Originally I was going to make this story a oneshot...but i want to add more details than that...So, the series How I Met Your Mother may not always be oneshots.

Into The Night

"I'm sorry, but we don't take those passes on this transit." The bus driver looked over at the young woman trying to board the bus and opened the doors to let her off onto the street. She stood on the sidewalk her long white skirt blowing in the wind, and her red hair coiled into a bun.

Orihime folded her arms over her ample breasts and sighed, what was she going to do now? She watched as the cars raced along the streets and then looked at the side walk. There was only one option. She was going to walk the 15 miles home; her watch said it was 3 pm, so if she walked at 3 mph the entire time she'd be home in 5 hours. 8 o'clock didn't seem too late. She turned in the direction of home and began to walk. She hummed softly to herself as she did and watched as life continued on by her.

3 hours later, it was starting to get cold and dark, and to make matters worse she was in the slums of the town. The men watched her with a cold gleam in their eyes, and the children scampered over to her to ask for money and food. She had none of these things with her and she felt sadness start to seep into her soul.

A man started towards her and Orihime felt her heard begin to pound. They both looked too wealthy to live in this place. One of the men had blue hair and startling blue eyes, and the other had bright pink hair and glasses. They were both tall and imposing, and they began to try to corner her. The man with blue hair wore a startling grin, and the other's mouth was quirked into a smirk. They knew they had her. She lunged and began running away, she knew she had no other choice.

'Don't look back, just keep running….Keep running.' Her mind and eyes frantically searched for a solution, and then her body smacked into something that knocked her back onto her butt. "Oww…"

She looked up to see a man with black hair and startling green eyes staring down at her, "Woman. What are you doing out here?" He extended his hand towards her.

Orihime quickly stood up on her own and darted away from him. She could hear the footsteps of the men behind her and she tried to run again, but the man gently wrapped his fingers around her small wrist and held her in place easily. "You didn't answer me, Woman."

She watched frantically as the men caught up to her and reached out towards her to grab her from the mysterious green eyed stranger. She was pulled behind the man before the other two could reach her. "Grimmjow, Szayzel. Leave this Woman be. She's mine now."

The man called Szayzel sighed and turned around to leave, holding up his hand, "I suppose she is. Too bad, I wanted another experiment." The pink haired man continued walking off leaving only the blue haired man, Grimmjow.

"She's mine Ulquiorra." The man grinned again showing off fangs. "She's my prey. You don't get between a panther and its prey do you?"

Orihime watched as the man she was running from licked his lips, and went to lunge. However, before she could even inhale or blink the man in front of her had Grimmjow pinned down to the ground by his throat. His black hair swirled around his head and his pale skin was illuminated by the moon. Ulquiorra's face was emotionless and Grimmjow was struggling against his hold, and began to shift. All his muscles contorted and he slowly became a panther. The panther scratched at Ulquiorra, and the man hissed, and brought his other hand to Grimmjow's chest before plunging it into his chest. The panther went still and slowly morphed back into a human.

Orihime whimpered and went to back away, what were these things? The man's green eyes turned towards her and she felt herself let out a small scream as he started to walk towards her.

A/N:

Cliffies are wonderful things. ^-^ So yes this is AU...but I am hoping to have some fun with it. For those of you reading The Painful Truth, I am still writing it...but I needed more than one project to divert to at times. ^_^ If you haven't read it, you should, chapter 7 is uploaded, and it was Beta'd by Child of the Ashes(one of my favorite authors).