Bleach- UlquiHime- Abyss or No Abyss

Abyss Or No Abyss

Pyro: I know the name is a bit odd but hey I read hamlet and started to write this right after I read to be or not to be

"Ok. Class, I want you all to come up here and read the poems that you wrote for your assignment. First up is Inoue Orihime."

Orihime walks up to the front of the room with her hair hanging in her face making her look a lot older. When she goes up front of the room she sighs and tries to calm herself down. She's about to go up front of the room and practically tell her friends that she still misses her captor.

"Do you ever feel like you're falling in the dark?

I feel like that right now.

I feel like I'm falling into a deep abyss.

For some reason after he had died I started to feel like this.

Even though he was cruel and never understood what I feel I for him.

He was my prison guard yet unlike the others he was somehow kind.

He protected me more than anyone.

It was odd if I think about it sometimes

He made sure I ate and I was healthy

He was curious like a good for nothing cat

But his mood reminded me more of a bat.

He made me think about things

And for him I did the same.

He disappeared into his own abyss in a puff of ash

As I'm left alone looking at my hand."

Orihime stops reading her poem to the class and walks back to her seat her friends are sitting in theirs with their mouths gaping open.

She simply rolls her eyes and ignores them it's not like it matters what they have to say since he's already dead and left her in her abyss.

"Yes, school is over," Orihime shouts to herself as she runs to her house to get away from her friends.

When she reaches her house she leans against the door where she starts to cry.

"I'm just going to bed as soon as possible," she slips back up and changes going straight to bed.

Orihime is wearing a flowing white dress that fit her better than the one she wore when she was in Los Noches. She started to walk around a beautiful place filled with flowers. She looked around and saw something that looked almost like an abyss like her poem.

"Woman," she heard his voice, but she didn't know where it was coming from.

She looked at the one place he could be, "Ulquiorra, are you in there?"

"No," I look around but I feel someone shaking me awake before I can look more closely.

Orihime's eyes snap open to see a person that must be her new neighbor, "Hi, umm… You were screaming and everything and wouldn't open your door so I got a bit worried."

The tired redhead looks up to see a boy with black hair and green eyes much like Ulquiorra's, "Uhhh…. Yeah.. Sorry I guess I was sleep talking…"

He smiles sweetly, "Hey, how about we go into the kitchen so I can make you some hot chocolate and you tell me about the dream?"

Orihime thinks it over and sighs, "Ok, I guess I will." So they sit there and Orihime starts talking, "I had this friend he died right in front of me a few months ago and my other friends didn't understand him they thought he'd try to hurt me. When he died I didn't have anyone to talk to and all they did was say something negative about him whenever he's brought up in a conversation. I don't have anyone to lean on my friends think I should be glad that he's out of my life, but for some reason I feel a lot more lonely than I did before."

"You probably loved him either as a lover or a brother either way losing people that you love is a hard thing to deal with."

Orihime starts wiping her eyes as she walks around the table and hugs her new neighbor that had moved into the apartment next to hers just the day before. Even though she felt better she was still crying.

"Would you feel better if I told you a story called the abyss?"

The upset girl nods her head into his chest. He sits down with her in his hands and starts telling her a story,

"It all started a long time ago when humans first started to appear on the earth there was a human girl named Ume and a demigod named had first met everyone believed that Osami was a horrible monster but in truth he just was to hot headed. He was afraid to have people close to him even his family. He didn't matter to anyone and that's how he liked it. He was a secret son of Amaterasu born from a sun ray that had fallen to the earth. He had golden hair and blue eyes to match where he had fallen from. Ume was surprised the least when she met him and stayed around him for a while that he wasn't a monster with no heart like they believed. He had the power to protect and heal but no one would let him close to him.

As years went by Ume was shunned by everyone from being close to Osami but she didn't care, but one day a group of people that worked for her father showed up and wanted to take Ume away from Osami but she couldn't let them take him away so she protected him. She was mortally wounded and she just smiled at Osami as she died but he couldn't have that so he healed her with his powers as he had shielded them from the onslaught from the villagers. He wasted a lot of energy so when one of the villagers went to kill him they succeeded and Osami turned to ash leaving Ume alone.

Before the ash was swept away she could have sworn someone had wiped away her tears and whispered something, 'I love you,' then the ash was gone.

Ume knew everything about Osami from spending time with him so she went to Amaterasu's temple every day and prayed. Ume wouldn't eat or sleep most people were amazed she could make the trip She did it for she can pray to see Osami again.

One spring day as the plum blossoms bloomed around the temple with the cherry blossoms a beautiful woman that looked like she could be a noble went over to Ume as she cried over the person she loved more than anything and she didn't' even get to tell him. The woman smiled at her sweetly and asked her what was wrong and convinced Ume to tell her what was on her mind.

The noble looking woman only laughed a little and legend says that she said something like, 'Poor dear don't worry you'll see your love soon and he knows how you feel already and he loves you.'

As she walked away Ume called out to the older woman and asked her how she would know and who was she. She told her name and who she was. The noble looking woman was Amaterasu Osami's mother.

Before she can bow or anything she was asked how she felt without Osami and the girl said to the goddess, 'I feel as if I'm standing in front of an abyss that slowly taking everything away from me before it claims me as its next victim.'

The goddess nodded and handed the girl a golden comb with a orchid on it saying it was a simple present that was hers when she was much younger and she wanted the girl that her son loved to have it.

It seemed to be years later when it was only a few months when a boy with golden hair and blue eyes was being beaten by the villagers for no reason. Ume saved him and looked surprised when she saw his face he looked like her lost love, Osami. The boy was wearing noble clothing which people in her village hate more than they hated her demi-god love.

He touched her face and smiled as he said, "I found you again Ume.'

She looked surprised, 'Osami?'

As she cried when he nodded and hugged her to his chest. The goddess loves all her children and she knew she had years to make up to help her special son."

The boy ended his story and Orihime looked as if she was going to start crying again so he brought her into a hug.

"That's so sad yet so happy they found each other again, but I don't know what that has to deal with how I feel?"

"Orihime it just doesn't have to deal with finding your loved one again, but you can find love again that is why I told you the story. Orihime, everyone deserves another chance at love and if that fails then another you should never give up on love. Now there's a festival tomorrow and you look like you need to get out of you emo bubble.'

The said red head smacks his shoulder and laughs, "Fine."

The black haired boy nods his head, "Good, now lets go to our respecting rooms and get some sleep."

The boys goes to leave when he hears Orihime calls out to him, "What's your name?"

"Yukio Yasuhiro."

"Well its nice to meet you Yasuhiro-san."

The said boy shakes his head, "No, you can just call me Yukio."

Orihime blushes but she still smiles, "Oh, I forgot what's the festival celebrating?"

"It's a festival in Amaterasu's honor."

Orihime nods and smiles a real smile at what seems to be a new friend, "Thank you, Yukio."

He nodded and kisses Orihime's forehead like only once Ulquiorra did when he thought she was asleep, "Of course. Orihime-san, I hope we can be friends. Have a good night's rest. If you need me I think you can just hit your wal and yelll."

Orihime laughs at him and gives him a quick hug then slowly shuts the door as he walks out, "Goodnight, Yukio."

When the door was completely shut Orihime hit her head against the door and sigh, 'He reminds me of him, but he's so perfectly controlled emotions when he shows them. They're not fake either. I think I'm already crushing on Yukio.'

When the morning sun reached Orihime's window it shined through reflecting off her fiery hair waking her up. She smiles when she heard the birds. She started to hum and sway as she turns on a little bit of classical music quietly making sure she wouldn't wake up her neighbor if he's not already up.

When someone started to knock on her door she ran to it to see her friends standing there like fools, "Orihime."

She shut the door on them, "Sorry, I'm not dressed to see anyone."

She ran into her room grabbing a pair of pants throwing them on and grabbed a random bra and shirt to put on. When she was done she quickly combed her hair. She walks to her door to see her friends glaring at her new neighbor and friend.

"Yukio," Orihime yelled and hugged him, "Yukio, why are you over here so early I thought you would be here later?"

"I was going to, but your friends here were being loud. So I came out to tell them to quiet down and ever since I walked out my door they've been glaring at me."

She looked at her friends and glared something she never did to them, "How dare you guys Yukio is the sweetest person ever," and like a mother would to her young, "Now all of you get in here if you came to visit."

Yukio looked at them and said, "They don't seem happy to see me."

"Maybe because you look a little like my dead crush, Ulquiorra. He had black hair and green eyes and whenever they see someone with those features they get all protective."

"Is that why you're friends with me?"

Orihime gasped, "No, that's not the reason why I became friends with you, Yukio. I became friends with you because you are caring and fun to be around. I thought if hanging out with someone just that once and I feel safe around them and happy than I want them to be my friend."

A hollow screeched from behind Yukio when he looked back he gasped, "Oh no not again."

Orihime sighed and yelled, "Shouten Kissun I reject."

A small black haired fairy shot out of her hair pin and hit the hollow square on.

"Yukio! Yukio, where are you?"

"Why does this keep happening to me? I've got to be crazy but wait did you just…"

Orihime looked at him and sighed, "You could see that thing?"

Yukio nodded, "Yeah, what was it?"

Orihime sighs and pulls him into her house and tell him to sit. She make some hot chocolate even though its hot outside and hands it to him.

He accepts it and looks behind her, "Can they see.. Hollows?"

I look at my friends and nod, "Yeah, they see hollows. So tell me how long have you seen them?"

"I've seen them since I was a kid in Europe, but it got worse a few months ago. I had this weird dream and when I woke up I felt more whole than I did before. I was more in control of my emotions…"

Yukio kept talking about how long he's seen hollows and how he's been able to survive.

When he was done Orihime explained what she knew about hollows and even the types of hollows and their level of power. She skipped the arrancars because she'd have to explain about her love. Orihime stopped talking and gauged his reaction.

Rukia walked over and sighed when she got off her phone, "Rangiku and Toshiro are coming here to check out a new amount of spiritual pressure."

The red head sighed, "No need Rukia, meet Yukio Yasuhiro he can see hollows and from what I'm sensing from him he has strong spiritual pressure and even more potential," she look at Yukio and he moved and sat in front of the TV, "I think he was part of Ulquiorra's other half."

Rukia looked confused, "What do you mean other half Orihime?"

"I mean I've read in Kisuke's notes one time that sometimes when a person dies a piece of them can stay behind if the person pushes it far away from them. That's what I think Ulquiorra was. A piece of a missing person that was no longer around…"

Orihime goes on and on about it and soon Rukia starts to understand, "So what you're saying is that he's Ulquiorra and another piece of his soul. You put them together and you get a weird mixture of someone a bit cowardly and scared with someone who's like well Ulquiorra."

Orihime nods and tell her something, "Yeah, but I don't want him to be shunned because of a person that he never was."

She looks at her friend and sighs, "Fine by me and I know you can talk at least everyone but Ichigo into letting him in."

The curvy teen started to tell her friends the situation and like Rukia said everyone accepted it and Ichigo was a pain but after yelling from Orihime and Rukia Ichigo let it go.

When they were done Yukio was on the ground gasping for air. Orihime sensed something like a chain around Yukio's neck and ran over to see a chain running through her floor and wrapped around Yukio's neck.

Orihime tried to unwrap it and when she heard a familiar voice everyone froze, "Why hello there princess," She looked to see Grimmjow standing there with a smile, "And look its Emo King."

Orihime freezes and the others either summon up their power or jump out of their body

Rukia runs over and is able to cut the chain around Yukio's neck.

"Yukio! Yukio, are you alright?"

Yukio spots a knife sitting on the table next to a plate and threw it at the blue haired espada surprising everyone when it went through his head and killed him on the spot.

"How did you do that? The only person I know that would be able to catch Grimmjow off guard like that would be Ulquiorra."

He grabs his head and starts to scream in pain. It surprised everyone and made Orihime jump almost a foot into the air.

Ichigo laughed, "Never thought I'd see that look on his face," he whispered but everyone close to him heard and hit him in the back of the head.

Orihime did the one thing that she knew how to do, "Yukio! Shouten Kissin."

The shield went around Yukio and he stopped thrashing and screaming but Orihime could still feel his pain.

She sighed and when the pain went away a little bit later she release her Shun Shun Shika.

She fall back and out of all the people in the room it was the one that had just woke up from his pain infested memories.

She looked up at him and smiled catching the boy off guard.

She touched his face and checked his eyes for any inch of pain that could be hiding in them, but for once there wasn't.

"Yukio, what happened?"

He looked away ashamed of something?

When he finally answered he caught everyone off guard, "How can you look at me like that? I'm him and he's me. I'm a monster."

Orihime laughed and pulled him into a hug, "You remember being him?"

"I remember everything about myself when I was alive before."

The young woman holding him smiled at him, "So you remember what you did and who you were?"

He nods and let her hug him stroking his hair. He felt safe in her arms like this.

Everyone was shocked, "Hey, guys I'll just meet you at the festival it seems Yukio needs to calm down."

Ichigo practically tells at his friend "You freaking insane if you think we're going to leave you with him."

She sighs and smiles at her friend creeping them out for some reason, "I'm stronger than him Ichigo but if you don't believe me let me show you a new trick I learned while I was there as a prisoner."

Somehow that had everyone leave making her feel a bit freer.

Orihime turns around when she hears him say, "They still think you're some little girl that needs to be protected. In truth I've never seen such a strong woman."

She blushed but asked, "How did you remember?"

"I practically died and when I was almost dead I heard a voice that sounded like mine, but there was sadness and anger laced in it. It said that the same thing can't happen again. I didn't understand but I thought what the heck whatever you say. When the chain was cut from my throat I was already going to die. When I accepted that I saw someone that looked like me except he had a hole in his chest, a bone fragment on his head, paler than white skin, and cold eyes that pierced through me.

I asked him who he was he scowled at me and went, 'You are me and I'm you. If you want the power to stay with the Onna then take my hand.'

I was afraid but when I heard you scream my name when the chain was away you were asking if I was alright I could barely understand what you were saying all I heard was his words.

When I saw him flash before me again I took his hand and said, 'Help me'

It was almost like he took over my body. I felt my hand grab the knife but I didn't even remember why I would grab it. When I put spiritual pressure into the knife and hit him in the head I was surprised.

When that was over I heard him whisper, 'You need to remember who you are on without the heart.'

I didn't understand until I saw my memories or what were his memories. I never thought I could be so cruel to someone. I never understood why I moved to Kankura Town, but after looking at this Ulquiorra's memories I can see why I'd want to move here."

Orihime looked at him confused, "Why would Ulquiorra would want to move here?" Orihime looked down and whispered, "He hated us even me."

Yukio snorts, "Is that what you believe Orihime? Ulquiorra hated your friends. He hated Ichigo the most because he seemed to have your heart. He could never hate you. We could never hate you."

Orihime still doesn't look up still depressed, "You and him could never love me, though," her voice cracked and he knew she was crying.

He pulled her against his chest and when she refused to look at him he slipped a finger under her chin and makes her look at him, "We love you from the second you slapped Ulquiorra."

She smiles at him. He leans down and gives her a sweet and short kiss.

"Now Orihime go get dressed we're going to the festival."

Orihime jumps up but stops for a second to have him look back at her, "You know I love Ulquiorra and since you are two of the same I know I'll love you just as much."

Yukio smiles as he pushed Orihime into her room, "Now I want you dressed on the count of five or I'll take you out on whatever you got on."

Orihime grabbed her kimono and throwing it on and she almost had her obi completely on when Yukio/Ulquiorra walked into the room.

When he saw this he quickly tied her obi for her and waited for her to put on shows well he simply slipped on his military looking jacket.

They made it to the shrine on time to see Tatsuki throw Ichigo down the stairs something that isn't very rare. The black haired man took Orihime's hand and took her up the stairs to the shrine. It seemed like hours of games and food. About everyone left except Tatsuki, Orihime, Yukio, and Chad.

Chad and Tatsuki were about to leave when Tatsuki turns around and looks straight at her friends new green eyes and black haired boyfriend, "Don't you dare think of hurting Orihime or else I'll be the one to kill you."

"I never plan to hurt Orihime because I love her Tatsuki. We knew each other way back."

"Yeah, when you were crazy killer hollow," Tatsuki yells in Yukio's face.

Orihime pales and looks at her friend, "You remember what happened…?"

"Of course I do, Orihime," Tatsuki tries to look at her friend softly but Orihime had a different idea.

She glares at her and screams, "You don't know anything about him and you stand here and act like you do. I love him and I trust him that should be good enough for you."

Tatsuki looks away ashamed and looks at the black haired and green eyes boy, "I'm sorry but you can understand why I don't really trust you?"

"Of course I understand why you wouldn't trust half of me since Ulquiorra's soul make up maybe half of my soul. Still I know that if I was me or him I would never harm Orihime."

Her friends give him a look but he shrugs it off and smile, "I love her that's all you need to know."

A few of Orihime's friends awed and watch as Yukio pulled Orihime under a tree to watch the fireworks.

When the fireworks started to go off everyone saw a shadow of the two sharing a simple kiss.