After the war, Soul Society had successfully won due to the betrayal of Aizen's espada during the last few minutes of battle. All the espada that remained, them being; Syazel, Hallibel, Grimmjow, Nnoitora, Stark, and Ulquiorra, turned against Aizen and helped Soul Society win.

No, they did not do it to help Soul Society; they did it to be free. They wanted to be free from Aizen. Now that he was gone, they could indeed be free.

All of the espada tossed the idea away of going back to the depressing abandoned fortress of Las Noches, so Urahara hooked all of them up with a gigai. Soul Society thought it was out of the question of allowing hollows to live in the real world, but since they portrayed to Aizen's defeat, it was allowed.

Hallibel moved to Europe, where she once lived as a human. Syazel moved to America and became part of area 41 with his mastermind. Nnoitora moved to Tokyo, for no apparent reason. And Grimmjow and Ulquiorra moved into the all too familiar Karukura Town.

To be more precise, it was Ulquiorra that first moved there, Grimmjow followed. Ulquiorra was irritated that he was to be followed by the former Sexta espada, but there was nothing he could do.

Ulquiorra and Grimmjow moved into a small apartment as roommates, at least fifteen minutes from Ichigo Kurosaki, Inoue Orihime, Uryu Ishida, and Sado Yasutora.

Ichigo was fine with the idea of the only espada he actually fought living close to him and his friends, considering in the end, they turned against the man that caused all of this. But what puzzled the substitute shinigami was to why Ulquiorra wanted to live close by. Grimmjow he understood because he still wanted to prove his dominance over Ichigo, but Ulquiorra? There was no reason for him to want to even be here.

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"Ulquiorra, let me ask you something." Grimmjow said, relaxing on his sofa in the middle of their two-bedroom apartment. "Make it quick," Ulquiorra snapped from the dining table, reading the newspaper, "I'm busy."

"Why did you want to come to this town of all places?" asked Grimmjow, stretching his arms above his shirtless body, revealing his busting six pack. Ulquiorra looked up from his reading material and said calmly, "I own something that's here, and I'm not about to leave it."

"Oh ya? And what exactly do you own?" Grimmjow asked.

"Orihime Inoue."

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Orihime awoke to the sound of a blazing alarm buzzing through her ears. Tiredly, she raised her hand and shut off her alarm clock, then slowly sat up in bed. With a yawn, she blinked once or twice due to the array of sunshine descending into her room. How she missed the sun being pooped up in Las Noches, but now she can once again enjoy it freely.

Orihime stood up, allowing her thick white blanket to fall from her curvatious body. She made her way to her restroom, followed by her regular morning routine.

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The red head young warrior made her way down the sidewalk in her gray school uniform.

"Finally," she murmured under her breath, "I missed school." Orihime always loved school. It was a time to see her friends with excuse. She hadn't been there in over a month, everyone who didn't know about the war thought she was on vacation.

As she walked, she felt a familiar presence near her. It seemed to belong to Ulquiorra. Orihime already knew of how him and Grimmjow were living close by, and she tried her best to avoid them at all costs. Although they weren't evil, they still caused her a lot of pain in Hueco Mundo.

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The school day unfortunately passed by quick. All her friends were happy to see her, and Tatski was pleased to see her safe and sound. She was glad to find the all too familiar Uryu, Chad, and Ichigo at school. Unfortunately Rukia had gone back to Soul Society, leaving an empty feeling during their lunch together.

Orihime found herself in front of a burnt down building that was once her apartment. A crowd of people surrounded the building as fire fighters pulled away. "Orihime, Orihime!" cried the sound of an old lady.

The young teenager turned around to find her elderly neighbor, Mrs. Mahana, running towards her. "Mrs Mahana?" Orihime asked with worried eyes, "W-What happened?"

"A fire broke lose and destroyed the entire apartment." She explained, "We have twenty four hours to gather our belongings and leave." At that, the old lady walked away toward the burnt down rubble.

It was all too sudden for the young teen. Her only home was destroyed and she had nowhere else to go. Her quick reaction caused her to grab her phone from her pocket and call Tatski, maybe she could allow her a place to stay until she got back up on her feet.

"Hello?" asked the familiar voice of Orihime's best friend. "Hey Tatski….um….I have a problem." The red head stuttered. "Spill." Demanded the raven-haired girl from over the phone.

Orihime explained how her apartment burnt down and how she had no place to go.

"Dam." Her friend muttered, "That's harsh. You could stay at my place if you want."

Orihime's heart filled with joy, her best friend is offering a place for her to stay after what happened. What are best friend for? Before Orihime could answer, someone from behind her snatched the phone from her hands and began speaking into it.

"That will not be necessary, Orihime already has a place to stay."

Orihime spun around, surprised by the sudden voice. She stood there, eyes widened, as she tried her best to stutter up a sentence that made sense. "U-Ulquiorra?" she asked.

There was Ulquiorra, dressed in jeans and a black buttoned up shirt. He nodded and handed her back her phone. "Come with me woman." That statement sounded so familiar, but this time, it didn't leave brain in turmoil.

He grabbed her wrist as Orihime began to speak. "W-What are you talking about? I'm going over to Tatski's."

Ulquiorra vaguely remembered that name. It was the girl in whom Yammi tried to kill when Ulquiorra accompanied him for the first time too the world of the living.

"No. I already informed your friend that you have someplace else to stay." He answered coolly. "N-No," Orihime stuttered, "I don't. Look at my apartment." She pointed to the burnt down building, "It's a wreck!"

"I'm completely aware of your situation woman. I informed your friend you already had a place to stay because you will be staying with me." At that, he pulled the red head away by her wrist.

Suddenly, Orihime's phone rang and she quickly picked it up, still being dragged by Ulquiorra. "Hello?" she asked.

"Orihime, who as that a minute ago? Are you still coming over?" asked Tatski, who bombarded the young teenager with questions. She was so loud that her voice could her heard by Ulquiorra, which caused him to turn and glance back seriously at Orihime.

"Um…….no. It's alright Tatski, I already have a place to stay."

Ulquiorra nodded his head and turned to face forward as if in agreement of what Orihime said. She was such a nice young lady, she couldn't say no. Especially to an espada that was her kidnapper.

Tatski's voice continued to bark through the phone with tons of questions. Annoyed, Ulquiorra stopped suddenly and snatched Orihime's phone once again from her grasp and hung it up. "You're friends are annoying." He stated simply.

This was the first time Orihime had seen Ulquiorra since the whole battle. She was surprised to see him without his hollow mask and hollow hole. He looked like a normal teenager besides the pale skin, black upper lip, tear marks, and black nails.

"Um…Ulquiorra?" asked Orihime, as the two continued to walk, she still being dragged by him. "Why am I staying at your place? Tatski already invited me."

"Because woman." He started, "I own you." Orihime's eyes widened, "E-Excuse me?" she stuttered, "What do you mean by that?" Ulquiorra resisted the urge to roll his eyes. "Must I say it again?" he asked, "I own you."

"N-No you don't!" Orihime threw back in disbelief. "Yes I do." He shot back and he pulled her closer to him. "You had always been mine since I first laid by eyes on you."

Orihime's eyes seemed to widen ten fold, "What are you talking about? You can't go around saying you own people." She whined.

Ulquiorra wrapped his arm around her waist as he pulled her next to him. "Foolish woman. You have always been mine."

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Yup. New story! ^_^ Don't worry though, I will finish roommates, I'm just on a bit of a writer's block from that story and needed to start something else. I hope you like it. Reviews please.

Oh ya, I get these ideas from reading other ulquihime fan fictions, so it might seems a bit familiar to a few combined, but it's still a bit different .