Here's the next chapter enjoy.

Chapter 2

Ichigo woke up in his room that following morning in not the greatest of moods. And when he got out of bed he sat up and stared at his right hand as he sighed and thought, "Well, I might be in a lot of pain right now but hopefully no one will ask about my hand."

He then got up and put on his school uniform as he left the house acting as if he was in hurry. When he arrived at his high school though he could barely pay attention to anything that the teacher was saying since his mind kept on wondering as he looked over at Orihime's desk and he remembered that she hadn't come back from the Soul Society yet.

"I wonder why Orihime hasn't come back yet? It couldn't of just been because she wasn't allowed to pass through the gate. There has be something else, but I have no idea what it is." Ichigo thought to himself, as he started to become frustrated.

Tatsuki as well, could feel Orihime's presence. However, she had no idea where she was she as too became a bit frustrated while she thought, "I have to find out the truth from Ichigo." She then looked over at him as she finished with, "Then it's decided I'll ask him about it right after class."

Later on that day when the final bell finally did ring Tatsuki followed Ichigo out of classroom as she called out, "Hey Ichigo, wait a minute!"

Tatsuki watched as Ichigo turned and asked, "Yeah Tatsuki, what is it?"

She stopped in front of him as she blurted out, "Ichigo, tell me where Orihime is. I can feel her presence, but I couldn't find her anyway yesterday. So I was hoping that you might know where she is."

She waited for Ichigo to reply and when she made eye contact with he replied, "I'm sorry Tatsuki, I can't tell you where Orihime is." This made her eyes widen as he continued with, "But I can tell you that she's safe."

"I'll buy that for now. But there's something else that I want to ask you." she stated, but before she could go any further she saw Rukia wave towards Ichigo and when she looked back at him he had started walk away as she protested, "Hey, wait a minute Ichigo!"

Ichigo looked back at her as he shouted back, "Sorry Tatsuki, but I've got to go! See ya!"

But as Ichigo was running away Tatsuki glared at him as she thought, "Ichigo...sooner or later you going to have to tell me the truth."

When Ichigo and Rukia had the left the school he asked, "So what did you want Rukia?"

"I wanted to let you know that I was gong to check in with Captain Ukitake to see how Orihime was doing." Rukia explained, as the two then ran towards Orihime's house where Captain Hitsugaya and rest of the group were waiting for them.

Meanwhile in Soul Society Orihime and Captain Ukitake where walking towards a building where Orihime could let the others know what had happened the previous day as she looked at the Captain and said, "Thank you again for letting me borrow a Soul Reapers uniform Captain Ukitake."

He smiled at her as he replied, "Of course Orihime, I'm glad that I found some extra ones."

Once the two had made entered the building where the teleprompter was as Ukitake had her stay back for a moment as it was just static, but it soon focused in as Rukia was shown on the screen whle she asked, "Captain Ukitake, how is Orihime?"

"Why don't you ask her youself, Rukia?" He replied, back as he mentioned for Orihime to step forward.

And once she was in front of the teleprompter Rukia asked, "Orihime, why didn't you come back from the Soul Society yesterday?"

Orihime looked downward as she explained everything from Ulquiorra's attack on her two escorts, to where he said that her friends would die if she didn't agree to going back with him to Hueco Mundo. After this Ichigo took a step forward as he asked, "So Captain Ukitake, will Orihime be able to return home now or not?"

"I will answer that question Ichigo Kurosaki." Someone stated, which caused Orihime to look behind her.

And when she did she saw Head Captain Yamamoto and Captain of Squad 7 Sajin Komamura, who were standing at the entrance to the room. And once the two were next to Ukitake and Orihime Captain Yamamoto continued with, "Now that I know that what Captain Ukitake had told me last night was true. It would be unwise for Orihime Inoue to return to the world of the living especially if Aizen is after her for her abilities."

Ichigo nodded in agreement as he replied, "Yeah I understand Head Captain. But promise me that Orihime will be safe while she's in the Soul Society."

"Of course that is why I have brought Captain Komamura with me." he explained, and once he looked at Orihime for a moment he turned back towards the teleprompter as he ended with, "He will be in charge of protecting her while she is here in the Soul Society."

Orihime looked at Captain Komamura from the corner of her eye (as best she could) as she thought, "Captain Komamura, he sure is tall." And when she looked up even further she noticed his ears as she added, "But he sure does have some pretty cute ears."

"Orihime." Ichigo called out, as she continued to stare.

This made her look back towards his face as she asked, "Yes, Ichigo?"

"I just wanted to tell you to stay safe and don't worry about Aizen, since I doubt he would even think about going after you while you're in the Soul Society." Ichigo said, as he waved goodbye.

She noticed a shadow go over her as she looked and saw Komamura was looking at her as he said, "I promise to make sure that nothing happens to you, Orihime."

The high school student felt a light blush go over her face as she replied, "T-Thank you, Captain Komamura."

She stared as Komamura gently took her hand into his as the two walked out of room not even noticing Momo as she entered the room excited to talk to Captain Hitsugaya again.

Okay so that's the end of this chapter. And if you're wondering about how Aizen would react to this "unexpected" turn in events. Well, you'll find out about that maybe in the next chapter.