"Chapter 2

Orihime looked up with worry as Uryu raised them up feeling the intense spiritual pressure of the Arrancar called Ulquiorra. The heavy ocean of reiatsu ended as they reached the top of Los Noches. Orihime jumped off of the platform of reishi used to get her nd uryu to the top. she rolled into a run after she landed, sprinting as fast as she could possibly go. when she stopped and looked up the sight caused her to widen her eye as she saw something she had never wanted to see.

At the top of one of the last two pillars remaining Ichigo dangled in the air held at the neck by Ulquiorra's tail.

"Ichigo..." whispered Orihime in dis believe, "no...no...it can't be"

Ulquiorra looked over his shoulder as he held up Ichigo's beaten body

"so you came. woman." he looked back at Ichigo, "perfect timing, watch carefully," he said as he raised his clawed black hand to the centre of Ichigo's chest. " The man to whom you've entrusted all your hope is about to die."

Ulquiorra ended his words as a black/green light that soon turned in too the deadly Cero know as Cero Oscuras. Orihime's eyes widened as she realized what he ment to do to Ichigo

"NOOOOOO!" she screamed in fear as she saw the one she loved stay helpless to prevent the un avoidable action.

The following silence was interrupted by a loud crack of thunder like noise as green and black shot through the perma-night sky of Heuco Mundo.

Orihime's next thoughts were entirely focused on using her powers to revive Ichigo as she watched Ichigo's lifeless body. But she was interrupted by Ulquiorra as he sonidoed in front of her, " your efforts are useless.", he looked down at her as she stood still in fright."He is already dead there is nothing you can do for him now." he cruelly added. Uryu intervened to help Orihime get to ichigo by assaulting Ulquiorra from behind with one of his most powerful moves." LICHT REGEN!" His shout was followed by an intense barrage of arrows formed from the abundant reishi in the air of Hueco Mundo. when the smoke clear Ulquiorra stoo un phased by the onslaught.

"I assumed out of all of Ichigo Kurosaki's allies you were the most calm and level headed." he surmised.

The Quincy simply notched another arrow," I am." he retorted. "then why go throught the trouble of pointlessly attacking me." The Quincy narrowed his eyes, 'I can't let him prevent Orihime from healing Ichigo', "I don't see how that's your concern." he ended the conversation by using on of his moves, called, "HAIZEN!" the result was a blast of dangerous reishi in the form of a long and thin pyramid. the blast was merely blocked by Ulquiorra's bat-like wing as it got with in range. Before ulquiorra could "react" he uses hirenkyaku and appears behind Ulquiorra and uses a sneelescnieder in place of reishi arrows and aims for the mass of the opponent known as Ulquiorra's head. The arrow was merely batted away once again by the arrancar's wings.

~with Orihime and Ichigo~

Orihime is helpless to do any thing as she looks down into the Lifeless eyes of the one she loved.

falls to her knees as she tries to think of how to help ichigo.

' I thought every thing was going to be alright,' she thought, 'Ichigo was so strong.' 'He was unbeatable, that he was always going to win, I was blinded by my faith in him.' 'I i didn't realize that I was wrong!'

'what should I do...what should I do? Tell me Ichigo! What can I do?!', she thinks desperately "Uryu!" she says as she sees him skid to a stop next too her, his arm scorched., " They is nothing to worry about." he say, " I am going to stay in this fight no matter what!" he breathes out, " I'll cover you, do what you can to help Ichigo."

Uryu then starts to run towards Ulquiorra with his Sneeleschnieder draw."Uryu!" Orihime shouts. Ulquiorra soon lashes out with his whip like tail, Uryu dodges to the right and keeps running up, only to have Ulquiorra quickly knock him aside as he moves forward in a burst of speed, causing him to fall to the slide. He looks up into the face of Ulquiorra only to be smashed across his face. Orihime puts up her shield. to hopefully help Uryu. Ulquiorra effortlesly whips his tail through it as if it was naught but tissue paper.

"what can I do?"

"I'm not prepared, I'm helpless!"

"I don't know how to fight this opponent. He's to strong!"

"I need your help Ichigo!", she cries, "I've never had to face this kinda power before, you've always been there before when I needed you, and I need you now! please!"

"please help me, !"

The plea echoes through out Ichigo's somehow still aware conscience.

~Ichigo's Conscience~

buh dump, buh dump, buh dump, buh dump

"Ichigo please!" he hears.

'orihime'

'she's calling me'

'she needs me

'Get up!'

'Get up'

'I have to get up!' his arm starts to glow red, which soon floods through out his body as he is in gulfed in red spiritual pressure.

'I promise...I will, he thinks,"I WILL PROTECT YOU!" he shouts as he stands up as he is encased in dark red spiritual pressure. As the pressure and noise increase Orihime slowly looks behind her. To her shock and fear standing before her is a fully hollowfied Ichigo.

He now had stark white hiero covering his hollow body, his mask was black and white with two slanted horns faceing forward on each side. The remains of his tattered uniform barely hang to his body. red tufts of fur hang from his wrists and ankles, as well as covering his collar bone. His orange short hair, now becoming a wild mane of orange, waves wildly behind him. His hollow hole being dead centre in the middle of his chest, black marks leading from it, as well as two marks crossing from the top of his mask to the jaw, they end up joing the marks on his chest.

"Is that Ichigo?" asks Uryu in shock at the sudden transformation that he sees before him.

"This can't be, you can't be alive." Ulquiorra states emotionlessly as he wokes to his right. "what is that form." he pauses, "who are you?"

~AN/ sorry every body but that's the end for this chapter! :) next chapter Ichigo will face Hichigo inside his Mindscape and will unveil the 'Truth' You've been waiting for. read and reviews !