PLANS
(Daidai)
It has been a long time since Inoue Orihime arrived in Hueco Mundo and stayed there for Aizen's evil plans. She has been staying in a melancholic room with only one window, where her only view outside is the moon. For her, that room treats her as a prison and that ONLY ONE BEING has been able to visit her often…
"Orihime." It was Ulquiorra.
"Oh! You surprised me!" she uttered with a smile as she usually does whenever Ulquiorra visits her. "What is it? Does Aizen-sama call for me?" she asked.
"No. I'm just here to inform you that you're friends have already made it here." he replied.
"Really? Then, what do you want me to do?" she said.
"I just want to clear things out, that since you are now one of us, you no longer care about your friends, and that's also the significance of that uniform you are now wearing." he said as he pointed at Inoue's dress.
Inoue looked down and said, "I already know that. That my body and soul exist for Aizen-sama's purposes."
"Good. I'll be back later." Ulquiorra said, and then he left.
Again, Inoue's alone. She thought what may happen to her friends, especially to…
"Kurosaki-kun…" she thought. "I'm sorry!" then she cried.
Ulquiorra was back. He saw Inoue who was already asleep in the sofa as he gently closed the door.
"Foolish girl." he thought, looking carefully at Inoue's face. "I have never seen a woman so strong will-hearted like you. When you said those words earlier, I knew that you were just lying. Yes, you're pretending."
Ulquiorra dropped to his knees and looked at her closer. "Ever since I was told by Aizen-sama to look after you, I feel strange things that I know I must not." he thought. As he touched her face, he noticed that she cried, for some parts of her cheeks were a little bit wet.
"Ul…Ulquiorra-san! What were you doing?" Inoue have woken up, quickly stood up, surprised by what Ulquiorra was doing.
"I was just…No. I don't have to explain anything to a human." Ulquiorra exclaimed.
"Yes, you're right! I cannot even complain for anything you do to me!!!" she shouted and then burst into tears.
Ulquiorra was shocked. He said, "I…I'm sorry. Sorry for what I did." He cannot say anything more than sorry. Then… "This chaos will soon be over, and when it does, you will no longer be with your friends anymore." he said.
"I cannot understand what you're saying. What were you trying to point out?" Inoue exclaimed.
"That you'll be treated as an enemy by your friends. You can't go back to the real world anymore. When all of this is over, you're going with me, Orihime." he said.
Upon hearing this, Inoue stood up, very surprised to what she's been hearing, thinking that Ulquiorra is insane. She said, "What were you thinking? Are you mad? You know I can't stay here with all of you forever. When all is over, when Aizen-sama finished his plans with me, I'm going home."
"This is NOW your home. You're already one of us. You can't do anything now to change that mere fact!" he said. "You think I don't know what you were thinking, you're up to something against Aizen-sama and his plans." he continued.
"Can you even hear yourself?"
"Yes, I can. It's your fault, woman!" he said. "It's your fault I feel this way… I have learned to love you, Orihime!"
Inoue doesn't know what to think and what to say. She really cannot believe what she's been hearing. Is it a trap? Did Aizen realize that he no longer needs her assistance anymore?
"This is part of Aizen's plans, right? To know if I am loyal to him?!" she asked.
"No." he replied, and then he grabbed Orihime's shoulder and said, "Whatever happens, I am going to take you with me after all of this come to an end."
"I'm truly sorry, Ulquiorra-san. I cannot accept what you offer nor repay for what you feel." she said, taking her eyes away from his.
He let go of her, realizing that she was already crying. He said, "You see, you don't have a choice. You will soon become a traitor in the eyes of your friends and of those in Soul Society."
Ulquiorra left her crying, quite disappointed that he lost control. He thought: "Orihime…"
Inoue, alone once again, stopped crying, and then she has thought of something. "What if I use him for my plans? No, that'll be silly. What am I thinking anyway? And worst, what if Aizen-sama finds what I am up to?"
She got up, looked at the window, then there she saw the lonely moon again.
She thought of her friends: "Kurosaki-kun, Kuchiki-san, Ishida-kun, Sado-kun, everyone. I am going to stay here because I want to help."
She sighed, sitting and staring at the moon, thinking that Ulquiorra didn't mean what he said.