disclaimer: i don't own bleach though i wish i did

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Orihime opened her eyes to the white walls that were now her `home`. To be blunt it was horrible. She has spent now around 2 months in her gilded cage. During the first week she had been full of non-sense questions to keep her mind off of her situation. And it worked for a while. However that too stopped with time.

Ulquiorra Shiffer, the number 4 espada. Aizen's most loyal espada was on his way to feed the woman Aizen had left him in charge of.

Orihime watched as the door to her room slid open to reveal the person that was truly a thorn in her side, her 'guardian' Ulquiorra.

"woman, your breakfast is ready." An emotionless Ulquiorra said.

"I'm not hungry. Well not at the moment." Orihime said knowing full well his next response.

He sighed, "woman, why do you always insist on me forcing the food down your throat?"

Her response brought another sigh out of him. "Well because it I just ate and did what you said then I wouldn't get to speak ever. Unless Aizen wants me to lose my ability to speak."

Ulquiorra had grown annoyed with this woman's chatter so he turned and walked out of her room leaving her calling him rude. He walked to the Espada meeting room to join the others in discussing what to do about the friends that are without a doubt going to try to rescue the woman. As he entered he heard the voice of the one Espada that he truly despised. Nnoitra.

"I'm tellin' ya we should just go kill that damn shinigami and his comrades!"

"Nnoitra, shut up. No one cares what you want to do." Said the number 6 Espada, Grimmjow.

Everyone seemed to calm down at Ulquiorra's entrance. He walked to his seat while ignoring stupid questions from both Nnoitra and Grimmjow. When he reached his seat he finally decided to answer some of the questions directed toward him.

"oi! Ulquiorra stop ignoring me!" Nnoitra yelled as he slammed his fist on the table.

"Nnoitra," Ulquiorra said turning a cold glare his way, "what is so important that you need to annoy me?"

"I was just wondering" he said sitting back down "that some of the cooking servants are sayin' that you aren't feeding our guest properly" Nnoitra's always large grin getting slightly larger.

Ulquiorra hated when anyone, and especially Nnoitra, criticized his work on any level. So he said, while raising his spiritual pressure to remind him that he was ranked lower than him, "do you believe you could do better?"

Nnoitra licked his lips and said, "You better be- he was interrupted by Aizen's entrance flanked by Gin and Tousen one on each side.

"now, now" Aizen said putting on a fatherly smile, "why all the hostility?"

Grimmjow was the one to answer, "well, Ulquiorra got his feelings hurt when Nnoitra called his bad pet-care out"

A puzzled Aizen asked "pet-care?"

It was Nnoitra this time" yeah you know care for that red-head he won't let me near!"

"Are you not taking care of my most important guest Ulquiorra?" Aizen said turning a glare his way.

"Aizen-sama", Ulquiorra began "the woman simply refuses to eat"

"Well", Aizen said looking at the ceiling "maybe you should be more persuasive."

"yes, Aizen-sama" and with that Ulquiorra set off towards Orihime's room

Orihime was counting yet again the number of square patches in her little quilt. She was so focused that she didn't hear Ulquiorra come in.

"Woman"

Orihime turned around with a little jump at the sound of his voice. "oh, Ulquiorra you scared me" she noticed that he had a more of a glint in his eyes this time. "um, what's wrong Ulquio- "she didn't get a chance to finish to finish before his hand was on her throat.

"now", he said "you will eat." And he then proceeded to shove the now cold food in her mouth.