Yoo this is my first time writing a fanfic for the Bleach fandom and since I absolutely fell in love with Ulquihime I decided to write a fic where Ulquiorra does not die, and can live a happy life with Orihime... hopefully xD
"Inoue, we need to run quickly! We dont have much time until other arrancar find us". Orihime stayed still, motionless. She was focused on the very same spot where he had vanished into nothing but a pile of ash. One last time she wanted to touch his hand but instead al she grabbed was air and for some reason it made her sad. Ulquiorra was her enemy. If he would have been strong enough he would have killed Kurosaki-kun, her other friends, and maybe even her, if he was ordered to do so. Yet in his last moments she realised that he wasn't the emotionless monster he had appeared to be. She saw it in his eyes they changed into something more lively, maybe you could even have called it human.
An Espada with no remorse wore a human expression on his face. She was probably just mistaking. He was no human after all. He was just another merciless arrancar. But even though she knew all that she couldnt help but feel bothered by it. Ulquiorra meant something to her. She couldnt understand why, it just felt that way. Now that he was gone, strangely enough, she felt sad.
"Inoue-san hurry, the others are waiting!" Ichigo who was already on the move, yelled at her again. Orihime heard it but didnt react, instead she kneeled down and placed her hands into the pile of ash that remained of Ulquiorra. She let her fingertops slide over the sand, and her sadness increased. Ichigo was about to ask what was wrong, when she did something unexpected. "Soten Kisshun I reject!" A glowing orange field was formed by her Shun Shun Rikka. Ichigo could feel that she was putting all of her strength into the field. "What are you doing Inoue!?". Inoue was taken a back by the angry tone in Ichigo's voice and the field became unstable for a second. She had it under control again fast but she couldnt manage to put all of her power into it this time. It frustrated her, and she send an angry glare at Ichigo. Ichigo was shocked by her sudden hostility towards him. He laid a hand on her shoulder, and apoligized. Orihime looked up at him, a tear rolling down her face. "I need to save him Kurosaki-kun!" She yelled at Ichigo. Several other tears streamed down her face. "Are you out of your mind! Why would you want to save him! Has he not caused you enough pain already? He's an Espada he could kill us both here on the spot! I dont have the power to fight him anymore with my injuries as they are now". Orihime looked back at the pile of ash again, nothing appeared to be happening. She swallowed a sob.
After some silence she looked up at Ichigo again. "Kurosaki-kun please! He wont hurt us! Give me a little more time!". Orihime was losing hope as time passed by and Ichigo didnt stop his efforts to get them to leave.
By now the ash wasnt even visible anymore. The ash had dissapeared into the endless sea of sand. Eventually Orihime got up and bursted into tears. Ichigo grabbed her and hugged her. After some time he gave a gentle tug at her arm motioning that they should get away. She took one last glance at the place where Ulquiorra had experienced his last moments. Where he had faded into nothing. After that she swallowed her tears and didnt look back again.
Aye first chapter done, please let me know if you liked it or not , or what I can do to improve! (the following chapters will be longer, but this one is short because its the prologue)