I have now read the manga upto current episode, as I decided I wanted to know about the capture. Therefore there might be a bit in this chapter that is a spoiler.
Chapter 2
God knows how he found us, but he did. Such is the will of the human heart.
Ichigo arrived with all guns blazing, torn and bloodied he crashed through the wall and into the room that we were in. She stood behind me to shield herself from flying debris. We stood there watching him as he regained his breath and composure. Eventually he stood up and looked at me sternly. "I've come for Orihime."
I kept my gaze on Ichigo, not trusting him for a moment, but I was aware of her stepping out to one side, into his view. "I'm here," she said softly.
"Come, I'm taking you home." He turned to leave, and walked towards the hole in the wall. As he was aware that no-one was following him, he stopped and turned his head back towards her. "Come on, we have to go now."
"I'm not going," she said firmly.
"What???" Ichigo swung round, and stormed back to face us. "What do you mean you're not leaving?"
I looked at her. She had grown alot stronger in herself. "I'm staying here!"
"With him??" Ichigo looked shocked and pointed his sword at me.
"Yes" her words were strong, her voice didn't falter.
"But he's... You can't stay here. Not like this." Ichigo was trying to get her to move.
"Say it. I'm what?" I growled at him.
Ichigo looked at me a scowl on his face. "He's evil. He's an Arancarr. You can't stay here, this place will kill you."
"Ichigo, I can't go. I can't leave here" she said to him
"But why? Do you love him?" he asked.
She was silent for a moment, deep in thought. "I... I... don't know" she turned and looked at me. I looked into her eyes, the pits of her soul, and from there I knew that she did. The moment was broken by Ichigo, storming around. He pushed between the two of us, and addressed me. "You can't love her. Arancarr's don't have feelings. You're just a glorified hollow."
I really didn't want to answer him, and was glad that I didn't as Ichigo started talking again.
"Heal him." Ichigo asked Orihime but pointed at me.
"But he's not injured." she was confused
"No, I mean heal him back to what he was before. I know you can do it. Take him back before he loved you."
"I cannot" she refused him.
"That's not a good idea." I said.
"Who asked your opinion?" Ichigo snapped at me.
"Before I loved her, I wanted to kill her. You really want me like that?" I was angry now. She grabbed my arm and held me back and she turned back to him, "That's why I cannot do it Ichigo."
I put my arm around her and pulled her closer. "Leave, Ichigo, your business here is finished." I know I should've stuck him down by now. Was I getting complacent in my old age? Age? Ha! Time had no meaning in this place. My real age was in thousands, yet it was never spoken. Again I repeated myself. "Leave Ichigo, or I may have to force you to go." I put my hand on my sword hilt, readying myself to attack.
"No," she said and held my arm tightly. She looked at Ichigo and pleaded "Please go." There were tears in her eyes. I didn't want to upset her or make her cry but sometimes words are never enough.
