Hey guys, chapter 2, wow, sorry about the wait, I guess I'm just a really lazy person, but this chapter is sorta long, anyway, I HAVE NO EXCUSES, and I'm sorry, hope you enjoy this chapter and I'll try to update more often ;D. Remember to review, thanks, baiiiiiii :D

Ulquiorra was startled awake from his dream, or was it a nightmare. Either way, it still brought back bad memories.

Now that he thought about it he hadn't seen the beauty in years. 'Orihime' he thought to himself. He had never forgotton her face, her flawless 11 year old face. Then when he saw her when she was 13 she was blossoming in a beautiful girl. Then when he reached the age of 17 he stopped seeing her at the casino, that was when she was 15 and was overwhelmingly amazing.

At the age of 18 his father died and he stopped going there. Isamu, when his father died had been adopted into the Kurosaki family and was now referred to as Ichigo. Which both of the preferred. Katsumi; or Gin -as he was called now - had run away from home at the age of 16 and lived with Ulquiorra for a year then he moved around the block for some independence.

All of them 18 years of age and yet they hadn't seen Orihime, Rangiku and Rukia in years. So tonight them decided to go to the casino that they hadn't been to in a year or so.

At 6:00 they met at the stairs that led down into the illegal casino. "Anyone really want to go first" Ichigo voiced audibly. "Ya can do the honors" Gin said. "If your that eager" he added. "Um, no thanks I think I'll go second" Ichigo said. "Chicken" Gin whispered. "What was that!" Ichigo asked. "Nothin', nothin' at all" Gin said slyly. "You don't want to go in first either" Ichigo accused. How long had they been standing here arguing like toddlers. "Maybe I wi-" Gin was cut of by Ulquiorra who pushed passed them both and started walked down the moss covered stairs. "Fearless that one is, fearless" Gin said. "Damn right" Ichigo agreed.

Both Ichigo and Gin followed closely behind Ulquiorra. When they reached the end of the stairs they heard the slur of drunk people, the cries of happiness from a win, the groans of disagreement from loses but no singing only drab, tasteless music.

They walked in and sad down at one of the poker tables. The fabric tabletop covered in stains of alcohol, coffee and water. At fat man around his mid forties came and stood behind their playing table. His distasteful green vest hanging open from his beer gut.

He smelt of alcohol and drugs. "Game" the man asked. "No we're fine" Ulquiorra replied. "Oh, why not!" Gin complained loudly, definitely showing his disappointment with Ulquiorra. "Because he said we're not" Ichigo replied. "How come he gets to decide" Gin continued to complain. "Cause he's the oldest, would you shut up!" Ichigo finalized. "Whatever" Gin said. Ichigo sighed in relief. "Only by a few months" Gin mumbled. "I'm going to kill you" Ichigo replied.

"Your both acting like children" Ulquiorra cut into the conversation. "Speak for yourself!" Ichigo countered. Gin snickered. "I rest my case" Ulquiorra said. "Let's go" Ulquiorra concluded their conversation.

They walked away from the poker table to sit at one of the tables near the front of the stage waiting hopefully that they had chosen the right night to see Rangiku, Rukia and Orihime.

Fortunately they were not disappointed when the lights in the casino dimmed to an eery yellow colour and the stage became pitch black.

Two bright, white spotlights lit up the centre of the stage, the perfect circles of the stage lights only a few centimetres apart. This gave the effect that there was only going to be two people on the stage, only two, not three. The lights in the casino dimmed even more to the point of blackness, the only light coming from the spotlights lighting the stage. Soon after the lights can been turned off, small, individual lights lit up the tables that were occupied, this included people playing the various casino games.

As Ulquiorra looked around the casino he could see that everyone in the casino had stopped what they were doing and had turned expectantly towards the stage. As if they knew what or who would be coming onto the stage, everyone gave their undivided attention to the still empty stage, but their attention wasn't for the stage it was for the performance.

A high piano tune, accompanied by a soft violin stroke began to play. Then a voice joined in.

"Everybody ready?" A short black haired girl with cobalt eyes asked the other two occupants in the room backstage. "When haven't I been ready Rukia?" A tall woman with a generous bust, flowing blonde hair and sky blue eyes replied jokingly. "Hmmmm, never" Rukia replied to Rangiku. Both short and tall girl then turned to the last occupant in the room. An average height teenage girl with orange autumn leaf coloured hair that fell to her waist, straight but curling slightly at the end, her deep silver eyes showing only slight nerves, her generous bust straining against the dress she was wearing.

"How about you?" Rukia asked. "I'll see you guys on stage" Orihime replied with her bright, warm smile. "Okay, see you out there!" Rangiku said, both she and Rukia turned towards the rusty metal door that lead out to behind the red stained curtain that when lifted revealed the stage and the audience. "Break a leg" Orihime said to both of them, as she always did.

Rukia and Rangiku both hummed their agreement at the same time not turning towards Orihime. Rangiku stepped in front of Rukia and grabbed hold of the small metal handle that was attached to the door when she heard their song music start to play.

She pulled the handle towards the floor and gave the rusty door a slight pushing they exited the room. Rangiku and Rukia saw the curtain start to lift so they started walking a little faster, they walked under the small opening at the bottom of the curtain, Rangiku taking a breath and started singing into the microphone that she had been provided with.

Ulquiorra, Ichigo and Gin saw two figures walking out onto the prepared stage the taller one preparing to sing.

Rangiku:"She captures her reflection then she throws the mirror to the floor"
"Her image is distorted screaming 'is it worth it anymore?'"

Rukia: "Are you sacred of the things that they might put you through?"
"Does it make you wanna hide the inner you?"

The music continued to play, but still there was no Orihime, leaving disappointment deep within Ulquiorra. Still, he couldn't deny that Rangiku and Rukia were exceptional singers too. So he decided that he might as well enjoy the good voices.

Orihime: "You're not the only one so let them criticize"
"You're untouchable when you realize"

Orihime's voice drifted from somewhere in the casino, everybody turning their heads to trying to pinpoint where Orihime's voice was coming from, it sounded like it was coming from the back of the room.

All together: "Change, change your life, take it all"
"We're gonna sick together know well get through it all"
"Change, change your life take it all (take it all)"
"You're gonna use it to become what you've always know (become what you've always known)"

Rukia took it upon herself to do the back up in the chorus, and from then on in the song it was mentally decided between the three performers that Rukia would be doing backup. (A.N: The brackets in the song are the backup parts)

Rangiku: "His body starts to flicker like nobody wants to know his name"
"Just another subtle feeling but nobody there to feel the pain"

Orihime: "They can whip you bring you down, down to the sides"
"But they will never get to the heart you hold inside"
"You're not the only one so let them criticize"
"You're in touchable when you realize"

Rangiku and Orihime: "Change, change your life, take it all (take it all)"
"We're gonna stick together, know we'll get through it all"
"Change, change your life take it all (take it all)"
"You're gonna use it to become what you've always known (become what you've always known)"

All together: "Change, change your life, take it all, change your life and take it all"
"Change, change your life take it all, change your life and take it all"
"You got the right to show the world something never seen"
"We wanna hear you scream it out, you're not alone!"

All of them holding the long note in perfect harmony, Orihime's voice being the highest in pitch. There was a music instrumental and then Rangiku held a perfect note that brightened up the song. And because Rukia was singing backup it was Orihime's time to solo.

Orihime: "Change, change your life, take it all (take it all)
Orihime:"We're gonna stick together know we'll get through it all (we're invincible)"
All together: "Change, change your life, take it all (change your life and take it all)"
"You're gonna use it to become what you've always known (become what you've always known)

The song finished and the instruments died out, there was a second pause and then the crowd erupted into claps and cheers for their favourite singers. Everyone stood up and as Ulquiorra, Ichigo and Gin got a better look at Orihime, Rukia and Rangiku they realized how much they had grown since the last time they had saw the three.

Rukia had grown a little, not that it was very noticeable, her midnight hair was longer and fell to the middle of her back, her violet eyes had become deeper in colour and her chest had filled out a little bit, the black dress accentuated them more, but only Ichigo would have noticed her growth.

Her dress was a pitch black and reached barely to mid thigh, her cream white legs showing. The dress was tight up until her small waist where it flowed out slightly and then closed at her thigh. There was a lace top that disappeared down into a fabric now that was attached to the dress then the dress fell in pleats that branched out from the bow. It accentuated her figure well. Maybe a bit too well... Ichigo thought to himself.

Rukia's makeup was done in dark colours, blacks and purples that matched her eye colour. The two colours were blended together, the purple covering most of her eye lid and the black surrounding it. Her eye liner was simple, a winged line and her water line was lined. She looked like a dark queen.

Rangiku had also grown but the change was more noticeable, her legs were longer but not tanned a lot. Her breasts were a very generous size and were almost spilling out of her tight dress, which was also black, although her eyes remained the same colour. Just as I remember... Gin mulled in his head.

Rangiku's dress was very tight it accentuated her slim waist and large breasts. The dress was a boob-tube style, a heart shape at the top and then was just tight and plain black fabric that ended at also barely mid thigh. The only pattern at the bottom of the dress being the lace that ran up from the end of the dress to just below where her hip started. Her dress was simple but pretty.

Her make-up was heavy her eye shadow as black as her dress, she had on a 'cat liner' eye liner look that made her sky blue eyes look bluer than before. Beautiful Gin concluded in his mind. Although I'm sure she would look as beautiful without all the dress up... He added.

Orihime who hadn't grown much taller, looked very mature for her age of 16. Her breasts also very large, rivaling Rangiku's easily. Her silver eyes were also deeper in colour and her slightly tanned legs looked like they went on forever. The dress she was wearing also accentuated her flat stomach, slim waist and large chest.

The dress she wore was a deep red colour, but still matched with her unusual hair colour. The dress was made of silk and also had a heart shaped top except had a strap over one shoulder which had flowers patterning it. The dress then fell down to mid thigh and a sash type pattern near the waist. It was simple yet appealing. Very appealing... Ulquiorra noted to himself.

Her make-up was smokey using natural matte colours, silvers and greys. Her eyes were darkened by mascara and liquid eye liner. And on her lips she sported a fire engine red. The look making her look like a devil. A sexy devil at that... Ulquiorra thought to himself.

But behind all her cover up of makeup and dresses he could see a lost girl that needs dot be saved. Call it a fairy tale if you will. But Ulquiorra was determined to save his 'damsel in distress'. The same went for Ichigo and Gin. They were all going to be 'prince charmings' is silver shining armor because they knew that these girls were 'the ones' as cheesy as that sounded to all of them.

The three girls bowed politely said their thanks and walked behind the curtain towards back stage, much to the three guys' disappointment.

"Was that really them!" Rukia squealed in delight. "Omg, it was!" Orihime replied with just as much enthusiasm. "What should we do?!" Rangiku added into conversation. "I don't know! Should we talk to them?!" Orihime replied. When they were younger they had dreamed of those three guys to save them from the hell hole of a life they lived.

But then the guys had disappeared from the illegal casino until now, so you could probably understand their excitement. They all wore dreamy looks, daydreaming about being saved from the orphanage they still lived at, being saved from singing in the dirty casino, saved from lived and give them new lives.

They walked out of backstage, still wearing their stage clothes. Orihime taking off some of the foundation she was wearing, not liking the weight of the makeup on her face and didn't like the feeling if her face being suffocated.

They walked over to the guys and started their nervous talk. They separated into pairs: Rukia and Ichigo, Rangiku and Gin and Ulquiorra and Orihime.

Ulquiorra led Orihime to a quiet part of the casino and bought her a drink from the bar on the way over to where they now stood. Orihime decided that she would start the conversation.

"Hi, my name is Orihime Inoue, what's yours?" She asked sweetly. "Ulquiorra Schiffer" he replied politely. "It's a pleasure to meet you" Orihime replied, a warm smile lighting up her face, she was feeling giddy and airy around Ulquiorra already. "The pleasure is all mine" he answered. Yep he's the one... Orihime decided in her head.

Hey guys, chapter 2, wow, sorry about the wait, I guess I'm just a really lazy person, but this chapter is sorta long, anyway, I HAVE NO EXCUSES, and I'm sorry, hope you enjoy this chapter and I'll try to update more often ;D. Remember to review, thanks, baiiiiiii :D

Cya next time guys

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