Hey, guys! This is my first ever story! Hope you enjoy it!

Disclaimer: I do not own Bleach, or its characters.

Chapter 1: I want to learn

Orihime was in her apartment attempting to make one of her 'curious' meals.

"It seems that I've run out of ingredients. Guess its time to go shopping!"

Orihime grabbed her purse and sweater. It was autumn and winter was getting closer.

She was dressed in a yellow and white striped T-shirt with white Capri shorts.

She left her lonely apartment. It had been like that ever since her brother, Sora, died. Their parents had been murdered when Orihime was only a baby. It had been sad for Orihime growing up without knowing who her parents were. Luckily, she had Sora. He would comfort her whenever she was sad and tell her what their parents were like. He was a teen when they died. So, Sora acted as a parent for his precious sister, Orihime.

So it cut Orihime like a knife when she came home from school one day to find her brother dead in the living room.

Ever since, she had been living in the apartment in Karakura Town all alone. Occasionally, her friend Tatsuki came to visit her. With her, every time she visited, she brought normal food so Orihime wouldn't have to resort to making one of her strange meals for her.

Orihime didn't understand why Tatsuki always brought food. She thought that her meals tasted delicious, and therefore was oblivious to the fact that everyone else thought otherwise.

As Orihime left her apartment, Tatsuki approached her.

"Hey, Orihime, where you going?"

"To get some more food, so I can make dinner."

Tatsuki was suddenly nauseous at the thought of one of Orihime's peculiar meals. "How about we go out for pizza, instead?"

"Why? I was thinking about making some of my delicious oatmeal and cucumber soup!"

Tatsuki had once tried Orihime's oatmeal and cucumber soup. She ended up with food poisoning. But, of course Tatsuki told her friend that it was just the flu, not wanting to hurt her feelings.

"Because it would be faster to just go get pizza, instead of going to the store, waiting forever at the checkout, and taking about a half hour to make something," Tatsuki said, hoping Orihime would buy it.

Of course, being the easily persuaded Orihime, she did.

So they headed to the pizzeria and ate a plain cheese pizza.

On the way back to Orihime's house, they ran into some mean people who tried to hit Orihime. But, before they could, Tatsuki beat them up before they could.

Feeling helpless in the matter, because there was nothing she could do, Orihime asked Tatsuki to teach her how to fight.

"Tatsuki, I want to learn how to fight. I need to know how to defend myself."

Tatsuki understood what her friend meant, so she said, "Sure."

Okay, everyone! This was my first chapter of, Forced To Be Here. I'll probably update one or twice every week. Don't worry; I'll stay with this story until the very end. In case you're wondering, I won't include Ulquiorra in the story until a few chapters later. Please review!