All Because of Group Therapy

"Speaking Out Loud"

'Thoughts'

Orihime's POV

Today I have to go to the doctor to talk with them since it's been a while and they want me to go back to my group therapy sessions since I told the shrink I had to see to go to hell since he reminded me of my father who left my mother, brother, and me alone to try and fend for ourselves shortly after our mother died.

Tatsuki comes straight into my house and pulls me out so we can make it to school on time.

We run into the building she pulls me aside and started to curse, but all I caught was, "Espada."

I sigh at her and look around the corner and my friend and spot the top ten most dangerous people in the school who aren't afraid of the police or really anything. The only three people that don't fit in with the group are Ulquiorra, Neilel, and Stark.

Ulquiorra is a handsome seventeen year old with emerald eyes, black hair, and what draws people's eyes to his face besides his eyes and he's hot is the scars that look like tear marks going down his face and no one knows how he got them. He acts cold towards people but I think it's because he doesn't' know how to show emotions. Ulquiorra loves books and music.

Neilel, Aka Nel, is a greenette, light tan eyes, and a pink scar that goes across her nose that she got from Nnoitora snuck up on her a few years back before she became more grown up. She hates violence and even though she may act strong and hard headed around her group of 'friends' she is shy, sweet, acts a little too happy, and loves to give people hugs.

Stark is the tallest out of all of them he has brown hair and brown eyes to match. To match his looks he's the laziest person that I had ever had to courtesy of laying my eyes o.

I know this because even though she's part of the espadas she isn't afraid to hang out with people outside of that crowd. The espadas were created by the principal of the other school Sanosuke Aizen to keep the students in line and fear him all the same. We also know that Aizen wants more than just the school. He had created them to become his mercenaries when they graduate.

He picked them when they were young and secretly trained them I know this because he tried to have me as the 'doctor' of the group when I said no he picked Szayel. You'd wonder why I say that only Ulquiorra and Nel don't fit without adding Szayel but to say he likes to 'play doctor' on people, torture, he finds it to be really funny and the only way to entertain himself. They wouldn't be completely like that if they never joined Aizen well there's a few who still be who they are just not as bad or not that controlled. The thing about espadas is they all are from broken homes or have no homes to go back to.

I smile when I see Ulquiorra ignore Grimmjow and call him trash pissing Grimmy off, but he calms down when Nel touches his arm and she smiles at him drawing his attention only to her and away from her foster brother.

I pull away from Tatsuki and walk past them or at least try Nnoitora grabs a hold of my waist pissing me off. I look at him and elbow him in his hard face breaking his nose.

Before I could feel his wrath Ulquiorra pulled me away and looked at Nnoitora, "Leave the Onna alone at least from where people can see."

I smack him as hard as I could surprising everyone even Ulquiorra, "You inconsiderate jerk."

I stomp off muttering incoherent things about how hoping very bad things to happen to him.

When two thirty came around I was excused from class and given homework that he was going to give out later.

I begrudgingly accepted the homework and left class for the day the beginning of what will turn into a very long twelve weeks.

I walk into the shrink's office to see the one person with the most beautiful emerald eyes and blackest hair that puts nighttime to shame.

I ignore the fact that I start to feel horrible when I see that his eyes look beyond sad to see me. Not that I expected them to be all cheery to see me since we never truly talked.

I check myself in and wait for them to call our names.

"Ciefer Ulquiorra, Inoue Orihime…" that was the only two names that I heard and looked over at Ulquiorra shocked and for the second time today I see shock on his face, but it disappears fast like all the other emotions I catch on his face.

We walk to the office/ meeting room that the group is in. I look around and there's six of us which is pretty big for a group starting this late.

"Ok before I start going over introducing yourselves I need to go over the rules:

No speaking about other's from the group

No cellphones

Now that's the only two main rules if you have something to negative to say make sure that its not about someone in the group or someone they care about if you know someone."

I look around but no one catches my eye except the girl Ulquiorra is talking to that looks a lot like him.

"How about we start with the brother and sister?"

"Hi my name is Melody Ceifer and this silent fellow by me is my twin Ulquiorra Ciefer."

Ulquiorra just rolls his eyes and looks at his sister like she was a dirty diaper.

"Alright is there anything you want to tell the group about yourself?"

I watch Melody look away from everyone but when she looked back she had a fake smile much like what I do, "Well there's not much about myself except I love to draw, write, take photos, and I have spent over half of my life at the library reading."

We went around the circle and I was saved for last, "My name is Inoue Orihime I love to cook, read, watching movies, and act."

They nod and we sit there and talk about mood diaries today and I felt eyes on me the whole time. I look up to see Ulquiorra staring at me and his sister looking back and forth between us.

The group ends two hours later and I'm the last person to leave.

When I exit the room standing there is Melody smiling, "Hi for we can introduce ourselves one on one I'm Melody but you can Call me Mel."

"Orihime," she gives me a hand which I take shaking it she smiles.

"Look Orihime-chan I wanted to ask you if there's anything between you and my brother?"

I shake my head, "No there's nothing going on between Ulquiorra-san and I."

She laughs, "If that's what you believe but I think my brother may have a secret crush on you that he doesn't' even realize yet."

"Why do you say that?"

"Well how about you and I go out for some ice cream or something and I can tell you the story about Ulquiorra and me."

"fine by me," I shrug and Mel-chan smiles brightly where she looks truthfully happy.

We find a nice little ice cream shop and when I see the owner I smile, "Michel-san," I wave widely to him.

He looks up and is caught by surprise, "OH my Inoue-chan it's nice to see you again and I heard about Sora I'm so sorry that I couldn't make it and you'd think you'd come here after his death but you haven't. I was in the hospital because of a little accident with falling down a few flights of stairs."

I nod and I know a few tears escaped, "Thank you and I'm sorry to hear that, but I'm sure if you visited his grave just once and he'll forgive his best friend."

We sit down and the black haired and green eyed girl lifts an eyebrow, "Michel helped my brother raise me after my brother took me in. Before you ask my father left for the army when I was a baby but he died soon after, my mother died of cancer, and my brother four or five years ago my brother was hit by a car when he ran home to get to work before I woke up since we got in a fight about my hair and I said something that I shouldn't have now that I think I can barely remember what I said to him. Still he was all I had left and I drove him outside that morning and I can't even remember what I said to him. Except something about how he didn't' know me and he'll never be like mother or even the bastard that left us."

"That sounds a bit like what happened before our father killed himself before Ulquiorra and me when we were ten."

"What happened?"

"My mother had died well pulling me and my brother out of our car when we were nine. What happened was our car flipped and our mother got us out in time but she didn't' before the car lit on fire with her in it she wasn't able to get out in time. Our father blamed us and beat us for a year and it didn't' help that before that he had beat us anyway it just got worse after our mother was there. Ulquiorra got the worse of it because eh protected me since I can remember. He took all the beatings and wen he showed emotions it was worse he learned never to show emotions and now its stuck by him because he believes that he can't have emotions without falling apart. He had a best friend he called her his princess they never separated, but then there was an accident when we all were going to a bowl-o-rama for her birthday truthfully I never told Ulquiorra that's all I remember but that day he lost the memory of her and I think she lost memories of him or at least wants to was the day that our mother was burned to death."

"Sorry to hear that," she leans over and wipes away my tears.

Her phone goes off and she looks and goes, "Sorry it's my brother he's really protective over me he and his friends fright over it sometimes."

"What do you know about his friends?"

"Nothing really except they are vandals, love to fight, and pulling my brother into messes that he can barely get out of."

She answers her phone and listens and her face saddens, "What do you mean he's hurt?" Silence, "Calm down Grimmjow I'm coming to the hospital right now."

'I don't like the feel of this.'

"I'm coming with you." I pop out of my seat and run after her.

We get to hospital and Grimmjow is sitting there with Nel.

When Nel looks up and sees me she smiles sadly, "Orihime," she runs up and hugs me, "Someone tried to blow up our hide out and Ulquiorra saved my life he blocked one of the pipes that was used to do the damage. They say he may not live."

I get up and run over to the room that Ulquiorra is in and look inside when I see that he's awake I smile.

"What are you doing here?"

His voice is really wheezy making me cringe.

I sit down in front of him and go, "Ulquiorra what happened to you?"

He didn't look at me he just looked out the window but I lean over and touch his tear marked scars that… No, I'm going to think about that.

His head snaps up at me and glares well grabbing my wrist, "No one touches these not even my sister."

I flash a sad smile and run out of the room confusing everyone especially Ulquiorra.

Mel-chan chases after me, "Wait Hime-chan."

I reach a bathroom and lock myself in a stall, "He doesn't remember."

I hear someone knock at the stall and I know its Mel, "Orihime what's wrong why do you act like you're a seven year old and my brother told you he hated you?"

I walk out of the stale and smile at her sadly. I walk over to the wall and slide down it, "You were talking to me about Ulqui-kun's princess well I'm her. I'm his little Hime."

"If you're his little princess how did he get the scars on his face?"

"One night when Ulqui was only about seven your father got drunk and beat Ulquiorra after Ulqui had locked us in the bathroom. I had come over to play and my brother was going to come back later to pick me up. He started to cry that day because he was upset that the two of us got mixed up in this. So your father broke his beer bottle and told your brother, "If you're going to cry I might as well be reminded what emotions will dig for you." Right after he said that he cut tear marks going down your brother face. What surprised me wasn't what your father wasn't doing, but that your brother didn't' scream or cry during or after your father did that."

I look away and count to ten for myself to calm down, if Ulquiorra won't cry then neither will I.

I look back at his sister and smile, "Look if I can at least see him smile after these eleven more weeks are up then I'll be able to let him go and forget that I remember him."

She looks at me surprised but I ignore that and walk out of the hospital and away from my past at least for the time being.

It's been four weeks since I talked to Ulquiorra because I talked around him in group but me never straight out talked to him.

Today is an odd day when I walk out of the room standing there isn't Melody trying to apologize but is Ulquiorra.

"What do you want?"

He hands me a picture of when he was a six and standing by him with arms around his neck with a huge smile on her face is a young me. I almost smile of the memory it was a week when his father was away at a business retreat. During that week I stayed over to hang out with them and see their mother as well. My brother took this opportunity to start his night schooling. We had so much fun and the first day we took that pic of many.

"'What is this? Why don't I remember this?"

I look away taking a deep breath and look back at him, "That's you and me when we were kids and the best of friends."

"I don't believe you I'd remember if an Onna like you was my friend."

I get up and pull his ear down to my mouth which wasn't that far anyways, "Than you are the biggest idiot in the world!"

I stalk off again but to before I hear Mel's voice say, "She was there when mom died except she went flying out of the car since she didn't have her seat belt on she took it off so she could slip into the back of the van to be with us mostly you. Part of her upper legs were skinned"

I reach down well I walk and touch my upper leg where some of my skin was scrapped off bad enough that they couldn't do anything about it. For some reason it was just m upper thighs that won't heal after my skin grafts. To me they are the most ugly thing that have ever befallen me.

It's been two weeks since I went to group and I'm going today because I calmed down and am ready to face Ulquiorra once again. I'm calm now and can face him. Today's weather is really warm so I stare at my shorts but even after almost ten years since I've gotten these scars and I'm still afraid to show them to anyone.

I wear my most beautiful knee long skirt with a simple tank top under a t-shirt. I look at myself and smile.

'I wonder what Ulquiorra will think about this look?'

"Why should I care what he thinks? He doesn't believe me and he doesn't care about me."

I hear frantic knocking at my door and when I walk to answer it out of habit I call, "Who's there?"

"It's me Melody come on let me in please!" he voice matches her knocking.

"Fine," I open the door and she runs into my house shutting and locking my door behind her as fast as she can move.

"What does my brother do with his friends?" she air quotes friends and her voice sounds so worried.

Still I don't know how to tell her what they do.

"What do you mean what do they do?"

"I mean are they a gang?"

I look away and nod and she asks, "Why would they come to the house to take Ulquiorra somewhere? He told me before he left to come over here and no matter what stop anywhere else to just come straight here."

"Well first I have to tell you a story that only I know the truth of the gang that Sanosuke Aizen had created when we were ten. He had found us on the streets fighting or in a broken home and asked if we'd like to learn to fight back, but everything he wants comes with a price. I knew that so I told him I wasn't interested I had better things to worry about. Like finding you and your brother he didn't know that. Everyone believed that I forgot about him and my childhood but I never did I just acted like that to try and lower the pain in my heart. Well Aizen or Lord Aizen as he likes to be called wants a group of trained mercenaries and he'll do whatever he can to keep them. From what I've heard from my friends in the gang Shinigami Ulquiorra is the most obedient of them all. Still they don't know that he has everything to lose… All the good ones do. Stark has a girlfriend who Aizen wants in the gang, but if he keeps up what he's doing Aizen won't bother her. Grimmjow and his girlfriend are in the gang together. Grimmy has his mother who just pulled herself together after eight years I believe. Neilel has a baby sister at the age of five I think. Also there's her mother that she still cares about even though they were taken out of that home at the age of twelve or something for abuse. Harribel she has her grandparents to think about since her grandmother who's only fifty has cancer and her grandfather works for the school that Aizen is control of as a teacher. I think that's the ones that have things to lose and they still work for Aizen because they want to protect them. I know all of this because I'm good at being a spy and no one can refuse telling me anything. Also Neilel can be talked into telling me about anything. I wanted to be sure I was right one day so I asked. Now to the dangerous part. If it seems like someone is thinking of leaving they'll be great danger and so will the peoples that they care about are in the most danger. So you need to hide out for a while."

I go to leave but she grabs a hold of me and hangs me an envelope, "My brother told me to have you read this before you went anywhere."

I look at the letter and she nods and I read out loud without realizing I was.

"Dear Orihime,

I never realized that me not remembering you had ruined your life. I found the rest of the pictures and looked through them I started to remember things. Things that I thought I would never feel towards anyone stronger than what I feel towards my sister. I think the Espadas realize that so they're going to take care of me," I drop down to my knees and Melody starts to hold me, but I kept reading even if I really don't want to, "I want to tell you something that my sister probably already knows is I think I may love you Orihime," I smile sadly, "You are the only person to make me feel so alive, so human. I cant' let Aizen get away with what he's doing so I think I'm going to find a way to stop him. I want you and my sister to find your friends of the Shinigami and stay with them so you two can be safe. I don't want anything to happen to the two of you. If I get lucky and am able to get through this alive I was wondering if you'll go on that date that we joked about when we were kids. I'm also glad that your hair grew back so long and you kept those pins from your brother. I have a question do you still wear that necklace that I got for you, the silver heart locket with our pictures I them?"

I touch my necklace and smile.

I started to read the rest of the letter, "I wonder if I get to see if around your neck again and see you smile so brightly when you look inside it and see our picture. Orihime there's so much that I want to tell you but they all cant' fit in a letter and if they would I would rather tell you in person. I heard there's a dance at your school tonight if I make it through the day please meet me there. To you and my sister if I don't make it I'm more sorry than I'd ever be or had been. You have my heart in your hand Orihime. I hope you protect it.

With all my Heart and Love,

Ulquiorra"

I look down at the letter that's sprinkles with tears that weren't just my own but Ulquiorra's. I gasp when I make that rationalization.

I start to cry and yell, "That idiot if he thinks I'll let him get himself killed he's so wrong."

I run to my room to pull out my phone, "A little conference call won't hurt."

"What do you mean conference call?"

"I'm calling my friends from the Shinigami and going to beg them for a favor. I'm not going to let Ulquiorra get himself hurt or killed because of me."

I call all my friends worrying all of them.

"Orihime why aren't you at school? Where are you?"

"I'm at my apartment with Ulquiorra's sister Melody. Look I want to ask a favor."

"What is the favor Hime-chan?"

My eye brow twitched, "I want to save all the espadas that have something to lose, the ones that are there because they want to save the ones that they love. Not all of them are as bad as they may seem would you be acting like this if I accepted to join the espadas?"

"WHAT?"

I hold the phone away from my ear well they all yell something into the speaker.

"QUIET AND LET ME FINISH YOU IDIOTS!" they quiet down since I never yelled at any of them or anyone, "Look I was asked to join them by Aizen but I turned them down. We can't… Wait one second I know who else to call and who owes me a favor. Anyways will you help me save them?"

They put me one hold and talk amongst themselves for what seemed like forever.

"Melody can I borrow your phone to call someone?"

"Sure," she digs around in her pocket and pulls out her phone, "here."

I take the phone and call my friend's boyfriend Gin.

He answers on the first ring, "Who's this and how did you get this number?"

"Shut up Gin it's time for you to repay me."

"Channy," the nickname he gave me since he's under cover, "What do you want exactly?"

"I want you to tell me where Aizen is. He has Ulquiorra, Grimmjow, and Neilel since they are pulling away and the others that he's been threatening to stay there."

"I know that Channy," damn, "But I'm not looking at it right now."

"What do you mean you're not there?"

"No, I'm not. I'm at home with my wife."

"Gin get the two of you out of there and find the Shinigami since you are part of the old version of the gang."

I hear him sigh, "Fine I'll get the other members there as well so we can talk this over with them."

"Fine by me," we hang up and I'm off hold.

"Fine we'll help you, but you can call the council."

"WHAT? Why me?"

"You're the one that's asking us a favor. You never joined us you helped people that you knew diserved it and you thought a few people on both sides are the only ones that need your help."

"I hate you all right now," we hang up.

I call Kisuke the one you call to get to the council, "Hello."

"Hey Kisuke I need to talk to the council about Aizen."

"Really this wouldn't have to deal with your childhood friends."

"It does and doesn't he needs to be stopped and he may kill a few of them."

"Fine."

I talked with the council for what seemed to be hours and finally they agree to meet us at 12 at the old headquarters."

I take Melody blind folded there to make sure that she doesn't know where it is I also put head phones on her ears and a strong perfume under her nose.

"Sorry but it's what they do to everyone that doesn't have anything to do with the Shinigami."

"So you're part of it?"

"Nope, I just help them out whenever they need me. I'm going to be a doctor I've been training for that since I took care of your brother's face after your father cut it."

"Really you were only seven years old Hime-chan?"

"Yeah you can ask anyone I'm in all app courses and a few that are college courses."

"That's so cool Hime-chan."

"Hime-chan we've been standing in the same spot and you took the headphones off but why can't' I see yet?"

"The council has to Ok it."

We stand there for a good ten minutes before my friends show up.

I smile at all of them and I get pulled into so many hugs from everyone except Toshiro who refuses to give hugs but he did say he was worried like the others which for him works for me.

When the council walks in seconds later Old Man Yama says, "You can take her blind fold off."

I bow and do what I was told. She looked shocked when she saw so many people standing around.

"This is the Shinigami of this generation and the council the original Shinigami. They've been around a lot longer than the Espadas which a more powerful form of the Hollows."

The council nods and Old Man Yama speaks, "You are here about the espadas that are in danger am I correct?"

I nod and he keeps talking, "I believe you were right to ask us to save the ones that are only there to protect the ones that they love, but Orihime you understand that in doing this you are about to piss of one of the most powerful men in Kanakura Town?"

"I know that but I want them to be free to make their own choices at how they'll live their lives not for them to be told what to do and how to do it."

I stand my ground and surprise everyone by keeping eye contact with Yama.

He smiles slightly and nods, "Fine Gin had told us where they do meetings and keep people we'll go there and see if any of them are there. Since you are not a true member of the Shinigami the two fo you go to Orihime's place and we'll have Kukchi watch after the two of you."

I nod and pull Melody with me to the Kukchi's car.

When we reach his house I simply sigh and pull Mel-chan with me inside the house, "We'll be in Rukia's entertainment room."

He nods and leans against the wall silent as ever.

"I'm sorry you have to watch us Kukchi-san," I give him a slight bow in respect.

Melody starts laughing, "Wow he reminds me of my brother except his eyes are that cold."

"His wife was Rukia's older sister but she died a long and painful death because she had cancer. He had to watch the woman he loved die in agony. Ever since then he's been silent and keeps to himself."

"How do you know this stuff?"

"I told you I'm in a lot of app and college courses which are too easy so I spend my time with computers. I'm not as stupid as I let people believe I am."

"A lot like Nel-chan."

I nod and sit down on the couch and Mel follows my course of action.

We sit there for what seems like hours and all the girls of the shinigami come into the room and watch a movie with us as a few at a time until they are all done go take a shower and get ready for the dance.

I look down at my hands remembering Ulquiorra's words asking me to go to the dance. I pull my knees up to my chest and start to cry worrying about Ulquiorra for the tenth time since we got here.

Rukia, Tatsuki, and Momo grab my hands and push me into the bathroom, "take a shower," they yell at me.

I hear them do the same thing to Melody so we just so as we are told but they grab our clothes and switch them with beautiful dresses.

I sigh and put on the dress, over a tank top, that shows off my curves, but not my bust. I look around for leggings but I can't find any. It's not like I need them but when we get back I know that we'll just take the dresses off and watch movies.

I walk out of the room to show off the light blue dress well wearing my hair pins and my heart locket that I haven't been able to open since the accident, but I still never took it off.

"Does anyone have leggings?"

"Why do you want leggings you can just worry about that?"

I look away and touch my upper thighs, but I don't cry like I told myself I around seven weeks that I'd never do again.

Melody I know heard that when she ran up to me and hugged me, "You idiots she doesn't want anyone to see her scars on accident when we get back."

Melody starts to stroke my hair and sing a song that her mother used to calm me down.

"How did you do that? We can never do that," I hear Tatsuki yell.

Melody snorts and looks at her well hugging my head and stroking my hair still, "I'm her childhood friend but after a car accident we lost each other. "

I nod not looking at my friend. I play with the locket around my neck.

I pull myself up and look at them, "I'm not going to the dance. I'm going home and just watch a few action movies."

Rukia grabs my hand, "Come on Orihime you never go with us when we goes to these things just go tonight and I promise you'll love it if not you and Melody can leave."

I look at Mel and she nods, "Fine."

Rangiku walks in the room with leggings and hands them to me.

I walk into the bathroom to put them on and watch as I slowly cover my scars.

We walk into the school and see all kinds of people dancing with their friends and boyfriends/girlfriends.

I sigh and sit by the wall closing my eyes.

After a few minutes I hear people whisper about the mysterious hot guys walking in with the Shinigami.

I ignore them until someone touches the locket around my neck and a velvet voice, "I see you still wear the locket like I thought."

I open my eyes to end up looking straight into Ulquiorra's shining eyes and to see a smile on his lips.

I smile up at him and jump into his arms, "Oh my god your all right!"

"Ow that hurts," I hear him say so I pull away.

"I'm sorry you must have a few bruises at the least," my eyes start to tear up, "I'm sorry."

He laughs, "Don't be Aizen and a few of the espadas are going away for life and I get to be with the one I love."

I smile and kiss him, "You owe me a dance and a date."

"As you wish my lady," he says as he backs away and gives me a bow.

"Oh I'm not a princess," I say well laughing and taking his hand.

He smiles at me again bringing my hand to his lips and kiss my hand, "Not true you are my princess."

I smile as he slowly leads me to the dance floor. We must have danced for over half the time at least until Tatsuki pulls me away smiling about something and Mel pulls Ulquiorra away.

The principal walks up on stage and smiles, "We are so proud to know that we have such a turn out tonight."

I look around to see Grim with Nel, Stark with his girlfriend, and Harribel and her friends alive and well.

Melody is smiling evilly over across the room.

"The winners of the king and queen are," he opens the envelope and his eyes widen, "Inoue Orihime and for the first time someone outside of our school wins the king place Ceifer Ulquiorra."

I numbly walk up the stage steps as does Ulquiorra who I notice is wearing make-up to hide his scars.

We let them place the crowns on our heads, "Alright now it's time for the king and queens first dance of the night."

Ulquiorra looks at me and smiles holding out his hand and whispers, "My queen if I can have this dance."

I laugh and take his hand, "you may," I whisper to him.

When we start to dance around the circle that was created he whispers in my ear, "I guess I can't call you my princess, but my lovely queen."

I smile brightly at him and we finish the dance. When we stop I notice wide eyes.

I roll my eyes as a new song starts another slow one we start dancing again everyone seems to snap out of their trance and start to dance as well.

I smile up at Ulquiorra and give him a kiss on the lips, "thank you for everything."

He looks me in the eyes and I see all the emotions that he's been holding for a long time, "No thank you for everything Orihime. You gave me back my heart even though it's only for you."

It's been a few days since the dance and I laugh as I walk around with Ulquiorra and his sister is with Shusei on a date.

We walk past a carnival and I smile, "Wow a carnival Ulquiorra lets go please."

I give him my best adorable eyes that use to make him cave just like what my tears use to do.

He sighs and lets me drag him into the carnival.

My phone goes off, "Hello."

"I see you like the carnival as well."

I freeze in place as I listen to Nnoitora laugh, "you seem to have the Ice Prince smiling like a love stricken fool."

I hang up and call Gin, "Nnoitora escaped didn't he?" I whisper into the phone to make sure that Ulquiorra doesn't hear me.

"Yes, he did how do you know that?"

"He called me."

"Where are you Orihime?"

"At the carnival."

"Alright I'm coming just don't do anything stupid."

"No, promises just hurry."

I pull Ulquiorra around the park and soon I forget that a psychopath is watching us.

We go on a few rides and did a few games then Ulquiorra see the horror house. He pulls me to it and I laugh a little even though I'm scare. He use to do the same thing as a kid except he was pulling me and his sister. I use to hog him because I'd be so scared. His sister almost always broke his hand.

We make it half way through when I feel something stab me making me scream out in pain.

Ulquiorra holds onto me as he turns around to meet the person I like to call the beetle.

"Nnoitora what are you doing here?'

"Well I snuck out of the little place they're holding us and I wanted a little revenge against you and your girl. The thing is I know you wouldn't mind if you died and your girlfriend didn't and she doesn't' want to die because than you'd be broken inside. So I thought the later was the better choice."

He goes to stab me again but we hear a two gunshots making the knife go flying through his hand.

When he falls down holding his leg and hand or trying to I smile but fall down.

I look to see that knife hit my wrist cutting it in the artery.

Ulquiorra falls down to catch me and when he sees how much I'm bleeding he takes off his shirt and rips it up wrapping up my wrist as best as he can he puts the rest of the shirt over my stab wound to my stomach.

I smiles at him and touch his face, "Sorry Ulquiorra but it doesn't' hurt that much anymore."

I see something surprising Ulquiorra is crying and when he speaks his voice starts to crack, "Orihime you're going to be fine. Right Gin?"

Gin didn't' answer because he was too busy talking in his walkie-talkie about getting an ambulance and two stretchers.

When he's done talking into it he nods at Ulquiorra, "She's going to be fine just keep pressure on her stomach."

I hear yell some where close to where and before I pass out I see a guy in an EMT uniform running over to me.

I go in and out for a while at first I open my eyes slightly well we're in the ambulance to see Ulquiorra covered in my blood looking like a stone statue. I reached out and my hand was able to reach him and when he saw my hand he stood up and stood by me and held onto my hand. Shortly after I passed out.

I wake up a few times on the way there and when I'm in surgery.

Its completely dark and there's nothing here except a few people sitting in the middle of an empty almost black looking plain. I walk over to them and see three people I thought I'd never see again and a man I didn't know but I did.

I stare at my mother, Miya, my brother Sora, Ulquiorra and Melody's mother Sandra, and the mystery man.

My mother smiles at me, "Hello darling."

She's still wearing the clothes that she wore the day she died, her red hair isn't messy anymore but straight just like mine, and her grey eyes aren't cloudy anymore from the medication they had her on but tears are still shining deep in them ,though.

My brother hugs me, "Hime-chan."

He's wearing his business suit that he wore the day he died, his black hair is the same as I last recall, and his grey eyes are shining with tears like everyone else.

"Hime-chan," Ulquiorra's mother hugs me.

She's wearing the white summer dress that she was wearing that day her black hair is ties up in a ponytail and her dark emerald eyes are shining with tears.

The mystery man smiles sadly at me, "Hi Hime-chan you may not remember me but I'm your father."

I gasp as I look closely at the man to see that he has Sora's black hair and the grey eyes with brown sprinkled in them like my own.

"Daddy," he nods and I would have fallen down crying but Sora didn't let me.

They asked me about has happened since I last saw Sora so I told them. When Sandra asked me how her family was I told her everything that had happened to them and I didn't' try to sugar code it I told her everything and left nothing out.

I don't know how long we talked but I started to hear a voice say my name.

After a while I recognize that voice as Ulquiorra.

"Orihime please come back to me," I hear the strain in his voice.

"Ulquiorra!" I shout his name, "Ulquiorra where are you? What do you mean come back to you?"

I look at my family and Sandra, "What does he mean?"

"You have a choice Orihime you can wake up and be with Ulquiorra or give up and die where you can stay here and be lonely for the rest of time?"

"I want to be with Ulquiorra I love him."

They smile and walk up to me and hug me whispering, "We'll miss you."

Before I can ask what they meant I feel something almost like a vacuum take me away from their safe hold.

I slowly open my eyes to see a full white room and tan furniture. I my limbs feel so heavy, but I still feel someone holding onto my hand whispering.

I look over to see Ulquiorra and I catch him say, "please don't let her die. I don't' know if I can take losing her again. I love her."

It then hits me that I never told Ulquiorra I loved him back I always said I like you.

I squeeze his hand and he squeezes it back, "Ulquiorra are you crying?"

My voice is slow and quiet but he heard me and his head snapped up.

I studied his eyes that are purple and baggy under them telling me he barely slept not counting they're a little puffy from crying.

I move my hand slowly to his face down his tears looking scars and whisper, "No more tears."

He nods and his sister walks into the room with food that she drops when she sees me awake. She jumps over and wraps her arms around me and I don't' feel pain like I would for a newly stabbed body just a tiny dull ache.

"Hime-chan you're wake," she lets me go and jumps up, "I'm going to tell the doctor and call everyone."

She runs out of the room like hell was on her heels.

I laugh and the ache only increases a little bit, "Ulquiorra why do you look so tired it must have been just a day right…?

He shakes his head, "No, you were asleep for a month and a half Orihime."

I start to cry, "I'm so sorry." I lean over and hug him, "I'm so sorry Ulquiorra. I love you."

He hugs me back a little steelier than he did before but I guess I can understand. He pulls back and gives some a quick kiss that tells me he missed me a lot.

After I talked to the hospital and my friends visited Ulquiorra slowly got up but I grabbed his hand, "Please don't leave me."

"I can't I was lucky they let me before."

I shake my head and when the nurse comes in to tell us I know she overheard us, "Ulquiorra-san you can stay as long as you let her sleep and you catch some sleep yourself."

He nods and when the nurse leaves I scoot over and he climbs in on the sheets with me and holds onto me.

Before we fall asleep I tell him what happened well I slept and he tells me what happened well I was in a coma.

We woke up late into the afternoon to find our friends standing at the door with open mouths. I look over to see Ulquiorra resting his head on mine smiling.

I laugh and slip my arms around him and Ulquiorra tightens his hold.

I look at them and whisper, "Be quiet guys he needs his sleep."

They nod and Melody comes in with Shusei, "We know he wouldn't leave your side, but he would go to school a few times just for he won't get kicked out of the hospital by annoyed nurses. He was very blunt with his answers to their questions and a little rude."

I smile and whisper, "That's my Ulqui."

I move my hands so I play with my locket. After a while it opens and I see a piece of paper inside it.

Confusing me when I open the paper it's a picture of my parents on the bottom there's a little note that read, 'Happy Birthday Orihime. Your love is a lot like what your mother and father had together. I hope you can see how happy they were together. Your father was a lot like Ulquiorra only his brother and your mother could make him feel the way he did. Shortly after your brother and yourself was born it was the same way.'

I start to cry and I catch a pale hand wipe away my tears.

I look behind me to see Ulquiorra looking at me. I smile at him and show him the picture of my parents.

"My mother is correct on this Orihime."

I nod into his chest and hug him. I put the paper on the table and listen to my friends jabber.

I finally get released from the hospital after three days of waking up. I have physical therapy twice a week to make sure that my limbs will be strong again.

Ulquiorra walks into my room with a not-so-rare-for-me-to-see-smile on his face, "Good morning Orihime are you excited?"

I nod as I throw the rest of my things in my bag.

When I pull the bag up Ulquiorra takes it from me and he carries it all the way to my place.

When we reach my place there's a few boxes laying around telling me Ulquiorra did what I told him to do.

"You went into the attic for me."

"Yup and I pulled out all the albums and any other picture that was in them."

I smile at him and give him a kiss, "what would I do without you?"

"Hopefully we don't have to find out."

He kisses me again but we break up when we hear, "Eww look I don't need to see my brother practically making-out with my best friend."

I laugh as Ulquiorra and I blush a little bit.
This is a perfect ending for one story and a wonderful beginning.