Thanks for discovery this story!

And the fact that you found it was so amazing.

This newest story here is just a series of oneshots and drabbles I made randomly about UlquiHime.

It might be short. It might be long. It might even have a sequel depend on how you could see it.

So I may not update it frequently depend on how my inspiration comes.

Disclaimers: I do not own Bleach and their characters (definitely); they are all masterpieces from Kubo-sensei~

Some parts may sound weird in English; because I'm not an English Native one. Ha ha ha.

Spoiler: The story happened after chapter 353/354

In this story, I randomly used italic word to describe the thought of the characters or maybe it just some strong feeling of characters I want to put in to that word.

RESOLUTION

Inoue Orihime was crying and desperately reaching her hand toward the Cuatro Espada who already disappeared from ash into nothing.

"Why do you go off after saying something like that? I still haven't told you anything..."what I REALLY felt about you that I didn't hate you.

Orihime was sobbing. Her hand was grasping tightly but nothing in it. She couldn't even touch him the last time.

Kurosaki Ichigo and Ishida Uryuu saw that scene altogether. Sympathy and guilty mostly appeared on their faces.

Ichigo didn't want to ask anything about what his hollow had done after he had a hole in his chest. But because he was worried about Orihime, he took his courage to ask her.

"Inoue, what's your relationship with him?"

Ichigo tried hard to not say his name because he was afraid that Orihime could react more despairing.

Surprisingly, Orihime replied his question with her most gentle expression that he had never seen before.

"The person named Aizen wanted to use my power to speed up Hougyoku's awaking, and he acted occurring to Aizen's order. He was the one who asked me to come with him or he would kill all of my friends."

Orihime looked at her right palm which was covered by ash and dust. Her eyes went as sad as her voice.

"Even though he always said harsh and cold words, he had never hurt me once. Even when I slapped him..."

Orihime stopped in the middle of her sentence, because she started to remember and realized something.

Her eyes were almost teary, while Ichigo and Ishida were in shock that they couldn't believe in their ears

Slap him...? Both Ichigo and Ishida thought with unconvinced looks toward Orihime.

Even if I used my Bankai and my mask, I couldn't even touch him. But you can... even slap his face?

And he did nothing to you after that?

"When I came alone in Hueco Mundo, I was afraid whether my decision was right or wrong. But I found the answer and the resolve for my power that could stop the war in here. But when Grimmjow took me to heal Kurosaki-kun, my resolve started to scatter because I saw you get hurt and almost died because of me."

Ichigo remembered what Grimmjow said to him "You don't know what's going on inside her."

Because Ichigo thought he should be the one who protect everyone, but in fact, it was the opposite, he was being protected by everyone, by Orihime.

Orihime didn't sacrifice herself to save everyone. She also came to fight but using her different way to fight.

Ichigo realized that he was actually the immature one. It was him who didn't believe in her and treated her as a child.

Because of his desire to fight and to win, he discarded everyone's feeling and reason.

Now Ichigo understood why Ulquiorra kept on picking fight with him. Ulquiorra was just angry at his reason coming there to fight without knowing anything.

For the guy who was previously a machine the first time they met, Ulquiorra started to turn more into human when he interacted with Inoue.

Why did he have never figure out about Ulquiorra before? Didn't Ulquiorra keep on telling him to give up the sword many times? How foolish he was.

"When I found out that I was used as a bait to trap everyone in Hueco Mundo and was discarded by Aizen, he's the only one who asked me if I was afraid and didn't kill me even though he said he would kill me. Then I realized he's just a child, he might be expert in combat and logic, but he's a child in emotions. He didn't know anything about what he couldn't see and feel. At that time, I feel sad for him."

From Orihime's words, Ichigo and Ishida couldn't believe that she was talking about the same guy who had put a hole into other's chest and cut off other's arm.

Maybe only to Orihime, Ulquiorra became like that to the point that he even gently asked for her concern.

Ulquiorra was totally ignored others and refered them as inferior, yet he could act like that in front of Orihime. Also, the fact for Orihime to view him as child was already amazing itself.

While Ichigo and Ishida looked at each other with their compromise thought about Ulquiorra, Orihime was still talking and her voice started choking with tears.

"I really don't want any side to get hurt at all even if they are humans or hollows. Before I couldn't be able to save my brother, I made him sad and turned into a hollow. Now I couldn't do anything to help everyone. I was so useless. Did I really become a bad person?"

While Ichigo and Ishiga told her, "You're not a bad person, Inoue."

Orihime started to cry but she also quickly wiped her tear. Because she knew Ichigo and Ishida would worried about her more.

She then started using Shun Shun Rikka to heal Ishida's arm. Both Ishida and Ichigo were amazed because they never thought she could be able to do that. They only thought her power was healing wounds, not restoring a lost limb.

Ishida then asked Orihime about her power.

She stated, "My power is rejection of event" and then explained what Aizen said to her about her power.

"If it were not for Ulquiorra who came to abduct me, I would never know about my own power that I could be able to help you guys."

After she said out loud what she thought, she went on silent and kept healing Ishida's arm.

Ishida started his analysis and announced that if Orihime could use her power correctly, she would probably be the strongest one in the war.

After a long silent thought, Ichigo asked Orihime, "If your power is to reject the events, then could you be able to reject his disappearance?"

Both Ishida and Orihime were shocked at what Ichigo just suggested.

"What are you saying, Kurosaki? Why do you want to revive him after he took all trouble to kill you?" Ishida said aggressively.

Ichigo stated his reason, "In the fight, he said because of the heart, it caused pain and death. When he put a hole in my chest, I lost my heart and died at that time. But my hollow form appeared and caused pain to my friends and probably death to him."

Ichigo lowered his face. There was anguish in his hoarse voice and his brown eyes.

"I threw my heart away and won, but when my heart came back to me, I really felt painful inside because I never want to do that. I just want to crush his resolve to let Inoue go, but I never want to kill him. I never want to do that. If I let him go off like that, I will never prove my words to him."

Ishida and Orihime kept listening Ichigo's reason patiently. Ishida shook his head because he couldn't win against Ichigo's fairness and stubbornness.

Besides, Ishida thought he understood Ichigo's feeling. He had tried to stop Ichigo's hollow form because he didn't want Ichigo throw away his humanity.

Ishida looked at Orihime as if saying "I'm fine with that. How about you?"

Orihime felt really complicated inside.

She, personally, was the one who wanted him back most. But she was worried what Ulquiorra would feel after he was brought back.

Moreover, now his body turned into ash and dissolved in the wind, she didn't even have a piece of his to revive him.

But then she suddenly remembered Hacchi's words that "she could also be able to restore from nothingness."

She saw Hacchi did that to Tsubaki but she wondered if she could do the same.

Orihime looked at Ichigo and Ishida, smiling.

"I'll will try."

Then suddenly a loud explosive sound like a BANG coming from below startled the gang, Ichigo intuitively went to the hole to take a peek inside the dome.

All he could see was Yammy as a giant monster starting to destroy inside Las Noches.

Ichigo revealed his worried face because Rukia, Renji and Chad were down there. Both Ishida and Orihime could see that.

"That Yammi guy turns into a really huge giant. Rukia, Renji and Chad are down there."

"Then Kurosaki-kun, please go and save them first."

Orihime said on reflex without hesitance. Then she suddenly realized that she no longer felt jealous at Rukia anymore and even hoped Ichigo could go save Rukia for her.

The reluctant feeling she had had been gone. What was the change of that?

She smiled and told Ishida and Ichigo could go first and save Kukichi-san and everyone.

She will stay behind to see if she could save Ulquiorra.

Ichigo didn't agree with her. He said that he would go alone and Ishida would stay with Orihime because he was afraid to let Orihime stay alone one more time. Or maybe Ichigo was afraid that he didn't know what Ulquiorra would do to Orihime alone after he was saved.

But Orihime was adamant in telling them that she could take care of herself. Because Orihime's sole attack, Tsubaki-kun, was once useless with this kind of opponent. The more people went to help, the better it could take a big giant like Yammy down…

In the end, Orihime convinced both of them going down first.

"Because if I could save Ulquiorra, he would help me go down by his wings, right? If not, I could use Shun Shun Rikka to go down by myself."

Both Ichigo and Ishida were surprised. Orihime was the same yet kind of different.

She changed.

Maybe it was her confidence in herself was changed, and…

the culprit for that change was not them but the one who was once thought as a heartless hollow.

JinxJen's note:

The main title of the new story "Dyeing Monochrome" was inspired by some parts of "Adventure In The Box"

If you have free time, I would like you go and read them.

This is actually the first oneshot fic that I have ever written about UlquiHime.

Also, I have to apologize for the writing because I'm not exactly very proficient in English.

Even if I tried to use GORGEOUS words, I fail miserably. I just keep thinking it would be better if I use simple and easy to understand words.