A/N: Okay, so this one started out as more of a rape PWP story line ... then after a moment of enlightenment, a whole story fell out. When I thought of it, I was jumping around just thinking of it; I hope I do it justice ... and I hope it isn't just me who likes this crackish plot. If so, I'm still happy. :D
For those of who don't like the whole sexual abuse side of fanfiction, you're not gonna like most of the second chapter. Really sorry, and I felt awful being so mean to Orihime, even though you know she likes it. But after that chapter, it gets better. When I say angst, it's Kitty angst ... whilst trying to keep him in character lol. And it's not Grimmy-converting-from-the-dark-side angst, it's funnier.
Hope you enjoy reading as much as I enjoyed writing. I'm not sure what the reaction to this one will be so please drop your comments. Again, sorry about being so cruel to Hime.
Disclaimer: As you can tell, I don't own these characters or anything linked to Bleach, please worship Tite Kubo for his brilliant gift, if you don't already do so. And of course, no one would pay me to write this shit!
A Better Sense of Feeling
Chapter One: Preface
The auras that hung around some of these creatures terrified her. Her ability to sense their possible powers was even more horrifying. Since her return from the Soul Society after that first adventure, Orihime had been able to see others' potential strengths, or to at least have a feeling of them. As time went by, this talent only focused.
It saddened her to know that Tatsuki would not be able to stay out of the fights soon to come, even if she wanted to avoid them: her spiritual pressure would always attract hollows. But Orihime was somewhat glad that Tatsuki would be able to defend herself.
When Ulquiorra and Yammy had appeared from the crater in Karakura town, their potential energies astounded her, chilled her. Ulquiorra's ultimate strength seemed a little unstable, but was on another level to Yammy's further capacity. The latter's awesome power, however, seemed ready to explode and annihilate everything in any second.
Even in comparison to Ulquiorra's complex might, when the Hollow within Kurosaki ruled the fifteen year old, Ichigo's entire strength pattern changed. The potential that lied before the bleached version of her friend scared her more than anyone's.
In her captivity, Orihime became used to first analysing the Arrancar's possibilities and how prominent they could be. She soon understood the great difference between an Arrancar's power and its Resurrecćion, and similarly the differences in psyches; it seemed as if their Resurrecćions had completely different minds: more instinctual but more passionate.
The stages of the Soul Reaper's powers seemed to emanate from their swords; Inoue assumed the levels were their Shikai and Bankai. Aizen, however, had the potential to suddenly increase his already uniquely strong spiritual pressure: Orihime realised that this was probably his ultimate goal for the throne.
It was when studying one certain Espada that Orihime faced confusion for the first time since discovering her powers. She had a fairly accurate idea of the Sexta's Resurrecćion, but his potential gain of power fluctuated occasionally. The human could tell how strong the Sixth Espada's release form was, but there was something beyond that, only from time to time; almost as if, under the right circumstances, Grimmjow could exceed that level. And that other level of strength was unlike anything Orihime had seen before.
However, the Arrancar seemed to have no clue of this power; Orihime wondered what would trigger such an apocalypse.
