"Ulquiorra-sama,I've been sent to tell you that the Privaon Espada have been defeated!" She blurted out breathlessly,clearly shocked by this eyes widened slightly but other than that his expression was calm.

" The intruders numbers are small so it won't be long." He quickly reassured her as he waved stood there surprised by his reaction. In that moment,her eyes flashed threateningly at me and her face fixed itself in a scowl as she looked me up and spat on the floor before running back the way she came.

If the privaon espada have been defeated then Ichigo must be alright.I sighed in relief placing my hand over my heart as the pain slowly faded.

"You're thinking about him." Ulquiorra aimed at me, finally starting to make eye contact.I raised my head to look straight into those green looked so confused..

"Orihime,does he love you back?" He asked his voice flat with no words caused my heart to clench again as i re-called those memories.I've never been able to get close enough to Ichigo even when i tried to make a was there for him from the beginning,how can i compete?

"Why do humans love if it hurts them?Love just causes more problems." He muttered as i sensed him closer to don't let him come any closer.

"Sometimes you can't help try to deny your feelings but it always makes its way back to the surface again." I whispered into the wall.

"Feelings? can feelings do for you?When i observe humans feelings seem to get in the way." He said his voice pulsing with so much confusion.

"You could say that but feelings can also make us to protect.." I smiled remembering Ichigo's strong will to protect his friends and was no reply from Ulquiorra this time but i was surprised by how close he was to hand dug deep into my shoulder and he swung me around to look upon my pale and bony fingers stroked the streaming tears as his eyes darkened.

"You want to protect this?" he glanced towards the tear as he spoke watching it drip off his was he asking all these questions? It hurts..

"Its so that we won't regret." I settled with that answer instead. "Even though he loves another i still want to be there for him." He released his grip from my shoulder his face reading clueless.I pushed the door open and stepped forward but he grabbed my skin is so cold that it is sending shivers down my spine.I turned to look at him his expressions telling me nothing but his actions told me something i met his intense gaze i realised that he was struggling to breathe.I eyed his hollow hole and was shocked to see skin peeling off the edges as if his hole was closing up!His hand slid away from mine as he went to feel his forehead as he eyes began to brushed his fingers across the flaking staggered backwards desperately trying to keep his composure.

"Ulquiorra.." I uttered his name trying to work out what was wrong.

"Is this your power,Orihime?" He choked out as blood started to run down his chin.

"What power? What are you talking about?" I exclaimed at the sight of so much blood.

"What are you trying to do to me.."His words trailed off as he fell to the floor with a thud,his blood already merging with the white floor.

"Ulquiorra!!"

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