In a small city known as Karakura town an intense battle between the Arrancars of Las Noches and the Shinigami captains, with their resourceful lieutenants, along with the highly respected, Substitute Soul Reaper, Ichigo Kurosaki was taking place.
As the battle progresses the Arrancars numbers slowly decreases with every victory the Shinigamis made. The Reapers decided it was time for Ichigo to go with Renji and Rukia to save Orihime. Ichigo jumped at the chance to go and save his friend, with the best intentions in mind, set off to rescue and protect his friend.
As the young, tall, lean, Orangette Shinigami stood in his standard soul reaper attire at the huge silver painted iron gates of Hueco Mundo he thought to himself
"I can sense Orihimes' spiritual pressure spiking – I've got to go!"
Without a singe solitary word to Rukia nor Renji, Ichigo took off in a mad dash to the fifth tower and to where Orihime was.
Ichigo could sense something was wrong, terribly wrong, they was another presence near Orihime – an evil presence, that shouldn't be there. At the highest room of the fifth tower Orihime was stood in what seemed to be a throne room, laden with blood red linen
curtains draped over every over-sized window arch and fine purple silks hung casually from pillar to pillar. A tall, magnificent, regal, jewel encrusted chair was situated on the middle of the room, raised upon a platform as if to state 'Royalty may only relax here'. A small round window with its own tiny red curtains was on the wall – high above the grand, finely carven wooden doors. As the sunlight appeared in view it shone bright, bright like the most expensive stones money could buy, onto that regal throne and as the sun hit every crevice of that throne its jewels shone proudly – giving off a disco ball effect on to every wall and surface they could find.
Orihime felt out-of-place here – she didn't belong here at all only these Arrancars had a purpose here but that purpose needed to be stop immediately. Just then, the sole Arrancar trusted to stay behind and to mind this place strode into the room gliding with every step he took, arms behind him resting on his back, he confidently, whilst showing no emotions whatsoever, approached Orihime. This 'man' who had a melancholic appearance with short, fairly unkempt ebony hair and bangs that fell in the middle of his face then split slightly at the bottom along with a horned hollow mask that covered his entire left side of his head reached Orihime and stood there at arm's length, studying her, attempting to find a flicker of fear in her. He stared at her with his piercing grass-green eyes with his jet black, cat-like pupils shrinking as he focused on her, he had the same colour green line descending from his eyes down his snow white skin face as if he was crying green tears.
This man, who goes by the name Ulquiorra, seemed to be deep in thought resting on one leg in his typical Arrancar clothing consisting of a White floor length jacket, a black sash with a white hakama but eventually spoke in a depressing voice and asked Orihime
"Are you frightened… woman?"
Shocked Orihime just stood there but eventually declared
"No. No I am not and never will be afraid of you, as I know my friends are coming to rescue me. They will come and defeat you and when they work together they are an unstoppable team of will, heart and strength"
Ulquiorra smirked – yes smirked – closed his eyes and shook his head
"Woman, do you really think that?"
A confident nod was the only response; he responded by making his right hand into a Nukite strike pose and placing it above where Orihimes' heart was
"Humph, so what if I was to rip a hole in you chest? Would I see your heart? What if I was to crack a hole in your head? Would I see our mind? You are forgetting woman – you belong to us now and to anyone who stands in our way has a death wish that will be swiftly carried out, regardless."
Orihimes' eyes were wide with shock as she pictured her precious Ichigo lying on the ground, his body life less, his once deep chocolate eyes now dull and unresponsive next to a smug looking Ulquiorra – NO – she mustn't think that, not now, not ever! Ichigo was going to win it's in his nature to win. He won't die. He won't ever die just for her.
As Ulquiorra opened his mouth to spew more debilitating words of evil those grand wooden doors flung open. A black silhouette appeared and marched through the dust and as it cleared it was Ichigo – you could see the anger in his eyes as stomped toward Ulquiorra and Orihime
"Get away from her" Ichigo stated rather calmly
"Tsk" was the only reply
"I said…" growled Ichigo
"GET AWAY FROM ORIHIME!"